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Fructose: More Fattening than Lard
Friday, August 6th, 2010Sugar is more fattening and hazardous than fat. The politically correct view still condemns fat as our nutritional health villain. But, since Americans dutifully reduced their fat intake by 25% over the past 30 years, obesity and diabetes tripled. During the very period we cut back on fat, overweight soared to over 65 percent of the population.
Years of fat reduction has also been met with increased rates of asthma, allergies, and Alzheimer’s disease. The National Academy of Sciences now says obesity is not related to fat intake in humans. (It is in rats, just not us.)
To get fat, you need sugar. Fructose is table sugar on steroids. Fructose fattens us faster than butter or lard and quicker than any other sugar. Research shows fructose-rich diet leads to metabolic syndrome characterized by an expanding waistline, high blood pressure and insulin resistance (pre-diabetes). New research shows fructose feeds pancreatic tumor cells. HFCS contains mercury.
Do Calories Count?
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Is weight-gain a simple matter of calories in vs. calories out? Many nutritionists think so. I don’t.
I have had clients reduce intake to just 800 calories per day, while hitting the gym daily, and they can’t burn off a pound. One female client of mine worked out at her gym 3 hours a day, and hard. Her over-exercising actually produced so much cortisol from the stress, it was impossible for her to lose her belly weight.
I’ve had clients add just one mineral supplement and weight falls off with no other changes.
Vitamin E: Cancer Cause or Cure?
Saturday, November 1st, 2008If you are to believe the recent news, taking vitamin E may lead to prostate cancer and taking selenium to diabetes, in men. The National Cancer Institute’s recent SELECT study was expected to show vitamin E reduced risk of prostate cancer in men, just as other studies show. The study was stopped early because men taking the vitamin E suffered slightly more cases of prostate cancer and those on the selenium had slightly more diabetes.
The vitamin E used in this study was the synthetic form: dl-alpha tocopherol acetate. Health professionals who read the medical and nutrition literature have known for many years this form of vitamin E is toxic and may lead to cancer. It should be off the market. But it’s cheap and helps the PR efforts of pharmaceutical companies in turning consumers against helpful supplements.