I told you about how high fructose corn syrup is toxic to your health in my prior article in this series on [Read more...]
More About the Link Between Aspartame and ISIS
The other day I posted an article on The Link Between Aspartame and ISIS. The link was Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2000 - 2006, and the architect of the Iraq War. As I pointed out in the article, … [Read more...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup: Poison By Any Other Name is Still Poison
In my prior article on sugar, "Sugar: Not Exactly the Sweet Life," I told you how eating … [Read more...]
Sugar: Not Exactly the Sweet Life
What is the most pernicious of foods? Sugar. Most people eat way too much sugar in their diet, and this is not a good thing. It can lead to health problems, and serious health problems at that. Eating a plant-based, whole foods-oriented diet along with good health practices and healthy living are important components to living a healthy life, but eating lots of sugar does not constitute good health and nutrition practices, and will definitely … [Read more...]
Jack LaLanne – The Master of Longevity
In the previous article in this series on Longevity, I told you about the amazing Joe Rollino, an incredible master of longevity, who died far too soon at age 104. If you read the article, you will recall that Joe was hit by a car on Jan. 11, … [Read more...]
The Obesity Apocalypse is Nearing
Today is the last article for this series on obesity, and the last article for this week - Thanksgiving is upon us, and with it I am taking a few day hiatus. And what better time than Thanksgiving to talk about the dangers of eating too much food and the wrong types of food? Because as a nation, here in the U.S., statistics show that obesity is … [Read more...]
Stress: A Major Cause of Obesity
I've been writing on the theme of obesity for the last few weeks, and will wrap this series up tomorrow. (It's a short week, what with the Thanksgiving holiday, and so tomorrow's article will be the last for this week.) I've written about many causes of obesity - diet, chemicals in foods, sugar/high fructose corn syrup, … [Read more...]
Cars Are Making Us Obese
I've pointed out during this series on obesity that the obesity rates are steadily increasing at alarming numbers in adults and children, and that the number one cause is the prevalence of junk foods and sugar drinks. Now you can add another thing to the list, and it's something that most people use on an everyday and regular basis: cars. There's a direct … [Read more...]
It’s the Food, Not Lack of Exercise, Causing Teen Obesity
For the last two days I've been talking about obesity in children, and the fact that in the U.S. nearly one in three children and teens are overweight or obese.
I discussed in yesterday's article that one of the key causes of this obesity epidemic is [Read more...]
What’s Making Our Children Obese?
There is an epidemic of childhood obesity in both the U.S. and the world, as I discussed in yesterday's article. I discussed some of the reasons for this, but there is one factor, and one factor alone, that is the main cause for it: sweets - sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. Back in 1977, average daily consumption of … [Read more...]
