Weight Maintenance
The Atkins Cancer Revolution
By Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
High protein diets, often marketed as low carb or low carbohydrate diets, are in vogue today and are heavily promoted. Unfortunately, they are also high in fat and dangerous. The popularity of the Atkins diet plan and other high protein diet books is evidence that people are looking for a quick, effortless way to lose weight without having to curtail their dangerous love affair with rich, unhealthful foods.
Deadly Dietary Myths
By Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
I have warned readers about adopting fad diets such as The Atkins Diet, The Zone Diet, and Eat For Your Blood Type because the scientific data is so clear about the fact that eating more than a few small portions of animal products each week is associated with a host of serious diseases.
The Cold Truth About Raw Food Diets
By Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
The raw-food movement continues to make converts, thanks to a devoted group of individuals and celebrities who embrace the belief that an all-raw food diet is the best diet. The idea that stirs the most enthusiasm for this diet is the contention that cooking both destroys about fifty percent of the nutrients in food, and destroys all or most of the life promoting enzymes. Raw-food enthusiasts commonly make the claim that “cooked foods are dead foods.”
Magical, Mythical Protein?
By Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
The question most frequently asked by friends or family members about the Nutritarian diet is “How do you get enough protein, without eating lots of animal products?”
Keeping Weight Off
By Jeff Novick, M.S., R.D., L.D., L.N.
According to a new study by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, people who lose weight are more likely to keep the weight off permanently if they eat a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, with smaller portions of lean meat, poultry, and seafood (It should be noted that in addition to helping people keep the extra weight off, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains are also the most healthful foods).
The Mediterranean Diet
By Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
Overweight Children
By Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
According to prominent health authorities from around the world, the greatest threat to world health is not bird flu, nuclear arsenals, hurricanes, or global warming. The greatest threat to world health is obesity.
The weight of Americans continues to soar as the (cheese, sausage, biscuits and) gravy train keeps rolling across America. Last year, 31 states reported an increase in obesity, an astonishing fact when you consider that Americans already have experienced decades of continuous belly growth.
Getting Lean While Eating Green
Most people have no idea how our choice of food affects global ecology; however, USA Today (Dec. 18, 2007) stated that 75% of Americans plan to try to be more GREEN in 2008.
