The Role of Personal Responsibility in the Obesity Epidemic
How the power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls.
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The Role of Food Advertisements in the Obesity Epidemic
We all like to think we make important life decisions like what to eat consciously and rationally, but if that were the case we wouldn’t be in the midst of an obesity epidemic.
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The Role of Marketing in the Obesity Epidemic
The unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980 aligns well with the blastoff slope of the obesity epidemic.
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The Role of Taxpayer Subsidies in the Obesity Epidemic
Why are U.S. taxpayers giving billions to support the likes of the sugar and livestock industries?
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The Role of Processed Foods in the Obesity Epidemic
The rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about more food but a different kind of food.
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Cut the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods
We have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of foods, but only within the natural range.
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The Thrifty Gene Theory: Survival of the Fattest
Rather than being some kind of disorder or failure of willpower, weight gain is largely a normal response, by normal people, to an abnormal situation.
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The Role of Genes in the Obesity Epidemic
The big fat “fat gene” accounts for less than 1% of the differences in size between people.
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The Role of Diet vs. Exercise in the Obesity Epidemic
The common explanations for the cause of the obesity epidemic put forward by the food industry and policymakers, such as inactivity or a lack of willpower, are not only wrong, but actively harmful fallacies.
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Foods that Help Headache & Migraine Relief
Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches.
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Fasting to Naturally Reverse High Blood Pressure
A whole food plant-based diet can be used to help lock in the benefits of fasting to kickstart the reversal of high blood pressure.
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How to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally with Lifestyle Changes
The effect of fasting to lower blood pressure compared to medications, cutting down on alcohol, meat and salt, eating more fruits and vegetables, or eating completely plant-based.
