Shouting to us from the TV, radio, Internet, cable, satellite, magazines and billboards, everyone claims to have the answer to our health problems.  We are virtually inundated with information on how to eat better in order to stay healthy.  One minute butter is bad and margarine is good, the next minute [...]

So far, in the first two installments (here) and (here), we have discovered some misconceptions as to what the cause of obesity and other related illnesses is.  We referred to a recent study conducted that gave credence to the possibility that the wide-spread addition of high fructose corn syrup into the food chain [...]

In part one, we discovered a correlation between the consumption of fructose found within many food products and weight gain.  We revealed that the two entities that influence both our being hungry and feeling full are compromised by the introduction of fructose into the digestive system.  As a result, we not only [...]

A current study performed by the University of California Los Angeles has discovered that the two most common forms of sugar, glucose and fructose, perform in radically different ways when introduced to pancreatic cancer cells in a laboratory setting.
This most recent finding is increasingly challenging the prevailing position that sugar is sugar.
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There is a saying that goes something like this: “You are what you eat.”  I tend to agree but we often don’t make the connection to what this truly means.  If by this we think that, if we eat a lot of meat we may become ‘beefy’ we are most likely missing [...]

With billions of dollars being spent yearly on weight loss programs and products, it would seem that Americans should be winning the battle of the bulge.  However, just the opposite appears to be the case.
Despite all the attention with the non-stop flow of information, coupled with numerous public policies aimed at reducing [...]

The results are in: BMI as a trusted measurement determining body fat appears to be flawed science.  As it has been known, BMI is used by measuring weight relative to height and age to determine the individual’s health value within a range.  The result has been to place the individual in [...]

If you enjoy a bowl of white rice, consider switching to brown rice and you could effectively reduce your risk of contracting diabetes.  According to a recent study released by a Boston-based research team, among a group of adults that were studied over a 22 year period, it was discovered that [...]

In part one we began an in-depth look at social interaction and the role it often plays in defeating someone’s heart-felt desire to lose weight.  Here in part two we will consider the second head of the beast that not only sets the stage for health issues later in life but [...]

Taking a cue from the title of a book written by Mike Huckabee “Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork!”, the title of today’s article is all by itself a very good question.  Here in America, where for nearly all of us food is found in abundance, we find it [...]

Regardless of how you look at it, when someone in the family desires to lose weight, it is much more likely they will succeed when others in the family join in.  Specifically for this article we will take a look at gastric bypass surgery as an example of this being true.
Although we [...]

Just as the saying goes “you are what you eat,” new research could suggest that “where you eat” may have a lot to do with who you are as well.
A comparative study has uncovered a direct connection between what type foods are easily accessible and the effect of that on the human [...]

Although it’s neither fair nor accurate to compare ourselves with the animal kingdom, it is worth noting the differences in eating habits between animals and humans to better understand how we as humans can become overweight.
To begin with, think of how many animals are truly overweight.  Now be fair: elephants and [...]