Carb Syndrome News Articles
Is Your Food Sourced from the Plant Equivalent of AIDS?
One of the two traits that accounts for practically all of the genetically engineered crops grown in the world today gives plants resistance to glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup). Dr. Don Huber, a plant pathologist with 50 years experience, explains why the introduction of glyphosate-resistant genes into different crops is wreaking havoc with the environment, as well as animal, and most likely human, health Glyphosate does not affect the primary mechanism that causes death in the plant; rather it turns off the plant’s self-defense mechanism, allowing soil-borne fungi to quickly kill the plant. In essence, the plant’s immune system is dramatically impaired, much like a human AIDS patient
Get the Straight Skinny on Obesity: See this video and learn why a calorie is not just a calorie
If you care about your health and are truly working to keep your weight down, then you need to know the truth about calories as well as the substances that distort how calories work in your body.
No Easy Cure For Diabetes type II in Children
The only pill approved in the U.S. for treatment of children with type 2 diabetes is proving surprisingly ineffective, according to a new study, heightening worries about the fast-growing and largely preventable disease.
Gut Reaction: When Food Addictions and Cravings Create Problems
Gut Reaction
From: Childhood Obesity News 04/24/2012
Maybe we can get to a place where food addiction never even needs to be treated, because it won’t exist anymore. Maybe the way to prevent it lies not just in the psychological self, but also deep in the gut. Stranger things have happened, and humans don’t yet know everything. One thing we do know is, even if it turns out there is no direct link to obesity, keeping optimum intestinal health can only do a person good.
Dr. Wilson replies:
I think we are starting to understand food addiction and cravings much better. Over the years I have learned that patients with normal functioning brains never have cravings for sweets and junk food.
Exercise is Good, Unless You Sacrifice Sleep To Get There: See Dr. Mercola’s piece
Exercising is, hands-down, one of the best physical things you can do for your health.
Besides being beneficial for weight management, exercise can reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and depression, and it can increase your energy levels, help you think clearer, and slow down the aging process.
Unfortunately, exercise is also one of the first things that tends to fall by the wayside. And, even with the best intentions and follow-through, progress can stall and intentions can go awry…
Tara Parker-Pope reports on the Challenge of Going Vegan in the NYTimes and Doctor Wilson replies
Is it healthy to go on a Vegan Diet? The answer depends on who you ask. Dr. Wilson, after thirty years of practicing medicine, weighs in. “Man evolved to be an omnivore. There is no healthy way to be a vegan.”
Americans Eat the Cheapest Food in the World, But What is It Really Costing?
The “faster, bigger, cheaper” approach to food production that the United States has mastered is unsustainable and is contributing to the destruction of our planet and your health.
Easy access to cheap, poor-quality food is contributing to the rising rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other chronic disease
CEREALS ARE MORE DANGEROUS THEN SUGAR.
The absence of diseases of affluence is not only in HUNTER-GATHERER but also in non-agrarian HORTICULTURAL societies.
Obesity in Pregnant Women May Forecast Autism in Children
baby breastfeeding Obesity in Pregnant Women May Forecast Autism in Children New Research...
Natural is From Nature
It’s really not a minefield if you understand the true meaning of natural—made from nature without interference or manipulation by man. Genetically modified foods are obviously not natural. Cattle and chickens fattened up with corn and other grains are not natural because this is not how these creatures evolved to eat.