Ok, so this is the perfect example of marketing taking a good idea and messing it all completely up. Refined carbs, as I have written about many times in the past, are when you take the whole grain and lop off about 2/3 of the grain, removing 90% of the nutrients and leaving all the calories. […]
I can honestly say that it is very rare that patients truly understand what a refined carb is and how bad it is for health. Which is disturbing considering that refined carbs are known to increase the risk of pretty much every chronic disease known to man. Regardless of what color it is, if a product […]
I hear it all the time. “I’ll just exercise it off.” Or, someone will say something like “he’s an athlete, he’ll burn it off.” All of this over the “comes-with-a-hand-truck” sized drink at Starbucks. If only it were that simple. If only all you had to do was exercise more to burn off any excess […]
Over the decades one macronutrient or other has gotten beat up: fats, carbs, proteins. Sometimes it’s components within these food groups: eggs, red meat, potato chips, etc… But rarely do we pay attention to anything beyond the hype. Most of the controversy over foods that have been demonized has been taken out of context. Except potato […]
Patients who have reflux are almost exclusively given ulcer drugs with the rationale to block the development of cancer of the esophagus. The thinking is that is you can block the constant irritation of acid on the lining of the esophagus, which was not designed for high levels of acidity, you can stop the progression […]
