Obesity rates have tripled since 1980 and have increased particularly fast in children. This must be due to changes in the environment because our genes don’t change this quickly. This article contains graphs with historical trends and results from obesity studies, showing some of the main reasons why we get fat. People Are Eating More Junk Food Than Ever At the turn of the 20th century, people were eating mostly simple, home-cooked meals. Around

Research just published in the Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that mortality is greater not only for those who are Vitamin D deficient, but that an excessive level of vitamin D is also associated with increased mortality. Lack of vitamin D and its association with a number of health problems has been the focus of a lot of research in the past few years. This newly reported research from the University of Copenhagen reminds

Does it really matter, if we eat protein, how much and what kind of protein we consume? Consider this: Proteins have many different functions, for example: Part of your DNA – your genetic inheritance! Enzymes  are proteins which make everything happen, e.g. to break down food for absorption; to regulate the entry of nutrients through cell walls, and the removal of waste-products; to grow, develop, move, reproduce. Hemoglobin is a protein which, with iron, carries

The U.S. government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is poised to reverse 40 years of “advice” and scrap longstanding guidelines about avoiding high-cholesterol food. In a draft report, cholesterol as found in foods like egg yolks is no longer listed as a “nutrient of concern.” The cholesterol bogy has been used for several decades to terrify a whole population. For many years, cholesterol levels were considered the ultimate measure of health and fitness in America. Suppressing

Diabetes we know. But, What is Prediabetes? Prediabetes means that the blood sugar level is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) definition, it exists if the Fasting Blood sugar (FBS) is between 100 and 125 mg%. but an Integrative Medicine practitioner would like your FBS to be no more than 85mg%. In fact, some experts prefer the FBS level