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Studies Show Food Allergies are Side Effects of Childhood Obesity

May 10, 2009 by Caryn Talty Comments1 Comment »

Damaging Microbes that Lead to Food Allergies may Prove to be Underlying Cause of Childhood Obesity, Study Says

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Overweight kids are 59% more likely to have food allergies than kids of normal weight.

Effects of childhood obesity and food allergies are widespread. Both childhood obesity and food allergies have become epidemics in the United States. Results from two separate studies show a probable cause. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2005-2006 can positively connect food allergies as a possible direct effect of childhood obesity. A third separate study shows that bad microbes in the gut (dysbiosis) can cause obesity. These study findings may prove that a healthy gut flora is key to reducing both food allergies and childhood obesity. …continue reading »

Corn Sugar 101

May 20, 2008 by Caryn Talty Comments5 Comments »

Learn about the 15 man-made varieties of corn sugar and how they are used in processed foods

Corn SugarCorn sugar is the most consumed sugar  in the U.S. today. The average person eats about 150 lbs of sugar annually, and about half of that, or 6 lbs a month, is high fructose corn syrup (hfcs). But hfcs is only one of 15 different kinds of corn sweeteners used by manufacturers in processed food products in our country. Should consumers be concerned? Perhaps you are wondering if eating all those prepackaged sweetened foods is bad for your health.

I began to study corn sweeteners after we discovered my son’s corn intolerance in 2007. I quickly discovered that snacks are loaded with corn sugar. And drinks? Just forget about them. As a matter of fact, I challenge anyone in America to read the ingredient listings on every snack product in their favorite vending machine. It would not surprise me if every item had some association with a corn sugar, however odd or far removed as it may seem. Heck, even the water bottles are more than likely made from a corn byproduct! I digress. I really want to focus my attention on America’s romance with sugar, corn sugar to be specific, its prevalence in our lives, and a little history about how we became so addicted to the sweet stuff that grows in abundance over our midlands, and now even clutters the landscape surrounding the rocky mountain region. …continue reading »

Bad for our Health? Get High Fructose Corn Syrup and Refined Sugar Facts

July 17, 2007 by Caryn Talty Comments5 Comments »
sxc.hu | author: Mark Webb

sxc.hu | author: Mark Webb

Corn. It is everywhere these days, and lately it’s been getting some heat. After reading a report published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claiming there’s no health difference between using high fructose corn syrup and refined sugar in beverages, I got suspicious. The AJCN report claims both high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and refined sugar cause the same feeling of fullness and hunger in people surveyed.  Since I already know quite a bit about corn sugar I was immediately suspicious of their claim. I decided to launch my own investigation. Regular readers know how much I despise corn, especially since the kind Americans eat these days is mass produced from genetically modified corn crops.  Didn’t have to dig too deep to learn who was behind the AJCN report.  And it didn’t surprise me in the least bit.  …continue reading »

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Obesity Is Killing US

July 16, 2007 by Dr. Rasa Kazlauskaite CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »
sxc.hu | author: Justyna Furmanczyk

sxc.hu | author: Justyna Furmanczyk

“Losing weight would improve your health” – I was telling my patient last week during a consultation. His light-hearted response concerned me: “I am not obese, doctor, you’re too skinny. Everybody in my neighborhood is this size. And I like being big.”

Everyone in his neighborhood is indeed getting bigger. As the average size of the typical American grows each year, so does the tolerance for being big. I am concerned that our mass media “experts” have taken the social stigma out of fatness and made people blissfully ignorant of its health risks. Advertising, television programs, and movies that promote obesity as normal directly ignore its threat to health and well being. …continue reading »

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