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Since the early 1950s, doctors have warned their patients endlessly about cholesterol. yet most do not understand what cholesterol is, nor why the body can’t thrive without it. Please allow me: Cholesterol is a type of fat. It is a soft, waxy, fat-like substance found in the bloodstream and in all of our cells. And,
TO HOPEFULLY INSPIRE: “GOT FAT?” Tragically, even with years of science to support it, far too many people still fear eating fat. Why is that? If one was to truly understand the physiology of the human body, they’d realize this fear is without merit. FACT: Insulin needs to be present for the body to store
Don’t you ever wonder why your cravings are impossible to ignore? Don’t you ever wonder why no matter how much low-fat food you eat, you still can’t lose the weight, your tummy is getting bigger by the day, your mood is all over the place—and your doctor wants to put you on yet another pharma
Over the past several weeks, I’ve heard at least four very tragic stories of people being misdiagnosed. Those grave errors, errors that should have easily been detected through the MRI and CAT scans given, have instead, left these people with a certain death sentence. Each was told for over a year that they were “fine,
It’s now February 2012, and yet the lies in the diet industry sadly continue to run rampant! FACT: Eating good healthy fat will NOT make you fat. Why? Because it does NOT trigger the insulin response. Insulin has to be present to store body fat. However, everywhere I look, and every client I work with
In the crazy, demoralizing world of dieting, we’re relentlessly reminded through the media-, and our very own family, that this failure must be our fault. After all, how can one possibly not be held accountable for being able to lose (and keep off) a few lousy pounds? Although we passionately try again and again with
Shockingly, our best intentions to live a long and healthy life are deliberately sabotaged. From the diet industry to the food and pharmaceutical industries, the primary goal of these profit-driven conglomerates is to sell their products at whatever cost. That cost just happens to be our health—and most often—our very life. One only has to
FACT: 98 percent of all attempts to lose weight inevitably fail. As reported by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), this astounding rate of diet failure is frighteningly apparent with 127 million Americans overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million morbidly obese. But, unlike what most health experts claim, diet failure is not due to
For those who wonder why Americans are heavier than ever, carb addicted, depressed, and suffering from heart disease, you need not look any further than the low-fat myth that has sadly been perpetuated for the last 30 years. I like to call this the “low-fat myth,” because there wasn’t one, long-term study that verified the