This week, in an act of desperation to turn back the tide of the obesity epidemic that now affects almost seven out of every ten Americans and over 80% of some populations (African American women), the advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 20 to 2 to recommend approval of Qnexa, a [...]
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ONE OF EVERY TWO of you have a deadly disease that’s making you fat sick and will kill you and 90 percent of you don’t even know you have it. What’s worse is your doctor’s not trained how to find it and they are not even looking for it. This problem will cost us $3.5 [...]
I recently held a Twitter Party in the lead up to The UltraSimple Diet Challenge some of you just completed with me. The party and the challenge were fun opportunities to connect directly with some of you and answer your questions. For those who weren’t able to attend the party, I thought you would be [...]
SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME HAZARDOUS health zones full of empty calories, junk food, and stripped-down physical education programs that are cultivating a nation of fatter, dumber, and more aggressive kids. In the film, The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg tells his friend that there are more geniuses in China than there are people in the United States. [...]
I’VE PUT TOGETHER a guide you can download at no charge that includes several items that I didn’t have enough room for in the book. To get the most out of the program, I suggest you download this guide before starting the program. The guide includes: Shopping Lists – Handy lists of everything you need to shop [...]
IF YOU CAN’T CONVINCE THEM, CONFUSE THEM – Harry Truman The current media debate about the benefits (or lack of harm) of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in our diet misses the obvious. The average American increased their consumption of HFCS (mostly from sugar sweetened drinks and processed food) from zero to over 60 pounds [...]
YOUR DOCTORS THINK they make decisions based on medical evidence. But they don’t! In fact, half of medical evidence is hidden from your doctors. And the half that’s hidden is the half that shows drugs don’t work. The bad news is that drug companies are not policed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the [...]
SPENDING JUST PENNIES a day on healthcare can reduce our expenditures by $24 billion over five years. New research from the Lewin Group has shown that spending pennies a day on a few key nutritional supplements can dramatically reduce sickness and chronic disease — and greatly decrease healthcare expenditures as a result.(i) How did they [...]