THE HEALTHY SKEPTIC is a blog dedicated to debunking mainstream myths about nutrition, health and disease. It is my sincere hope that the information here will lead to greater health and well-being for you and those you love.
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The Healthy Skeptic The thyroid-gut connection: how an inflamed gut reduces thyroid function, and low thyroid function wreaks havoc on the gut.
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You can't have a healthy gut without a healthy thyroid, and you can't have a healthy thyroid without a healthy gut.
The Healthy Skeptic Quote of the day: eat like a pyramid, look like a pyramid.
The Healthy Skeptic When it comes to body weight, waist circumference is a much higher risk factor for diabetes than BMI. http://bit.ly/a1RGX9
The Healthy Skeptic What it means to be "qualified" - and the folly of worshipping experts. http://bit.ly/bfEoTh
The Healthy Skeptic This is your brain on wheat. http://bit.ly/dwY5Av
The Healthy Skeptic A low-fat diet with increased intake of fruits, veggies & grains does NOT reduce the risk of heart disease or stroke.
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The Healthy Skeptic The problem with caloric restriction as a method of long-term weight loss. http://bit.ly/cKSbGS
The Healthy Skeptic BBC says diabetes costs "out of control". Gee, maybe because doctors tell diabetics to eat a low-fat, high carb diet?
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The NHS is spending too much on drugs for diabetes, say researchers who found the costs of medicines to control blood sugar have spiralled in recent years.
The Healthy Skeptic Study shows that too much omega-6 fat (i.e. vegetable oil) causes *multi-generational* obesity and metabolic disease.
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Chronic excess of linoleic acid (omega 6), coupled with a deficiency in alpha-linoleic acid (omega 3), can increase obesity down the generations. Researchers exposed several generations of male and female adult and young mice to a "Western-like" diet of this type, and then assessed the consequences ...
The Healthy Skeptic How osteoporosis drugs can cause insulin resistance and osteocalcin can improve insulin sensitivity. http://bit.ly/bHnNEr
The Healthy Skeptic More statistical analysis on the China Study and supposed connection between animal foods and cancer. http://bit.ly/d1Pyvv
The Healthy Skeptic Just finished a Functional Endocrinology seminar this weekend. Probably not the best timing with the exam coming up, but I learned a lot about treating endocrine disorders without drugs.
Shanna Ohmes Hello from The Natural Living Site Just found your page through Pat Robinson Love your page and look forward to connecting with you! ~~~shanna
The Healthy Skeptic Wheat causes significant gut inflammation even in those without gluten intolerance. http://bit.ly/bidbcK
