More Evidence Soda Consumption May Raise Stroke Risk By Megan Brooks, from Medscape May 8, 2012 — A new analysis from the Nurses’ Health Study provides more evidence that drinking sugar-sweetened and low-calorie soda may raise the risk for stroke, independent of established dietary and nondietary cardiovascular risk factors. Compared with sweetened and unsweetened soda, [...]
This new study does not name HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP directly, probably because they are afraid they will get sued by the makers of the prevalent poison, which is used in the U.S. for everything edible. But the study of over 4000 people states that “Fructose in the form of Sugar” definitely causes hypertension. Make [...]
Article by Dr. Mirkin: Sixty percent of North Americans believe that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is more unhealthful than other sugars, even though the number of calories, the amount of fructose and the sweetness is virtually the same as table sugar. They think incorrectly that HFCS-sweetened drinks cause obesity more than drinks sweetened with [...]
The Secret Ingredient In Your Orange Juice Written by KristenM Do you buy orange juice at the store? If you do, I’m sure you’re careful to buy the kind that’s 100% juice and not made from concentrate. After all, that’s the healtcier kind, right? The more natural kind? The kind without any additives? The kind that’s [...]
Avoid Foods Cooked at Very High Temperatures By Gabe Mirkin M.D. When foods are cooked at temperatures above that of boiling water (100 C or 212F), sugar sticks to proteins and fats to form chemicals called Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs). Eating food cooked at high temperatures markedly elevates tissue, blood and urine levels of [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup People everywhere are finally waking up to the indisputable fact that all simple sugars are not the same when it comes to the physical end results they create. The latest Public Service Announcement warning New Yorkers about the dangers of excessive soda consumption is a powerful illustration of this increasing level [...]
Chocolate trees demand hard work. Picking the Cacao Bean, cleaning it and cooking it and preparing it for market is something labor no longer wants to do. Big capital sees the Cacao tree as a waste of time. Big capital prefers simple crops like corn. Global Chocolate Crisis Looms Forget oil and freshwater — the [...]
Sugared Drinks Increase Heart Attack Risk By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Among 43,000 men, 40-75 years of age, followed for 22 years, those who drank one 12-oz. sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease than those who didn’t drink sugar-sweetened beverages (Circulation, published online March 12, 2012). Each additional daily [...]
