Garth Davis, MD
Dr. Garth Davis is a practicing bariatric surgeon at Houston Methodist in Houston, Texas. He founded the Davis Program at Memorial Hermann, and starred on the hit TLC show Big Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Davis also competes in marathons and Ironman triathlons and is the author of Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession With Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.
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See articleAre Vegan Doctors Promoting an Agenda in “What the Health”?
Editor’s Note: The popularity of the Netflix documentary What the Health has sparked a lively debate about the dangers of the standard American diet and the power of a plant-based lifestyle to prevent and reverse deadly diseases. Some of the film’s critics have alleged that doctors featured in “What the Health” are biased and pushing […] -
See articleWhy Does Animal Protein Cause Weight Gain?
The following is an excerpt from Proteinaholic, which was released by HarperOne. You might be asking yourself how protein can be associated with weight gain when you have always been told to eat protein to lose weight. There are many possible answers to this very complex question. One comprehensive 2009 review considers mounting evidence that the chronic […] -
See articleObesity: It’s Not About the Carbs
The following is an excerpt from Proteinaholic, which was released by HarperOne. Can you believe people actually avoid fruit in an attempt to lose weight? There has never been a single credible study showing that fruit consumption leads to weight gain, and yet this concept is as prevalent as any nutrition dogma. I have treated people for […]
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