Jeff Garlin, co-star and executive producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm, has written a memoir about his lifelong struggles with weight. In an interview for ABC news, Garlin talks about his addiction to food and his new diet. You can read the interview and watch a video here.
This is sad. Really sad. He said he’d [...]
Most people I work with are significantly overweight – average weight > 300 pounds. As you might expect, all have a cluster of metabolic disorders. Coincident with their condition, they take a laundry list of prescription medications. In general the lists are nearly identical and include prescriptions for hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol and digestive disorders.
Given [...]
Some random links on cholesterol and diabetes. They arrived in my daily research update and I’ve found them interesting. Interesting in that most of the treatments focus on a big pharma approach when simply dietary changes will work just as well.
So without further adieu, here are the ones I found most interesting…
Could it be [...]
At least that’s the message from top researchers who wanted to set the record straight.
Let’s lay the groundwork. Three top researchers (as labeled by the press release) wanted to correct the inaccuracies and misunderstandings about high fructose corn syrup and it’s impact on the American diet.
At the Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting, [...]
CSPI has released their 2009 Xtreme eating awards. The press release is here and their website announcement is here.
Should I laugh? Should I cry? Or should I get pissed off? There hasn’t been much sleep this week, pissed off is leading down the stretch.
CSPI does not have the public interest at heart (watch [...]
So glad you asked!There are many ways to effectively lose weight, some better than others. But for most of us, at least according to this study, your plan should have some accountability. The study compared formal weight loss programs (diet and exercise only) to those that had a meeting/group component included, which they referred to [...]
Potential New Target For Type 2 Diabetes Found By Penn Researchers“We hope that drug companies will look for new ways to modify fat metabolism in type 2 diabetics using these possible targets.” Big Pharma dovetails quite nicely with the tertiary nature of our health care system. You don’t visit the doctor before you get sick. [...]
As a former academic (and fully aware of the importance of scientific publications), there are times when I scratch my head and wonder, “Federal dollars were spent on this!”In nearly all cases, outcomes are predictable within an expected range. It’s called the scientific method. With no desire to get into a discussion of the scientific [...]
“Scientists in Indiana are reporting progress toward development of low glycemic and slowly digestible starch, a form of starch that would be less apt to cause the spike in blood sugar – and perhaps sharp hunger pangs – that many individuals experience after eating bread, baked goods, and other high-carbohydrate foods.”
The rest of the summary [...]
Reading this summary, I felt an urge to blurt out: “No blank, Sherlock!” A recent study published in JAMA, a leading pillar of medical research dissemination, compared low GI diets with low-fat diets on insulin secretion in high insulin secreters. On the surface, this appears to be a legitimate research question. Insulin is related to [...]
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