Artificially-Sweetened & Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Cause Disease

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Two new studies add to an overwhelming amount of data that artificially-sweetened and sugar-sweetened soda beverages cause disease. Will Coke, Pepsi, and others experience the same legal troubles as the tobacco industry? I really don’t care if ignorant and addicted people choose to continue to consume this garbage on a consistent basis; after all this is a free country. I care that anyone else should have to pay for any health care expense such people incur. Or does living in a free country mean that you can run up bills at someone else’s expense? 

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R-Alpha Lipoic Acid Corrects Insulin Signaling

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Supplemental use of R-alpha Lipoic Acid has the therapeutic potential to correct abnormal insulin signaling and insulin resistance, key factors to correct in individuals stuck at a higher-than-normal body weight.

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Lipoic Acid and ALC Rejuvenate Muscle and Liver Energy Production

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

R-Alpha lipoic Acid and Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC) show synergistic activity towards boosting the energy production in cells. This information can be used to improve your ability to exercise or to help correct serious metabolic problems such as type 2 diabetes. Several recent studies illustrate how these nutrients work to enhance your production of energy.

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Are Food Cravings and Excess Food Consumption a Sign of Brain Damage?

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

The problem with sliding down the slippery slope of slow and progressive weight gain over the years is that you may have a lot of trouble pulling yourself up and out of the hole. In fact, new science says you most likely cause brain damage by eating too much food. Such damage causes you to crave and eat what you know you shouldn’t. A variety of new studies shed light on the complex and fascinating subject of food cravings and your mind.

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Soluble Fiber Lowers Accumulation of Dangerous Belly Fat

Thursday, July 07, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

The progressive increase in abdominal fat, the kind that also coats and clogs your internal organs, is highly associated with disease risk in overweight people. A human study over a five-year period shows that soluble fiber, especially when combined with exercise, can lower the accumulation of this dangerous type of fat

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Diet Soda Proves Fattening When Put to the Test

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

I have explained for many years that there are sweet-related leptin receptors on your tongue. When you eat something sweet this system of communication goes directly to your brain and activates metabolism to help deal with calories coming in. When the calories are absent your metabolism gets confused and you eat more food later.

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Dawn of the New Leptin Era

Monday, July 04, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

A decade ago I recognized the extreme importance of leptin to human health. Leptin is the king of hormones which impacts everything else in your body. My first book on the subject in 2002, was the first translation of highly complex science into readable English for the general public – specifically addressing how to eat to be in harmony with leptin. This subject continues to evolve at a breakneck pace and is a shining beacon of hope for true health improvement, maintaining a vibrant quality of health, and extending lifespan. The newly understood role of leptin in your brain is both sobering and exciting. It is sobering because of the millions of people, even newborn children, with leptin-related health-deteriorating problems in full swing. It is exciting because knowledge and consistent correct actions offer a true path of solution away from disease and towards health.

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Is Gut Bacteria More Important than Calories When it Comes to Body Weight?

Sunday, July 03, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

A new Harvard study published in the New England Journal of Medicine is helping to clarify which foods contribute to weight gain – with some surprising results.  The study includes 120,000 men and women from three large cohorts followed for 12-20 years. The study shows that inactivity is not a good thing and then sleeping less than 6 hours or more than 8 is also trouble. But the news-generating headlines have come from the foods that either did or didn’t cause weight gain. Regular consumption of yogurt turned out to the most helpful of all foods – not because of calories but because of friendly flora in the yogurt.

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Is a Starvation Diet the Remedy for the Diabetes Epidemic?

Saturday, July 02, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Global health authorities were recently shocked to find that cases of type 2 diabetes have doubled across the world in the past three decades. Drugs to treat the problem are proving an utter failure. And a 600 calorie-per-day starvation diet was proven to reverse the problem in patients diagnosed within the past four years.

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