Carb Syndrome Blog Articles
Honey, I Blew Up the Field of Obesity Research!
This is the statement I made to my physician wife last night after finishing this blog post. Seriously, I really did blow it to smithereens. Probably the biggest weight loss myth is the fact that there’s really no such thing as a weight problem! Remember that obesity...
The 22 Symptoms of CARB Syndrome
Like all other well-defined diseases, CARB syndrome is characterized by typical symptoms that tend to unfold in a predictable manner over a period of time. People with normal brain function will usually have none of these symptoms, whereas those with CARB syndrome...
JAMA: Routine Health Checkups are Worthless
A recent article in JAMA titled General Health Checks in Adults for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality From Disease throws a wet blanket on the idea that going to your doctor for a 100,000 mile checkup does you any good. The authors concluded: “Compared with usual care, offers of health checks were not associated with lower rates of all-cause mortality, mortality from cardiovascular disease, or mortality from cancer. Health checks may be associated with more diagnoses and more drug treatment. Morbidity was infrequently reported, as were most harms, such as use of diagnostic procedures.”
Playing the Race Card with Common Diseases
When it comes to common chronic diseases like insulin resistance, obesity and type II diabetes, our government is very good at compiling statistics concerning the age, sex and race of people with these diseases. They also consider these diseases to be driven by poor lifestyle choices—eating too much calorie-dense food and not getting enough exercise. This perspective also implies that people with these disorders lack a certain level of self-control and discipline, more or less making a moral judgment.
Introducing…… Dr. Wilson’s Fabulous, Incredible, Remarkable, Stupendous, Out-of-this World Weight Loss Diet
Disclaimer: As a licensed physician, I feel some obligation to tell the truth. I actually filched a lot of this information from some really smart people, including Gary Taubes, Richard Johnson, Robert Lustig, Loren Cordain, Robb Wolf, Jimmy Moore and others. If you...
Neurotransmitter Precursors and CARB Syndrome
Virtually all common brain and psychiatric disorders are defined by a set of characteristic symptoms. There is no biological test for conditions like depression, ADHD, PTSD, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder and similar conditions. Where do these symptoms come from?...
McDonald’s Smackdown
It doesn’t get any better than this. In one corner was heavyweight Don Thompson, the CEO of McDonald’s, one of the world’s most ubiquitous and powerful corporations. In the other corner was lightweight 9-year old Hannah Robertson, whose mother is a kid’s nutritional...
Psychiatric Tsunami: 1 in 5 Children Now Have a Mental Disorder
Last week the CDC released a report titled “Mental Health Surveillance Among Children — United States, 2005–2011”. For the first time the US government has taken a close look at the incidence and prevalence of common childhood disorders such as ADHD, depression,...
Does a Healthy Diet Guarantee a Long Life?
The short answer is no. I am a strong believer in the importance of following a healthy diet. In my opinion the majority of the chronic illnesses that we see in our patients are driven by years of eating a poor diet. I encourage my patients to follow a low...
Can We Prevent PTSD After the Marathon Bombings?
It’s Not Over Until It’s Over – Once the dust has settled—when the international media have headed home and the acute injuries have been treated, patients injured in this tragic event face one more major hurdle—the prospect of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This disease can turn an acute stressful event into a lifetime of anxiety, stress, disability and dysfunction. PSTD can result from any type of physical or emotional trauma and is characterized by flashbacks, nightmares, heightened arousal, mood swings, anxiety, disrupted sleep patterns and avoidance of triggers. The symptoms are usually chronic and often disabling.