by Dr. Bill Wilson | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog Articles, CARB Syndrome - Articles
It’s the beginning of a new year, so it’s out with the old and in with the new. Let’s start with the most common disease in our modern world—type II diabetes mellitus. I like descriptive names but the term “diabetes mellitus” just doesn’t do the trick for me. For my...
by Dr. Bill Wilson | Dec 11, 2013 | Blog Articles, CARB Syndrome - Articles
A recent news article caught my attention where some students in New Orleans now eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at school. This is apparently part of the Federal Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act, a program geared at eliminating hunger and improving nutrition in school...
by Dr. Bill Wilson | Nov 29, 2013 | Blog Articles, CARB Syndrome - Articles
The concept of aging has many dimensions. The simplest parameter we can measure is chronlogical age, the number of years you have spent on this earth since your birth. This is your so-called birthday age. Physiological aging is a much more nuanced yet more important...
by Dr. Bill Wilson | Nov 20, 2013 | Blog Articles, CARB Syndrome - Articles
The Gallop Well-being poll has been tracking obesity rates since 2008 and so far this year the rate has increased from 26.2% to 27.2%, the largest increase since they starting tracking obesity in adults. Obesity rates also vary by race and this year 35.7% of blacks...
by Dr. Bill Wilson | Nov 5, 2013 | Blog Articles, CARB Syndrome - Articles
A recent study by Joseph Schroeder at Connecticut College suggests that Oreos are as addictive as drugs of abuse, at least for rats. The study showed that both Oreos and cocaine seem to light up the nucleus accumbens or pleasure center in the rat’s brains to an equal...
by Dr. Bill Wilson | Oct 28, 2013 | Blog Articles, CARB Syndrome - Articles
As a practicing physician, I have spent decades studying the nutritional literature trying to figure out how I should advise my patients when it comes to a healthy diet. Vegan or Paleo? Atkins or Ornish? Low-fat or ketogenic? The options are as endless as their...
