SSB – Sugar sweetened beverages ASB- Artificially sweetened beverages Study and editorial published in Circulation last week: 2 large studies – 37 716 men from the Health Professional’s Follow-up study and 80647 women from the Nurses’ Health study who were free from chronic diseases at baseline. 3.7 million person-years of follow up. SSB showed higher…
Category: lifestyle
one down, one more to go
Salt Institute Sugar Association Until these lobbyists are allowed to help craft the US government’s “Dietary Guidelines for Americans”, health will continue to take a back seat.
the obesity code
Well written book by Jason Fung, MD. Fung describes obesity as a chronic multi-factorial disease just like all other Western diseases. All diets work. And then they don’t work. The body like all biological systems likes homeostasis and reverts to the mean. He starts with a lot of data proving that obesity is a hormonal,…
diet soda kills
Soda kills. Diet soda kills just as many. (And so do artificial sweeteners in other products.) There have been a series of artificial sweeteners – saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, acesulfame, sucralose, agave nectar, stevia. They make a unique promise – you can have your cake and eat it too. But as has been proven again and…
the food matrix
This video provides some food for thought, watch it with an open mind:
if you have to have meat
I believe that meat and highly processed vegan products that taste like meat are not good for your health. I would personally rather have whole grain/beans and vegetables that are not processed. However, from the environmental and ethical standpoint, if you have to have the taste of meat, there are some alternatives: Memphis Meats (now…
work too much = AFIB
How does too much work lead to AFIB? Not enough sleep Not enough exercise Eating out too much Alcohol to relax after long day at work Stress However a recent study in the European Heart Journal showed that working long hours was an independent risk factor for AFIB. The authors state “Although the 2016 European…
nuts for AFIB
A large (61,000 subject) observational study from Sweden published in British Medical Journal in 2018. (With the usual caveats about correlation not causation, non-randomization etc.). Nut consumption ≥3 times/week was associated with an 18% reduced risk of atrial fibrillation. Nuts are a great source of the following nutrients: unsaturated fatty acids protein fiber magnesium, potassium, zinc…
eat meat
Top 3 arguments for eating meat
atkins vs. ornish
The Great Nutrition Debate sponsored by USDA What you should eat/not eat sparks debate and things get personal very quickly. Is it because of a belief system (like religion) or rational thought process? Here is a USDA sponsored debate between Ornish and Atkins: If you didn’t get enough, here is the 3 hour version (talks…