dr. bernstein s health and diet clinics toronto

I have been on the Dr. B diet twice. I agree with almost all of the comments.

Personally, I found him to be a jerk and made a really rude comment about my body...very inconsiderate. >;)

As I said, I've done his diet twice and (wait for it...) I've had liposuction twice in two years and once again I am fat.

I have come to the conclusion, pretty much like Oprah, that I have food issues. I think a lot of people who get fat, and keep getting fat after diets and such, have food issues. I make poor choices about the foods I choose to eat because I am lazy and I use food for other problems. You can't be lazy on these diets that's for sure.

When people say the Dr. B diet is bad, I disagree. I felt my best when I was on his diet. Back in '02 I went to China just after I did the diet and took tuna paks with me in my suitcase along with other acceptable foods and had so much energy that I walked about 2 miles of the Great Wall! I even lost weight while I was away! I did find it funny that they would kick me out of the program and refund my maintenence down payment rather than let me go on my vacation and come back, but they are famous for their strictness.

The diet is just that, a diet. If you gain weight after, it's not the diet's fault, it's the fault of how you view food and your life after the diet.

Once you've been overweight, 95% of people will continue to have weight issues their entire lives because food is an issue.

On a side note, I saw the guy who won the Biggest Loser in the beginning of 2005 and who married the girl who came in second...he's gained back some weight as well. She's pregnant and I think he's putting on sympathy weight. I hope he gets it under control.

I went on Dr. Bernstein and lost 70lbs in 4 months. My hair started falling out I was always sick to my stomach due to the lack of food. No body's body is made to be healthy by only eating 800 calories. The amount of $ is insane, and the diet was started for obese patients who needed surgery, not a fad diet. Anyway the bottom line is I had to get off the diet due to starvation and I gained it all back in 3 months, it made me sick to even eat a piece of lettuce again. Yeah I would love to take the easy way out and get back to losing 6lbs a week, but I felt even worse when I couldn't keep it off. I will do it naturally without the nurses freaking out every time I have an extra pickle. Also I ended up in the hospital with pancreaitis at the age of 24 and NOT due to alcohol (I am too young and don't drink) but doctors can only guess due to this diet.

Make the decision right for you, gook luck!

I've been considering getting onto the Bernstein diet, the only thing that makes me hesitate is the financial aspect of it.

To the person who last quoted how they started experiencing hair loss and feeling sick...no offense, but if you lost seventy-something pounds in three months, that's pretty self explanatory. I'm looking to lost thirty or forty pounds at most, and I weight in at about 160 right now. I know that bringing my body down to 120lbs is considerably different than weighing 210 and finding myself at 140 in three months. That's three bill payments, three months of rent, three pages on the calendar...you should have the common sense to see that that weight took years to put on, and taking it off in three months isn't logical. :-) No offense, I'm not trying to be rude...I would just think that you should KNOW that losing seventy pounds in three months is obviously going to make you feel like you just got hit by a Mac truck.

Now, I'm unsure as to how their program works in respect to you controlling how much weight you're losing. Do you HAVE to lose at the pace they recommend? Do you have to lose the amount of weight they recommend? If I wanted to lose 100lbs and they thought that wasn't safe, would they not allow me to continue the program? :-)

The clinic will NOT allow you to go below the recommended weight for your height.

The hair loss is something I have read about. It is not so much hair "loss" as hair "breakage". If you feel your hair becoming dry and brittle, it is important to let the clinic doctor and nurse know. I started to experience this and I am now taking an Omega-3 supplement - read up on it, it is VERY good for you. I also changed the amount that I wash my hair and I use a more conditioning product on it.

I would NEVER call the Dr. B diet the "easy" way out. There is nothing EASY about dieting - no matter what you do. The reason so many find it intriguing is because of the fast results and the fact that you very rarely feel hungry! I have been at it for 2 months, 2 days now and have lost 33 pounds. I fit into their statistic of 16-20 pounds per month - even though I indulged at Christmas time. I told the nurses that I did and it was no big deal! They know that life sometimes gets in the way, especially during the holidays. The nurses can be strict..but, that is their job. You are paying big money to get results - they need to help you achieve those results.

Remember, the key to ANY weightloss program is EDUCATION. You cannot go back to your old habits - period! You have to be willling to change for the rest of your life. You got overweight because you have a food addiction? Well, you have to BREAK that food addiction.

