Exploring the Obesity Paradox
How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer? Martin Luther King Jr....
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Losing weight without rearranging your gastrointestinal anatomy carries advantages beyond just the lack of surgical risk. The surgical community objects to the characterization of bariatric surgery as internal jaw wiring and cutting into healthy organs just to discipline people’s behavior....
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Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases
What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line...
Obesity’s Impacts on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Heart Disease
Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in...
Obesity’s Impacts on Our Brain, Dementia, and Fertility
Weight loss can decrease dementia risk and improve mental performance and fertility. As I’ve discussed...
Obesity’s Impact on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes
Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, as well as reverse type 2...
The Best Alternative to Knee Replacement for Osteoarthritis
Is there a non-surgical alternative to knee replacement surgery that treats the cause and offers...
Eating to Reverse Heart Failure
An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an...
Diets with the Lowest Carbon Footprint
Why don’t environmental groups advocate for climate-friendlier diets? In what “was arguably the largest ever...
Boosting Your Metabolism Safely
If you drink two cups of water, the adrenal hormone noradrenaline can surge in your...
Epigenetics and Obesity
Identical twins don’t just share DNA; they also share a uterus. Might that help account...
The Largest Study on Fasting in the World
The Buchinger-modified fasting program is put to the test. A century ago, fasting—“starvation, as a...
Can Fasting Be Healing?
Where did the idea of therapeutic fasting come from? The story of life on Earth...
What’s the Best Weight-Loss and Disease-Prevention Diet?
The most effective diet for weight loss may also be the most healthful. Why are...
Testing for Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Many doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin...
The Stroke Risk of Vegetarians
The first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans suggests...
Obesity and a Toxic Food Environment
Implausible explanations for the obesity epidemic serve the needs of food manufacturers and marketers more...
Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity
Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry employs taste engineers...
Should We Take Any Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic?
The power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls. Food and...
Are Food Ads Making Us Obese?
We all like to think we make important life decisions, like what to eat, consciously...
Marketing Takes Off and Obesity Soars
The unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980...
Do Taxpayer Subsidies Play a Role in the Obesity Epidemic?
Why are U.S. taxpayers giving billions of dollars to support the likes of the sugar...
Processed Foods and Obesity
The rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about...
Cutting the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods
We have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of...
Are We Polar Bears in a Jungle?
Rather than being some kind of disorder or a failure of willpower, weight gain is...
