Calorie Basics
A food calorie is a unit that measures the amount of energy in food and drinks. Our bodies need energy to function, but when we eat and...
I'm a practicing internal medicine doctor in Boston, and I started Dynamite Health as a health, weight loss, and wellness resource for my patients. Modern medicine, with all of our drugs, randomized controlled trials, and optimization of everything, is a wonder. But other parts of health are just as important, and we don't talk about them in the clinic. They're the things that make up our daily lives - our hundreds of little choices about food, exercise, sleep, screen use, alcohol, drugs, and more. This resource is a medical guide to these little things. I'm starting with a focus on food, weight, and nutrition because that's what my patients (and I'd argue all of us) need most. Welcome to Dynamite Health!
~fiona
fiona gispen, m.d. m.s
stanford university b.a. m.s
johns hopkins school of medicine m.d.
mass general internal medicine pgy-3