Archive for the 'obesity' Category

Diet Food Linked to Obesity

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Researchers have found that feeding young rats diet food increases, instead of decreases, their chances of becoming obese.  They believe the results directly correlate with dieting in young humans. 
It seems to me the problem is that we are trying to replace food with non-food.  If you’re used to eating fruit, rather than fruit juice, then your body senses […]

Obesity An Epidemic

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Waistlines keep expanding in 31 states
The statistics on obesity going up so quickly are truly frightening. A 1.1% increase in obesity rates means that something like two million more American adults fell into the red zone last year. It’s astonishing, almost becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy that we’ll all be fat before too long.
Colorado, my home […]