There is not a diet out there that can compare as far as medical supervision goes. I see the clinic doctor every 2 weeks (and it is NOT Dr. Bernstein himself). I see a nurse 3x per week. If there are any concerns when I see the nurse, they CALL the doctor. I have had bloodwork done twice. I have my blood pressure and heart rate checked routinely. I saw an Internal Medicine Specialist who analyzed my ECG and Chest X-Ray. He was NOT associated with the clinic yet highly encouraged me to go ahead with the diet. I saw my family doctor - again, he highly encouraged it but told me to MAKE SURE I did the maintenance portion (EDUCATION) after losing my weight.

So, 3 doctors all recommended it. I HAVE to listen to the experts and not a day goes by that I regret my decision.

Now, if you are a HIGHLY MOTIVATED person with a great deal of SELF-CONTROL - you can lose weight on your own. Save your money! However, I don't recommend doing this type of diet without medical supervision. The calories are quite low and you will want to be checked medically during the course of your weight loss.

Oh, and for those critics out there who say you are losing MUSCLE...nope, not me! I have had (and continue to have) fat caliper measurements done. I am losing FAT....UGLY, DISGUSTING fat! This Mom can now play with her kids and enjoy life!

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Well here I am 66lbs lighter in Three Months.... yup three. And I feel great. No headaches, sick stomach or any of the other things mentioned. I have had a battery of heart tests since starting this diet and the cardiologist says I have a very healthy heart!
I was looking at gastric-by-pass surgery. After having spent 28 days in hospital a couple of years ago for a hysterectomy, the last thing I wanted was another surgery.
I was 140lbs over weight when I found DrB's... I am forever grateful. I am not hungry, I have been in ketosis since day three. I never eat all the food I am allowed in a day. I enjoy meat, fruit, veggies and breads.
I can walk for an hour, before I couldn't go across the yard with out being out of breath.
I AM NO LONGER DIABETIC, MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS NORMAL ( i had been on blood pressue since age 15, now ia don't take it at all)
my hair is NOT falling out. My skin is a bit dry, but it's winter in Ontario.

Come on people... this diet has been around for 30+ years... it is changing and being improived all the time.

Didn't your mother's ever teach you..." If you can't say something nice, Don't say anything at all"

Give those of us who have been given a life through this diet some credit. No one is forcing us to do it. It's an educated choice. And one I am thrilled to have made!!! :)

I am looking to lose approximately 15pounds and want to know if I need to complete the full program or the tune up? Can anyone tell me the difference?

YOU KNOW, NO ONE ANSWERED THIS QUESTION. THERE SEEMS TO BE MAN Y PEOPLE WHO EITHER WORK OR HAVE WORKED AT THE CLINIC, BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW (OR ARE WILLING TO DISCLOSE) THE FORMULA FOR THE B6/B12 COMBINATION. 1000mcg/ml is the standard concoction for B12 and my doctor only recommends 1 ml per month. Does that mean that the majority of the injection is B6? Or is the dosage considerably higher and that's the REAL reason why it needs to be medically supervised. I would be interested in comments from both the current and the former employees and anyone who has been in the program should they wish to chime in.

I have 2 nodules one on my right and one on my left side each of the neck due to thyroid issues Hasimoto Syndrom and visible ugly guter on my neck. I take Eltroxin-Levothyroxine 0.05mg every single day. I am over 210lbs. My questions are straight forward I hope you or anyone else can give me straight answers...
1- Can I, with my health issues go for this diet or not?
2.- If is not $800/mth, as she said-How much is it then? month or weekly payments?
3.- The injections are Aminoacids or Vitamins?
4.- Is the injection optional or not?
5.- after having receive the injection can you touch chicken skin or take a shower with a rich oily soap? I am asking because i knew of some injections were you most avoid touching greasy things.

Anyway, if some one wants to reply here or privately; please do so, I am ill, Sad to see me ugly and fat. This is enough I would like to have a FAIR and HONEST answers base on real experience, or advice from the heart. Not from the employee perspective. Thanks a lot.

