Is All Sugar the Same? Sugar is just sugar, say the television ads. It doesn’t make any difference if it comes in the form of “natural” high fructose corn syrup or the sugar in a sweet potato or pear. The body treats it the same. Don’t believe those ads. Recent studies argue that high fructose […]
A different way to Diabetes (1/23/12)
Food or Sleep? Paula Deen may be getting the headlines, but diabetes is a threat to America’s health – and to our economy. If present trends continue – in some ways things are getting worse – perhaps one third of Americans will become diabetic by 2030. Diabetes means that our main fuel source – glucose […]
5 Things to learn from Paula Deen’s Diabetes (1/18/12)
Media Diabetes Paula Deen has diabetes – for three years. Just as in the movie Casablanca, people are shocked! Shocked! But before demonizing Ms. Deen and her butter filled southern recipes, let’s look at what the public should gain from this overhyped, simplified media story: Diabetes – even “adult onset” type II – is highly […]
Can kids get addicted to the internet? (1/16/12)
Compulsion or Addiction? Can you get addicted to internet use? A new Chinese study in PLoS 1 argues that it certainly happens; that it clearly changes brain and behavior; and that the brain changes seen are in many ways similar to what happens with drug addiction and gambling. Kids Who Can’t Stop The adolescents – aged 14 […]
Who can I sleep with safely? (12/14/11)
Love, Strangulation and Suffocation When you see public health advertisements placing a meat cleaver next to a sleeping infant, it’s clear co-sleeping is no longer a simple matter. Milwaukee’s Health Department has received has enormous flack, but officials are convinced their ads keeping infants from parental beds will save many from strangulation and suffocation. But […]