Here’s a sobering statistic: According to the World Health Organization, diseases linked to lifestyle choices kill 16 million people prematurely each year. Which makes poor habits the leading [...]
Category: Sugar
Experts finally nab the REAL blood pressure bandit
When are the powers-that-be in this country ever going to wake up from their sugar-induced coma and realize it is killing us? Perhaps sooner than I thought… A new review article suggests sugar, [...]
New dietary guidelines: Where’s the beef?
This year, the USDA is expected to come out with revised dietary guidelines. And apparently one of the new recommendations will encourage people to eat more vegetables, fruit, nuts, whole grains [...]
The secret behind successful teen weight loss
As you know, childhood obesity is a topic I’m particularly passionate about, having been an overweight child and knowing the damage it does—both to the body and to the psyche. And some recent [...]
Train your brain
According to a new study, most eating in developed countries is prompted by psychological factors, not by hunger. This is something I’ve talked about before. But this is the perfect time of year [...]
Train your brain to conquer your cravings
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It’s Greek to me: The great yogurt scam
Today I’m taking on yogurt. Yes, even the “Greek” varieties. Because I can’t believe that to this day, people still think yogurt is a health food. But I guess that’s marketing for you. So I was [...]
Bid adieu to McDonald’s French fries
McDonald’s cheery slogan is “I’m lovin’ it.” But anyone who eats there regularly had better also love diabetes and heart disease…because the entire menu is a one-way ticket to both chronic [...]
Obesity kills: These new numbers prove it
I’ve said before that obesity kills. But a new study offers some hard numbers to prove that point. Researchers examined data on 4,000 people from the National Health and Nutrition Examination [...]
Protest obesity
“Public needs to disapprove as much of obesity as it did of tobacco.” When I read that headline I almost leapt for joy. Especially because I wasn’t the one who had written it. I mean, I know I [...]