Can’t Lose Weight? #1 Food For Weight Loss

What feels like a lack of willpower may actually start much earlier than the moment you reach for food, and this video reveals why changing one part of the pattern can make everything else easier. ♥️ 👀 Next: The #1 Best Protein. It’s Not What You Think. https://youtu.be/Q9-0e5ONhqI

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Welcome to Healthy Immune Doc
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The trauma of working in the frontlines as an acute and critical care Infectious Disease specialist during the chaos and stress of 2020-21, motivated Dr. Liu to promote practical health and wellness principles for her community.
Healthy Immune Doc youtube channel is an extension of her education campaign to help people understand how to optimize immunity and inflammation and slow down premature aging caused by acute and chronic conditions.
Everyone is welcome!

Dr. Liu’s Bio
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Dr. Liu is the co-founder of NACPro+, dedicated to optimizing immunity and wellness.

Dr. Liu graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1998 and is Double Boarded in Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine. She is licensed in the state of California.

This channel is separate from Dr. Liu’s duties as Attending Medical Staff @ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and as Assistant Professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. The views on this channel are her own.

VIDEO TOPICS:
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0:00 Intro
1:33 Why Calorie Counting Fails
2:40 Ultra-Processed Foods
3:21 Food Noise & Addiction
6:17 GLP-1 & Cravings
8:08 Good Carbs vs Bad Carbs
10:30 Whole Foods vs Nutrients
11:32 How Much Sugar Is Hidden?
14:31 Sugar, Starch & Fat
17:57 Refined Carbohydrates
20:31 How Processed Food Hooks You
23:30 Food Addiction vs Willpower
24:40 Start With Whole Foods
25:19 Beans for Fullness
27:55 Fiber, GLP-1 & Gut Health
30:05 Whole Beans & Weight Loss
31:17 Meat vs Plant Protein
31:38 The Protein Problem
33:00 Outro

STUDIES & CASES
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Obesity Management in Adults
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2812316

Ultraprocessed Food
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.70086

Food addiction
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eat.23472

Taste, olfactory and food texture reward processing in the brain
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22989943/

The Physiology of Hunger
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2402679

GLP-1
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/health-wellness/glp-1-and-health-beyond-weight-loss-in-the-ozempic-era/2025/11

Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Football Players
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41237017/

Ultra-processed foods intake and sex hormone levels among children
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11412839/

The relationship of pellagra to corn and the low availability of niacin in cereals
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6357846/

Killer Rice
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rice-disease-mystery-edo-tokyo-navy-beriberi

Food fortification
https://www.who.int/health-topics/food-fortification#tab=tab_1

Fruit consumption and diabetes
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3978819/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5388466/

LEGAL DISCLAIMERS:
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Sorry, occupational hazard: This is NOT medical advice, nor can I give you medical advice. I AM NOT YOUR DOCTOR. This video does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Liu and you. Everything here is for general informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing medical advice. Information in this video is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice and it should not be used to self-diagnose nor should it substitute for a medical exam, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or other recommendations by a professional medical doctor. You should not make any changes in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice from health care professionals for any medical condition.
Also, some of the links in this post may be affiliate links, meaning, at no cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. But if you click, it really helps me make more of these videos!
All non-licensed clips are used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015).