Dr. Mercola September 02 2008 33,187 views
Here's why EXCESS fat in itself is harmful: Fat cells release inflammatory compounds. So while too much fat is a symptom, it is also a cause. ;-)
To my way of thinking, there appears to be two major culprits to weight gain. The first is the widespread problem of yeast overgrowth in women AND men.
Here's one free solution for it...
hubpages.com/.../How-to-Flatten-Your-Tummy-and-End-Food-Cravings-EFFORTLESSLY
The other big problem is high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). HFCS increases a chemical that INCREASES your appetite! It's called grhelin. While a little ghrelin is probably a good thing, a 20 ounce soft drink of HFCS is NOT helpful!
The good news is that for most of us, taking care of the yeast overgrowth will make it much easier to avoid the HFCS.
The best to you.
Kelley Eidem
Together we can cure cancer - one person at a time!
I saw a commercial last night for high fructose corn syrup. A woman comments to another woman that the drink she is serving contains HFCS. The commerical then tries to make her look stupid for saying anything in the first place.They have a website now also. www.sweetsurprise.com. Amazing. Some of their "facts":
High fructose corn syrup has the same number of calories as table sugar and is equal in sweetness. It contains no artificial or synthetic ingredients.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted high fructose corn syrup "Generally Recognized as Safe" status for use in food, and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review.
High fructose corn syrup offers numerous benefits. It keeps food fresh, enhances fruit and spice flavors, retains moisture in bran cereals, helps keep breakfast and energy bars moist, maintains consistent flavors in beverages and keeps ingredients evenly dispersed in condiments.
Funny how much research they did leave out.
I wonder how many of these diseases we would cut down without HFCS.
I'm sure this commercial is all a lot of people need to consume even more of it.
In Australia processed foods rarely contain the sweetener HFCS, just sugar or glucose. We also have fat & obese people everywhere. So too much sugar (not necessarily HFCS) & white carbs are probably the main things causing insulin imbalances, plus a lack of protein, healthy fats & exercise.
This is another one of those ridiculous articles that have no factual basis and is meant to scare people.
1)Diabetes is caused by too many refned carbs and a lack of Chromium and Vanadium. Type II Diabets is completely reversible with diet and the addition of the two minerals above.
2)Cancer is found in everyone from newborns to the elderly, the skinny to the obese. Cancer can be controlled by keeping the body alkaline, adding selenium to the diet, and avoiding triggers such assmoking and radiation exposure.
3)Congestive Heart Failure is most likely a lack of selenium, calcium, and magnesium.
4)Enlarged heart is often caused by overweight, but also genetics. Again~selenium for optimal heart health.
5)Pulmonary Embolism can be caused by many factors~not just obesity.
6)Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is usually a hormonal problem caused by too much estrogen and not enough progesterone.
7)Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease: This is commonly due to transient or permanent changes in the barrier between the esophagus and the stomach. This can be due to incompetence of the cardia, transient cardia relaxation, impaired expulsion of gastric reflux from the esophagus, or a hiatus hernia.
If the reflux reaches the throat, it is called laryngopharyngeal reflux disease. (Wikipedia)
8) Fatty Liver is caused by many things and losing weight can helo, but not all patients are overweight!
9)Hernias happen to people of all ages and sizes, including newborns!
10)Erectile Dysfunction is most often caused by too low of testosterone levels or pharmaceutical meds.
11) Urinary Incontinence can be avoided with Pelvic Floor Exercises (Kegel), or tacking up a fallen bladder. Most women who get this have had multiple children.
12)Renal Failure: Most common causes are diabetes and high blood pressure. These causes can be avoided by adding vanadium and Chromium to the diet, eliminating simple carbs, and adding selenium, calcium, and magnesium to the diet, along with raw garlic.
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Pragmatico,
I totally agree with your point of view on focusing in restoring health rather than losing weight. Years of dieting actually increase your girth rather than reducing it because of metabolic resistance. Our ancestors survived famine many times because of it, and thus we still have the genes to stave off starvation. I know as I speak from experience, and come from a family that survived WWII eating only a potato a day. Healthful eating and living should be the goal. A slimmer body might be the result, but a better life is guaranteed.
My family members have all suffered with these problems mentioned and most have died from several combinations of them. Only one was obese. The rest were "normal" weight.
I am talking about 34 people from my family, not just one or two. How can these"facts" be correct in the article?
Dr. Marcola,
Let us get real here, I'm a heavy woman or you may call it fat. I'm retired have been heavy most of my life, I was on the swim team when I was in high school looking very good in my swim suit at 150 LBS. I rode and showed horses and look good in my cloths at 195, and now I'm over 200 at 63, no high blood pressure, no diabetes, nothing, just nerve damage in my back from a bad horse accident years ago. I'm so tired of the news and health articles on fat people, I can tell you a lot of people that are thin that has just as many problem as heavy people and it is not alway the way the eat. I eat heathy and I will always be heavy, I have starved my self so may times because people like you say I should be thin and my body alway goes back to 200 unless I eat 500 to 800 calories, I have tried every potion on the market and all they did was empty my bank account. I do have thyroid problems and Fibro Myalgia from the time I was 30 but other than that I have been healthy. I think the reason you and other people try and scare all the fat people is to sell products that you say will help them be skinny, when I see all the people going to the doctors that are skinny, bent over walking with a cane, taking tons of pills as I walk by them to get my yearly thyroid test I wonder why you pick on heavy people. My husband loves me, I have beautiful cloths, I raise and show my dogs and I don't think all heavy people run around depressed. I hope to see someday they stop picking on heavy people, the media is full of it and that is depressing. Start picking on bold people or thin people or people that use canes so they will not fall, or people that like sports and how they are all going to get sick from eating those hot dogs and beer but stop with the fat thing, it only makes it worse, people are spending there entire saving on pills, books, powers and I have plenty to sell back to you that does not work.
Heavy Person
You may "think" you eat healthily, but you're probably not on the diet for your metabolic type.
I am also obese and I am sick of people assuming you eat too much. Like "Heavy Person" I have Hashimoto's Disease (which I had since I had meningitis at 10) which the doctors didn't bother to diagnose until I was 42! I also have Fibromyalgia, and not a SINGLE diet works. I am now on a protein diet, and anything that is high in carbs I just can't eat. That includes bananas, carrots, onions, peas, corn, potatoes, rice, most fruit and a host of others. All I can eat is protein, and the so-called "free" vegetables like lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, tomato, mushrooms, cucumber, cabbage and coconut. This diet completely reverses diabetes. On this diet, I lose .07 grams a week. If I don't do anything wrong. (Try sticking to this diet for a month and see how you do) I am sick of people who give one look at you and judge you. And I am especially sick of doctors who tell you: "All you have to do is lose weight and all your health problems will disappear!" Yeah Right! They just don't know what else to say.