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Evidence is rapidly mounting that junk foods may be truly addicting. Both in animal and human studies, it seems that ultra palatable foods, especially those high in both fat and sugar (think donuts, milk shakes, cheesecake) can highjack our normal appetite regulatory mechanisms, throwing us into a perpetual cycle of desire and binging. A new laboratory study [...] Extreme obesity is affecting record numbers of children including 7.3% of boys and 5.5% of girls. Those hit hardest are teenage African American girls (11.9%) and Hispanic teenage boys (11.2%) (Journal of Pediatrics, March 2010). As a parent, here are the most powerful steps you can take to protect your child from obesity. In what was the most eyebrow-raising report I reviewed this month, Princeton University researchers found that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is uniquely fattening relative to regular table sugar and when consumed long term, leads to dramatic weight gain. To investigate, researchers performed two separate laboratory experiments with rats. In the first, male rats were [...] According to the Center for Science in Public Interest’s new book Restaurant Confidential, an appetizer of cheese fries packs 3,000 calories, 217 grams of total fat, and 90 grams of artery clogging saturated fat. That 500-1000 calories more than the average person needs for an entire day and enough saturated fat to exceed what is [...] Of all the radical changes in the modern American diet compared to that consumed by our hunter-gatherer ancestors, our record consumption (3 fold increase since 1970!) of sweetened beverages (soda, sports drinks, etc.) is arguably the most profound and tops my list as one of the most high risk of all our unhealthy habits. Sweetened [...] A landmark, new report confirms something I have strongly suspected for some time, and should have profound implications for our approach to combating the crushing burden the obesity epidemic continues to place on our society. Reporting at the European Congress on Obesity (Amsterdam, May 09), scientists determined that the meteoric uptick in our obesity rates [...] Maintaining a healthy body weight throughout life is second only to avoiding tobacco as the most powerful thing an individual can do to decrease their cancer risk – yet studies repeatedly show only a minority of the population is aware of the body weight cancer link (so help me spread the word by forwarding this [...] |
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