Rats, Food, Prisons – Reversing The Diabetes Pandemic With Dr. Gurpreet Padda – Reversing Diabetes
Diabetes isn’t just about bloods sugar, it’s systemic inflammation, incessant cravings-driven eating. It’s obesity. And it’s impacting our nation in ways most are completely unaware of. From our children’s exposure to the US dietary regulations in our public schools and the rise in ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), to behavioural issues in the prison system where […]
Meat Heals: What Is The Effect Of The Carnivore Diet On Obesity and Cancer?
Does Meat Really Heal? Many anecdotal reports have been released claiming that the carnivore diet – which basically consists of eating a diet restricted to meat (usually red fatty meat)–has alleviated the symptoms of autoimmune disease, depression and caused weight loss and improved health. Despite these anecdotal, is there any scientific evidence to support these claims? In […]
KETOGENIC DIET SHOW WITH MARY BEAUCHAMP, RN Interview With Dr. Gurpreet Padda, MD
Dr. Padda untangles the roots of our current opiate epidemic, obesity epidemic and diabetes epidemic, which are currently in the process of crippling our economy. He discusses hopeful solutions for the future, including how to prevent the eminent devastation of our physical, emotional and financial health as a nation. This is an inspiring and powerful […]
How Effective Is The Carnivore Diet In Curbing Chronic Obesity?
Obesity has become rampant in recent times. It is said to affect almost 50% of the American population. It has been credited with being a leading cause of chronic illness and ill health. The carnivore diet has become very popular as the new way to lose weight, maintain a healthy lifestyle and ward off diseases. […]
Does Sugar Consumption Cause Obesity?
Sugar has been vilified over the years with claims of its disastrous effects on our health. Are these claims true? Does taken a soda a day guarantee one ill health? What of the effects of excess sugar on obesity? In this article, we will explore these claims and determine whether indeed excessive sugar intake leads […]
Does Gut Microbiota Fuel Metabolic Inflammation and Dysregulation?
Given that obesity and associated disorder type II diabetes mellitus have reached epidemic proportions worldwide, the development of efficient prevention and therapeutic interventions is a global public health interest. There is now a large body of evidence suggesting that the micro-organisms colonizing the human gut, known as gut microbiota, play a central role in human physiology and […]
The Conventional Wisdom: Energy Balance???????
“…from a thermodynamic perspective, it is clear that obesity is generally the consequence of small cumulative imbalances of energy intake and expenditure.” 2017, Obesity Pathogenesis: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement calories in > calories out We overeat Too much food, too little physical activity Overeating (Energy in > Energy out) Obesity and the obesity epidemic 1880s: Max […]
Inflammation and Its Outcomes
Despite it being an essential response to infection and tissue injury, inflammation has also been associated with several pathological processes. Excessive acute inflammation causes tissue damage and non-resolving inflammation leads to chronic tissue malfunction, suggesting a delicate balance between the rapid and effective response to distresses in tissue homeostasis and the collateral damage on tissue […]
Obesity: Low Grade Chronic State of Inflammation Proinflammatory Cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6 and CRP)
Obesity is characterized by a low-grade chronic state of inflammation in which the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-6, and CRP are increased. It is a state in which there is an over-accumulation of subcutaneous and/or abdominal adipose tissue. This adipose tissue is no longer considered inert and mainly devoted to storing energy; […]
Addiction Model of Obesity: Its Dopamine Deficiency From Inflammation
An explanation why motivation is reduced with metainflammation and a possible explanation why many patients with diabetes develop chronic pain pathologies with anhedonia, reflections on the addiction model of obesity. The brain’s dopamine system, which drives motivation, is directly affected by chronic, low-grade inflammation. If your brain perceives that it is fighting off an infection […]