http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com healthy news by Loraine Holden Fri, 14 May 2010 02:44:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Food and Drug Administration is asking doctors to tell them about misleading drug ads.  In fact an article on Netscape New by Matthew Perrone says that the drug industry spends 4 billion dollars a year on advertisements directed to consumers.  Ads often say, "Ask your doctor for this medication" .From ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2010/misleading-drug-ads/ In the April 19, 2010 issue of Netscape, Marilyn Marchione reports on the research of Dr. Scott Lippman.  In a long term study of older women who also have a genetic high risk of breast cancer, he found that Tamoxifen and Evista both blocked estrogen but had different side effects. ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2010/preventing-breast-cancer/ An article by Robin Hindery in Netscape News on April,4,2010 tells about a woman farm worker who said she had a miscariage after exposure to pesticides. Other workers in the same field felt ill but did not report their symptoms, afraid of losing their jobs.  California farm workers handle 5 million ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2010/pesticides-can-harm-humans/ A March 1 article by Lauran Neergaard in Netscape News said it was a mystery why some obese people have heart disease and diabetes and others don't. It's a common belief that obesity is a CAUSE of diabetes and heart disease not that it is another RESULT of consuming too ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2010/inflammation-and-obesity/ More researchers are coming to the conclusion that inflammation of  blood vessels as measured by c-reactive protein correlates much better with the risk of heart disease than the level of cholesterol in the blood. As mentioned in my book, cholesterol collects at the site of micro-injuries. Stiff blood vessel walls ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2010/does-cholesterol-cause-heart-disease/ A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Asociation says that two-thirds of adults are overweight and 34% obese. One third of children are overweight with 17% obese. Obese children often become obese adults.  Lack of exercise and a faulty diet are blamed. Was the wrong diet given to ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2010/should-your-child-drink-low-fat-milk/ A recent article on Netscape says 34% of Americans are now obese as  compared to 15% in 2000.  High blood pressure has increased slightly during the past 10 years from 28% to 29%. These increases are blamed on eating more fat and more salt. There are no statistics in the article. Other ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2009/fat-and-salt-myths-continue/ My book mentions the separate research by Dr. Bantle, Minne.U. and Dr. Reiser of the USDA. They found that high-frucatose corn syrup produced a lot of LDL-cholesterol and blood fats in both diabetics and normals. Dr. Dana Flavia in the October 2008 issue of Life Extension cites later research that shows ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2009/many-dangers-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2009/obesity-is-not-a-cause-of-diabetes-or-heart-disease/ The average person has several misconceptions about how the body works. They think that eating fat makes you fat, that you need carbohydrates for energy and that eating proteins always builds muscle. The energy content of foods being digested and used within body cells is not necessarily the same as the values when ... http://dontgetthin-gethealthy.com/2009/your-body-is-not-a-machine/