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Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP

Joined: 02/03/2010

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Known as the "doc who walks the talk", Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, is an internationally renowned expert and speaker in women's health, fitness and nutrition. Peeke is a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism, and one of the only physicians in America formally trained in nutrition science. Peeke is assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland, and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. She has been recognized as one of the leading physicians in America by the Consumers Research Council of America. Peeke is featured as one of America's leading women physicians in the National Institutes of Health Changing Face of Medicine exhibit at the National Library of Medicine.

The chief medical correspondent for Discovery Health TV, she is featured in the award-winning National Body Challenge series, as well as her Could You Survive? miniseries. Her book, The National Body Challenge Success Program for the Whole Family, is the best-selling companion guide to her television and web-based program, which is presently followed by over a million American families. Peeke is the New York Times best-selling author of Fight Fat after Forty, Body for Life for Women, and Fit to Live. Fit to Live is the basis for her Discovery miniseries Could You Survive? In 2008, Peeke won the Audie Award, the highest distinction for her narration of Fit to Live. Her original show pilot was a finalist for the coveted International Health and Medical Media Freddie Award, considered the highest award for excellence in medical film production.

Peeke is a member of the Maryland Governor's Council on Fitness and spokeswoman for the American College of Sports Medicine's Exercise is Medicine national campaign.

Peeke broadcasts weekly as health and fitness expert on WTOP FM, the highest-rated news show in the Washington, D.C., metro area. Peeke is a member of Oprah's O team of medical experts and is a regular commentator and expert for the Today Show, CNN, and other networks, as well as online.

Peeke is an author, contributing editor, and celebrity blogger to numerous magazines including O Magazine, Prevention, Parade, More, Fitness, and Men's Health. Peeke's wit and passion along with a mastery of science and medicine have led her to become one of the most requested physician speakers in America. Peeke works with corporate and professional audiences, ranging from Microsoft, Bath and Body Works, and the Young Presidents Organization to the Cleveland Clinic and the Library of Congress. Her new book, The Hunger Fix (September 2012; Rodale) is a life changing program for anyone (of any size) trapped by food obsessions and the urge to overeat.

Peeke is founder of the Peeke Performance® Center, which offers her Lifestyle Management Program guiding clients through the mental and physical transformations of their life journeys. A marathoner and mountain climber, Peeke founded the Peeke Week Retreats where she provides her Peeke Performers with the opportunity to mentally and physically challenge themselves in magnificent outdoor destinations including Red Mountain Spa, Miraval, Golden Door, and Canyon Ranch. Her retreats have been featured in Fitness, Prevention, and More magazines.

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Some Great Salt Substitutes

Everyone's telling us to reduce salt intake. How can you do this and...

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Make the Caffeine-Sugar Connection

As you're drinking your morning cup of Joe, you're probably just...

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As you're drinking your morning cup of Joe, you're probably just waiting for that wonderful rush of energy and alertness you've come to know and enjoy. Within 15 mins of gulping your caffeine, your adrenalin rises increasing your heart and breathing rates, your stomach starts to produce more acids and your urinary output rises (as anyone with a small bladder knows!).

But I bet you didn't know that caffeine tweeks your adrenal glands to produce more cortisol (stress hormone) which then stimulates the release of the liver's stored sugars. Any endurance athlete knows this and uses it to their advantage. You drink your caffeine and then use the newly circulating sugar fuel to power through another workout. But, what if you're sitting at your desk, sipping your coffee with nowhere to go? Then you might have problems because when the sugar levels rise with caffeine, so do insulin levels which, when they finally plummet after handling the circulating sugar, leave a rip roaring appetite for more sugar in their wake. For runners and bikers this makes sense since you've just burned a zillion calories and need to replenish the sugar stores. Not so for someone in an office cubicle with nowhere to go.

Here are some suggestions. To kill carb cravings associated with caffeine ingestion, make certain to eat a combo of protein and fiber. How about peanut or almond butter on a multigrain cracker? Or, have that caffeine with a yogurt and blueberries, or eggs and veggies. You get the point. When you're downing lots of coffee with nothing in your stomach, you're more likely to reach for sugary foods, so watch out.

Or, you can just drink beverages with less caffeine in them.
6 ozs brewed coffee 105 mg caffeine
6 ozs instant coffee 55 mg
12 ozs Colas 35-45 mg
6 ozs tea 35 mg

Now remember, when you go to one of your fancy schmancy coffee houses, you'll often be purchasing at least 8 ozs of coffee and closer to 12 ozs, so you're really consuming over 200 mg of caffeine. All the more reason to be cautious if you just happen to be one of those people who is affected by the sugar rush.View Thread

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Farmed Fish Fiasco

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Go Nuts Over your Cholesterol

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