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Hello all, I started the diet this Tues it is now Fri and I am down 5 lbs.
I know most of it is water loss. I have not got it too ketosis.
Any one eles take a long time to get keytones?

i am so sick of these people that are telling these movies about how the diet works ,well ill tell you all of them are working for the clinics so be careful ,this diet is very serious and if you are not serious about you will end up with no money and alots of weight and the b vitamins are very strong so consult your doctor a friend of mine did the diet but found thing that she didnt like about and then stoped good luck

I was on the Dr B diet from Sep 05 until Feb 06 - I lost 98 pounds and felt fantastic while doing it....BUT now looking back (and 30 pounds weight back on) I am re-reading some of the stuff I intially chose to ignore. If you give a fat chick a fast ticket to losing 100 pounds - there are very few that say...'what about the health risks"...most of us are so damn depressed at looking like hippos that ANYTHING to lose weight will do. Even a pretty serious kidney infection midway through the diet didn't stop me....I failed to aknowledge the massive mood swings....laughed off the memory problems (the brain needs 500 cals to function normally...that is before the body gets it's share).
The potent Binjection left me drier than the bottom of a Parrot's cage within hours...........not to mention the carb rebound if you should stray from the maintenance path once the diet is over. I put on 11 pounds in three days of eating normally......no I didn't binge.
Like me at the time you will say but I will be quite happy to never touch another piece of normal bread or a banana.......good luck with that.
The staff couldn't give a rat's ass about your wellbeing and the so-called Dr.s are like machines.......a nice quick earner for them.
Food issues are what the Dr B philosophy is all about....lambs to the slaughter........he has the cure and we will do whatever it is to adhere to this crazy diet.
You will also lose muscle mass through carb deprivation...the potassium..the shots and the multi-vits will mask that with a buzz........but try lifting something that you could easily lift when you were a hippo (no offence intended to all of you hippos out there)
Spend your money on a sound nutritionist......drop 2 pounds a week and have a friggin chocolate bar without sticking on 11 pounds overnight....if you thought you were depressed before Dr B rescued you...wait until you see what happens after you fall from his greasy grip.

Most of the negative posts are c**p. So much untruth to try to disway people. The diet is extremely well supervised. Your family Dr. will endorse it. The support and help from all the medical staff is way above and beyond what one would expect. Go find a proper forum instead of this place where any m***n can post whatever they want and not have to back it up. Instead of believing this junk, go to Bernstein website and read the truth.

I've been on the program. It was great! ihad much success with it. I recently just got kicked off, because I was shy of my goal weight. I want to rejoin. Do you know anyone who been allowed to rejoin?

Agreed, I posted this on another forum but thought it was worth a repost:



A few years back I was on the program, late 20's male and about 270lbs at 5'11". I have to say that I never experienced any of the side effects that people describe. No hair loss, no headaches, no sickness, extremely rare hunger pangs... after the first week they were gone. Sometimes I would get a little dizzy if I was lying down and got up too fast, but that's to be expected. I was(am?) young and otherwise healthy aside from the weight so I didn't think there was any reason not to do this. The people that b***h and complain are probably the ones that didn't have the discipline to stick to the program, or had side effects. Sure if that happens you stop, but I never cheated once and lost about 75 lbs in around 3-4 months. Was it hard? Sure. Am I glad I did it? Absolutely. I have actually gained back about half the weight, but it is my own fault as I went right back into my old habits of eating, for which I am upset with myself and looking to go back on the program to lose that 35 lbs I gained back. However, gaining the weight back twice as fast? People must really be pigs. I would say that I eat a LOT of junk food and large portions and it took me over 3 years to gain back half of what I lost in 3 months. Going to the gym regularly kept the weight off for about two years but I got lazy and stopped going, which was stupid.



I had ultrasounds done on my kidneys recently as people mentioned kidney stones but there is nothing there so maybe I was lucky or maybe just a select few people who were already in bad health got them, I dunno.



When I went out with friends I would just say I was on a doctor prescribed diet to lower my cholesterol where I cut out alcohol and sugars



I can't say what will happen if you cheat, but I had no problems sticking to the diet. I never cheated once. Why would you pay all that money and then cheat?



I never had bitchy nurses but I never cheated and I was always losing weight. I never stagnated, so either I was lucky or the people that stagnated cheated and just aren't willing to admit it to themselves or others.



THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY I COULD LOSE THE WEIGHT. That was the bottom line for me, I'd been overweight for years and there was no way I could go on a diet for a long time, I just don't have the discipline when it comes to food. Without seeing results quickly there is no way I could stick to a diet. I needed the structure and the pressure of someone watching me to stick to something.



There probably are risks, but I'm a results driven guy and I'm willing to take a little risk and spend a little money to get things done. Who wants to be on a diet for a year? If you are tired of being overweight and don't want to spend forever losing lbs then I'd say give it a try. The fearmongers didn't sway me.

Still no answer to question, What is in the formula? Is it a safe formula? Is it just snake oil?