dr. jack kruse on using light to control one’s weight and health
“The fabrication of energy and free radicals sets the internal clocks that command our everyday rhythms-waking, eating, sleeping. Mitochondria run the show.” From the January 2019 issue of Advances in Anatomy, Embryology, and Cell Biology (Mitochondria Inspire a Lifestyle) “Maple syrup comes from a tree that makes it from CO2, water, and sunlight using photosynthesis. […]
obesity and the flu
OBESITY AND THE FLU: IS THERE A CONNECTION? “The global prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically over the last few decades. In 2014, the prevalence of adult obesity in the United States was 35.5%… In every region, adult obesity is increasing, and the pace of increase is accelerating.”CHERRY PICKED from the study being discussed today […]
antidepressants cause serious weight gain
ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN If you’ve ever known anyone taking drugs for psychological issues, you’re likely aware of one of their major side effects —- WEIGHT GAIN. A brand new study verified that this is likewise true of the drugs used to treat depression; ANTIDEPRESSANTS. Just a few days ago the British Medical Journal published Antidepressant Utilization and Incidence […]
the diet soda “weight loss” super-post
STILL TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT WITH DIET SODA? “A rise in the percent of the population who are obese coincides with an increase in the widespread use of non-caloric artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame (e.g., Diet Coke) and sucralose (e.g., Pepsi One)…” From the June 2010 issue of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, Gain […]
fascia and biomechanics: making or breaking your chronic pain and chronic illness
HOW IMPORTANT IS FASCIA AND BIOMECHANICS? FASCIA IS EVERYTHING! According to a popular online dictionary, Biomechanics is defined as “the study of the structure and function of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles, using principles of mechanics and physics.” In other words, everything […]
new research shows something you never thought of might be making you fat: your microbiome
WHAT’S MAKING YOU FAT? COULD IT BE THE BACTERIA THAT MAKE UP YOUR MICROBIOME? If there is one drum that I continue to beat on my site, it’s the importance of GUT HEALTH and the fact that it’s critical to maintain it by keeping your family off of ANTIBIOTICS. When you foul your MICROBIOME — […]
the latest government statistics on the link between obesity and cancer will shock you
BRAND NEW GOVERNMENT STATISTICS ON THE OBESITY / CANCER CONNECTION Although the cancer / obesity connection is nothing new (HERE), just last week, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) published a paper called Vital Signs: Trends in Incidence of Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity…. The biggest takeaway (no pun intended) was that in women, […]
american sperm counts are less than half of what they were forty years ago
AMERICAN MALES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FEMINIZED: SPERM COUNTS HIT ROCK BOTTOM One of the journals under the blanket of “Oxford Academic” (Human Reproduction Update) published a study late last week called Temporal Trends in Sperm Counts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis that looked at over 330 studies of 43,000 men from 1973 through 2011. […]
the american heart association takes on dietary fat yet again
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TAKES ON DIETARY FAT ONE MORE TIME THIS TIME: WARNING ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF COCONUT OIL “Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading global cause of death, accounting for 17.3 million deaths per year, comprising 31.5% of total global deaths in 2013. Since 1961, the American Heart Association (AHA) has recommended […]
flu shots for obese individuals don’t work as touted
FLU SHOTS FOR THE OBESE ARE MINIMALLY EFFECTIVE I don’t really need to tell you that OBESITY is a huge problem in the United States, with no end in site and no signs of slowing down. The latest statistics from our own government (NIH) reveals that…. More than 2 in 3 adults are considered to […]
adipose tissue (fat) as an endocrine organ
ADIPOSE (FAT) TISSUE AS AN ENDOCRINE ORGAN A MAJOR REASON WHY WEIGHT LOSS CAN BE SO DIFFICULT FOR SOME Most of us think of our body’s fat incorrectly. While we hate the way it looks, we know next to nothing about what it really does or how it works. Without going into detail concerning other […]
what’s feeding your cancer? new research says your weight is feeding your cancer
BRAND NEW STUDY TIES OBESITY TO NEARLY A DOZEN KINDS OF CANCER Have you seen the bumper stickers reminding us that “Cancer Sucks”? Of course you have. And the truth is, cancer does suck. It’s affected each and every one of us in one way or another, recently taking over the number one spot as […]
are doctors now saying it’s ‘ok’ to stay fat?
THE SCIENCE BEHIND STAYING FAT….IS IT REALLY OK? “There are many active efforts to combat obesity, but our culture at large is in the business of propagating it for profit, from big food to big media to big pharma. It’s that simple. We do much more, across the expanse of our culture, to foster obesity […]
the link between john oliver’s rant and america’s expanding waistlines
JOHN OLIVER’S MEDICAL DEBT RANT AND AMERICA’S BURGEONING WAISTLINESIS THERE A LINK? Although I have never watched JOHN OLIVER except for a couple things posted on YouTube, his rants are frequently reported as ‘news’. Just the other day, he bought fifteen million dollars worth of unpaid medical bills for $60,000 and forgave all of it. […]
the importance of gut health in children
ANTIBIOTICS CAUSE OBESITY IN CHILDREN In keeping with my current theme of GUT HEALTH, today we are going to look at brand new research that reinforces information we are (or at least should be) already aware of. It’s not news that ANTIBIOTICS are associated with OBESITY (HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE). This is because your […]
genetic obesity?
ACCORDING TO THE “EXPERTS”OBESITY IS GENETIC Petr Kratochvil That pillar of truth Yahoo, carried an article by the AP’s Marilynn Marchione yesterday called Scientists Discover How the Obesity Gene Works. The article was based on a study — a collaboration between 19 scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University — that was […]
why the best solution for obesity is prevention
OBESITYTHE POINT OF NO RETURN / IGNORANCE IS BLISS Gigi Ibrahim “Ignorance is bliss.” Thomas Gray from his mid 1700’s poem (Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College) “The kids are alright.” The Who from their 1965 song, and the 1979 documentary that bears the same name “Current weight management programs focused on dieting […]
which is a bigger deal; the link between obesity and depression or the link between antidepressants and birth defects?
OBESITY AND DEPRESSIONORANTIDEPRESSANTS AND BIRTH DEFECTSWHICH IS A BIGGER DEAL? “Nearly every antipsychotic has been reported to cause weight gain. Although comparison is limited by the different designs and recruitment procedures of reviewed studies, a MEDLINE search from 1966 to 2009 showed. Currently prescribed psychotropic drugs may cause anywhere between 4 and 37 pounds of […]
monw: medically obese normal weight — more common than you ever would have believed
THE IMPLICATIONS OF MONWMEDICALLY OBESE, NORMAL WEIGHT For a very long time we have known that simply looking at where you fall on a height / weight (BMI) chart is not necessarily a great or accurate way to determine how healthy an individual you are, nor can it always tell just how overweight, if any, […]
“obliviobesity” (oblivious to obesity)
OBLIVIOUS! NOT ONLY TO THEIR OWN OBESITY, BUT TO THAT OF THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL “Whether or not knowledge is reliably power, denial and delusion are reliably disempowering. We do not always fix what we know to be broken, but we virtually never fix what we are overlooking—whether at the personal level or that of […]