Showing posts with label Diabetes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diabetes. Show all posts

Saturday, July 7, 2007

CBS News Reports that the Fight Against Childhood Obesity is FAILING

The government has spent over $1 billion dollars on changing how schoolage children are eating and the results are NOT GOOD.

Dancing fruits and veggies, paying kids to eat them and even the kids who are "following" this new program is NOT working.

Dr. Tom Baranowski, a pediatrics professor at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine who studies behavioral nutrition, says..."Any person looking at the published literature about these programs would have to conclude that they are generally not working".

Here is the complete article:

Fight Against Childhood Obesity is NOT WORKING.

Caveman Diet 'Combats Diabetes'

My husband is pre-diabetic/Insulin Resistant so I was so excited to read this article here:

Caveman Diet 'Combats Diabetes'

In short it refers to Swedish research shows a "paleolithic" diet is considerably more effective than the popular Mediterranean diet in reducing blood sugar levels. The main difference in the diet was a much lower consumption of grains and dairy and a higher consumption of fruits on the paleolithic diet. This diet mainly consists of lean meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, root vegetables and nuts....hmmm, sounds familiar??

Go and read this short article for yet another research study showing how well this lifestyle can affect your health!!

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