Hi, I'm Dr Gily

I am a practicing primary care physician. My site has a variety of items, from articles on healthful living, prevention, weight loss, to personal musings on the status of health care in the Western world, to links to other sites I have created. My main audience is the general public, with the exception of the ICD-9 codes and ICD-10 codes search tools, which are intended for health care providers and coders.

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TOP FOODS BY NUTRIENT
diet tips Apr 14, 2023

TOP FOODS BY NUTRIENT

Ever wondered what are the top 10 (or 25) foods richest in iron, or B12, or calcium? How about top 25 vegetables richest in calcium? Or best plant sources of omega-3s? I recently put together a simple, intuitive tool that can answer questions like these in an instant.

Go & find some nutrient rich foods!
On the Reliability of Science
Research 14 Apr, 2023

On the Reliability of Science

John Ioannidis, Professor at Stanford University and author of the famous article "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" has just launched, with a group of colleagues, a new journal, Nature Human Behavior.

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On Alcohol Dehydrogenase and God
Health Care Apr 14, 2023

On Alcohol Dehydrogenase and God

“If God didn’t intend for us, humans, to drink alcohol, why do we have an enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase, in our liver and other tissues and cells, whose function is to process (metabolize) alcohol?”

Read "Alcohol Dehydrogenase and God"
On Nature Vs. Nurture
Health care 14 Apr, 2023

On Nature Vs. Nurture

I have always found the interplay between nature and nurture interesting, and the often very polarizing ways people understand this dynamic is even more fascinating.

Go to nature vs. nurture
Basal Metabolic Rate
Weight Loss 14 Apr, 2023

Basal Metabolic Rate

I wrote an article that includes a few lines of code to help you find out how many calories you burn to stay alive - i.e. your basal metabolic rate. In addition, by adding your activity level, you can find out what your total daily energy expenditure is.

Go to basal metabolic rate!
What's In Food 14 Apr, 2023

What's In Food

I am sure a lot of you will make weight loss a priority in 2016. I just resurrected and updated (for my weight loss clinic) a tool I developed a few years ago. It basically reveals what's in the food we eat. You may be surprised to know a single baby carrot has almost half the amount of vitamin A an average adult needs in a day!

Go to what's in food!
I Need To Burn 300 or 1,000 Calories
diet tips 14 Apr, 2023

I Need To Burn 300 or 1,000 Calories

I put together this easy to use exercise duration calculator to help you figure out how much (or rather how long) of any particular type of exercise you need to do in order to burn a specific number of calories.

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The Rockport Walk Test
Weight Loss 14 Apr, 2023

The Rockport Walk Test

Want to know how fit you are? Check out our new fitness tool to measure your aerobic capacity and VO2max!

Based on norms from the by National Institute of Health and the American College of Sports Medicine.

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The Ten Commandments For Weight Loss

I recently started a series of articles on how to lose weight. I am using the ten commandment format, to help me organize things and you to remember them better.

HOW MUCH EXERCISE IS NEEDED FOR WEIGHT LOSS?

I often see overweight or obese patients who are very frustrated that exercise is not working for them. The usual story involves a few days or weeks of increased physical activity, with little or no benefit for weight loss.

What is going on? Why is losing weight so difficult?

This article aims to shed some light on this issue. Rather than using abstract/technical concepts, I am using a day in the life of my 86 year-old father to illustrate how much exercise is needed to have a positive impact on weight.

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Main Categories

Specialized advice to assist you in reaching your weight goals.

Health eTools

Health eTools

A collection of useful health calculators: ideal body weight, body mass index, calories burned by exercise, and others.

Health eTools
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Excogitations

My musings on a variety of topics related to health, disease prevention and health care policy and delivery in the 21st century.

Excogitations
Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Articles on various aspects of disease prevention, diet, supplement and vitamin use, and other topics.

Lifestyle

My Other Sites

ICD-10 Codes For Diabetes

Diabetes coding is notoriously challenging in ICD-9, and ICD-10-CM is likely to create even more confusion. I wrote this guide to make things easier.

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Evolution Issues

Evolutions Issues

Modern humans accumulate at least 50 new germline mutations per generation. But when examined, the data is in striking contrast with what would be expected from neo-Darwinian predictions.

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Vegetarian Nutrition

Vegetarian Nutrition

A highly recommended resource on healthy eating written by my friend, Dr. Winston Craig.

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