environmental

How toxins are making us fat and diabetic

November 5, 2010 in Diabesity, Toxins | 6 comments

Each year the toxic burden in our air, food and water - and thus our bodies - grows higher than ever before. Companies manufacture 6.5 trillion pounds of 9,000 different chemicals each year. That's about 3.25 billion tons - enough to fill an ocean supertanker. And the same companies release over 7 billion pounds of 650+ different pollutants into the atmosphere and water. A recent study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found the ...
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Are you at risk for diabetes and obesity?

October 1, 2010 in Diabesity | 32 comments

This turned into a pretty long article, so I'm going to provide a summary up-front for those of you who are time-challenged: Genetics play a significant role in type 2 diabetes and obesity; but, recent evidence shows that genetics alone don't cause diabetes without environmental triggers and a leaky gut. The bad news is that almost everyone is exposed to these triggers and leaky guts are not uncommon; but the good news is that a leaky gut can be healed, ...
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Why grass-fed is best – part I

April 20, 2008 in Food & Nutrition | 7 comments

Although most consumers have heard of grass-fed or pasture-raised animal products, confusion still abounds about what their benefits are and why we should choose them over commercially-raised animal products. It is important to note that the "organic" label does not have anything to do with whether an animal product is pasture-raised or not. It's possible, and indeed common, for an organic meat or dairy product to come from cows raised in confinement feedlots. Likewise, it ...
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