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Most people are well aware of humanity’s constant struggle against famine and food insecurity. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), around 925 million people across the globe went hungry in 2010. The number is staggering, but it’s still down from over 1 billion in 2009. To make this horrific number a little [...]
Carbohydrates are something we hear about constantly in American culture. There are simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates, where complex carbohydrates are supposed to be better for your health than simple. There are low-carb diets like the Atkins Diet or the Dukan Diet that are supposed to help you lose lots of weight. Then there are [...]
White sugar isn’t good for the human body. Everyone knows that, especially if your mother yelled, “stop eating that junk!” every time you put a piece of candy in your mouth as a kid. But how bad for you is it? Is it bad enough to be considered a toxin? Two credible news outlets explore [...]
Dukan Diet Oat Bran: Where to Get it, How to Prepare it
by Marshall Brain | April 21, 2011
The Dukan Diet is getting a huge amount of press in the United States this week with the release of Dr. Dukan’s book. And one big question that keeps coming up is this: what is the deal with the oat bran? Where do you get it? How do you eat it? Personally I use Hodgson [...]
Swimsuit Season Lies No. 2: Skinny Equals Healthy
by Cristen Conger | April 12, 2011
Who hates swimsuit season more than everybody’s (least) favorite single gal comic character Cathy? C’mon, you remember ol’ Cathy, staring at herself in the dressing room mirror wearing an ill-fitting bikini. All she wanted in the world was to drop some pounds and slide right into some polka dotted lycra and spandex.
But Cathy — and a lot of other people, both real and fictional — have the wrong idea about thinness.
Surveying 680 adults in 10 countries and territories about body mass, the researchers concluded that “a profound global diffusion of negative ideas about obesity” has taken place. As a result, we may be headed toward a universal body norm.
In other words, thin is becoming in — everywhere.
This article is inspiring – it describes a man who is 114 years old and going strong: Aging Secrets of a 114-Year-Old Spaniard How did he do it? Researchers do point out the fact that the excellent health of this family, and of the 113-year-old man in particular, is probably due to a Mediterranean diet, [...]
If you have been following the Brainstuff blog, you know I started the Dukan diet back in April, 2010 and kept a complete diary of my progress day by day: How the Dukan Diet works – The French diet that is supposed to end the obesity epidemic You also know that about 6 months later [...]
According to this article, half of all Americans could have diabetes in 10 years, if current trends continue: Half of Americans Could Be Diabetic by 2020 Ten years from now, more than half of the U.S. population could have diabetes or prediabetes, according to a newly released analysis by UnitedHealth Group’s Center for Reform & [...]
Public Service Announcement – Exercise is even more valuable than we thought
by Marshall Brain | November 19, 2010
You always hear that it is good to exercise. But why? And how good is it? A new study shows that exercise is incredibly valuable to human beings: Regular Exercise Reduces Large Number of Health Risks Including Dementia and Some Cancers, Study Finds People who take regular exercise could reduce their risk of developing around [...]
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