Ginger Root has Remarkable Uses
Can ginger replace pot for the nausea of chemotherapy? Ginger has been used for years to prevent motion sickness and for thousands of years to treat the morning sickness of pregnancy. M.E. Levine and co-workers at Siena College in Loudonville New York showed that ginger given twice daily in a high protein shake could relieve [...]Tags: chemotherapy, ginger root, inflammation, medical marijuna, nausea, osteoarthritis
Myths About Gaining Body Fat
Do you think your body is like a warehouse? If you eat fat and see fat on your body, it must be the same fat. That’s impossible. The fat cells in your body can’t absorb fat. They absorb glucose from your blood and then change it into fat after insulin allows the glucose into all [...]Tags: adipose tissue, beer belly, body fat, insecticides, late dinner, sugars
Fat Blocking Drugs Have Been Dangerous
Many doctors and their patients still think that eating fat is the major cause of obesity. Orlistat has been prescribed for years as Xenocol and is now available over the counter as Alli. The watchdog organization Public Citizen is again urging the FDA to take it off the market because of dangerous side-effects. These are [...]Avoid Sugars and quick digested Starches Part 5
Food or drink with lots of sugar or starches that are easily turned into blood sugar (glucose) causes your pancreas to put out too much insulin. Insulin “opens the gates” of all cells to accept glucose. This includes muscle cells, fat cells and brain cells. You get a “sugar high” as the brain makes endorphins [...]Tags: diabetes, sugar high