Carb Syndrome Blog Articles
Boston, You’re My Home
I usually devote this blog to health issues. Today I want to discuss a different topic—the courage, resilience and toughness of a city—my home of Boston, Massachusetts. It’s been quite a week here in Boston. Despite living in this country for over six decades, I’ve...
The Mexican Paleo Paradox
We are spending three weeks at our condo in Mazatlan, Mexico. One reason we love staying here is because in addition to the great weather and friendly people, it’s extremely easy to eat Paleo in Mazatlan. At our home in Beverly, Massachusetts it’s sometimes...
The Curse of the Mummy: Heart Disease
A recent Lancet study titled “Atherosclerosis across 4000 years of human history: the Horus study of four ancient populations” purports to show that our ancient ancestors suffered from arteriosclerosis or “hardening of the arteries” just as we do. They concluded: “The...
Sugar: The Trojan Horse in Our Diet
When it comes to metabolic health, excessive fructose mainly from sugar and HFCS has certainly shown up on the radar screen over the past few decades. "Sugar Blues" was published in 1975, and since then sugar has periodically ended up on the “most wanted” list of bad...
Environment Trumps Genes Every Time
Those of you who have spent some time learning about the new disease Carbohydrate Associated Reversible Brain syndrome or CARB syndrome already know that I believe many common brain disorders are connected through a shared pathology. As a clinician, this is what I see...
Adderall and College Students – Performance Enhancement or Nightmare?
A recent story in the New York Times titled “Drowning in a Sea of Prescriptions” by Alan Schwarz outlined the sad story of Richard Fee, a 24-year old pre-medical student who hung himself after getting hooked on the prescription stimulant Adderall. It is truly a tragic...
Eating Disorders and Obesity – Are They Two Sides of the Same Coin?
On the surface eating disorders and obesity seem to be conditions that are polar opposites. A person with anorexia can die from lack of nutrition while a morbidly obese person can die from over-nutrition. The treatments for both conditions also seem to opposite from...
Obesity and Brain Dysfunction : A New Study Documents the Connection
I recently came across an important new study showing a strong association between obesity and poor overall health in adolescents. In this study obese adolescents had problems functioning in many settings including school, and the study also found that attention...
The Bottom Line on Booze: Alcohol and CARB Syndrome
Recently a visitor to this site submitted a question about alcohol consumption and CARB syndrome. It seems that her husband enjoys consuming alcohol beverages mixed with beverages like orange juice and sugary sodas and she has noticed that he seems to have developed...
We’re Not in Westwood Hills Anymore
When I was growing up in the Westwood Hills section of St. Louis Park Minnesota in the 1950s, my two best friends were Jimmy McNulty and Dale Erickson. From dawn to dusk we did virtually everything together. Riding our bikes for miles, sleepovers in tents in the back...