A recent study in the Journal Obesity finds that taking kids out of schools and locking them in their homes had a significant impact on their health. Kids gained weight and adopted/increased numerous bad habits. Here’s what the researchers reported… “Compared to behaviors recorded a year prior, the children ate an additional meal per day; […]
Skim Milk Is More Fattening Than Whole Milk?
A study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescents followed 12,829 children aged 9 to 14. There are several interesting points in this paper about milk… Researchers found that those who drank skim and 1% milk gained more weight than those who drank full-fat milk. Why? Likely it was due to the higher number of […]
How to Lose Weight while Improving Pain and Inflammation.
Diet, Weight Loss, Chronic Diseases, and Pain These things drive weight gain and even more importantly disease, including pain and inflammation. The top 3 unholy trinity of foods that make you feel worse and help drive so many chronic diseases are… Sugars (including honey, maple syrup, added fruits, agave, corn syrup, and anything else added […]
High Blood Sugar Doubles Cancer Deaths
Are We Feeding Cancer? A 2018 systematic review of 12 studies of 9,872 patients finds cancer patients with solid tumors have a 200% higher chance of dying if they also have hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). This large literature review suggests that higher blood sugar levels may feed cancer cells regardless of whether the individual was […]
Pre-Diabetes Risks
More than 84 million American adults and so many here in Texarkana have PRE-diabetes. They are already having problems but haven’t crossed the arbitrary line into full blown diabetes. Once they do, they’re now classified as having the disease. They now have major increases in health problems including an earlier death, heart attacks, stroke, dementia, […]
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