Diet, Food Cravings and Weight Loss
A Midwestern Doctor Since this is a remarkably challenging topic, I have been working on this article, and this was one of the pieces that to write I also needed to solicit advice from numerous mentors. My goal here is to provide helpful perspectives on this subject you most likely have not come across before. […]
Dysregulation along the Gut Microbiota-Immune System Axis after Oral Exposure to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles: A Possible Environmental Factor Promoting Obesity-related Metabolic Disorders
Bruno Lamas, Lauris Evariste and Eric Houdeau Food additives are one major hallmark of ultra-processed food in the Western-diet, a food habit often associated with metabolic disorders. Among these additives, the whitener and opacifying agent titanium dioxide (TiO2) raises public health issues due to the ability of TiO2Â nanoparticles (NPs) to cross biological barriers and accu- […]
Food Freedom – Part 3: Dark Secrets of Processed Foods
Lucy Crisetig The issue of food processing is largely ignored or even minimized in public policies, even during the current ongoing pandemic of obesity and related chronic diseases. As humans, we’re unique in that we cook our food – one type of processing – as well as ferment, grind, soak, chop and dry. Although, if […]
Nutrition and Health. The Issue is Not Food, Nor Nutrients, So Much As Processing
Carlos A. Monteiro Orthodox teaching and practice on nutrition and health almost always focuses on nutrients, or else on foods and drinks. Thus, diets that are high in folate and in green leafy vegetables are recommended, whereas diets high in saturated fat and in full-fat milk and other dairy products are not recommended. Food guides […]
Time-Restricted Eating Linked to Less Severe COVID
Joseph Mercola Researchers studied the effect of consistent periodic fasting on severe COVID illness and found it reduced the risk of hospitalization and mortality but not the risk of contracting the illness. The study confirmed past research that intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating, which are two different types of eating patterns, reduces the risk of […]
Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity, Diabetes
Joseph Mercola Artificial sweeteners promote metabolic dysfunction by interfering with learned responses that contribute to glucose control and energy homeostasis. They also destroy gut microbiota, induce glucose intolerance and interact with sweet-taste receptors expressed throughout your digestive system that play a role in glucose absorption and trigger insulin secretion.
Food and Drink Industry Sought to Influence Scientists and Academics, Emails Show
Gareth Iacobucci Documents obtained from US public records provide fresh evidence of how food and drink companies have sought to promote their interests through a powerful group funded by the industry, researchers say.
How Food Companies Influence Evidence and Opinion – Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Gary Sacks, Boyd A. Swinburn, Adrian J. Cameron, Gary Ruskin The tactics used by the food industry to influence public policy have been well documented, but there is little direct evidence of the rationale behind food industry actions and their level of support from within individual companies. This paper provides an analysis of an email […]
