Elevated CO2 Stimulates the Growth of Papaya
Papayas are spherical or pear-shaped fruits known for their delicious taste and sunlit color of the tropics. Upon his arrival to the New World, Christopher Columbus apparently could not get enough of this exotic fruit, reportedly referring to it as the “the fruit of angels.” And the fruit of angels it may indeed be, as modern science has confirmed its value as a rich source of important vitamins, antioxidants and other health-promoting substances to the consumer.
Papaya production has increased significantly over the past few years to the point that it is now ranked fourth in total tropical fruit production after banan...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 7, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Craig D. Idso Source Type: blogs
The finer points of prebiotic fibers
No doubt: insight into the best ways to manage our prebiotic fiber intake is an evolving process.
Those of you who have been following these Wheat Belly conversations for some time recognize that we view bowel flora, the 3-pound or so collection of trillions of microorganisms concentrated in the colon, as a crucial player in human health. The species composition and relative numbers within each species play roles in bowel health, regularity, protection from colorectal cancer, even yielding metabolites that have metabolic impact on our bodies and modulate, for instance, blood insulin, blood sugar, triglycerides, and blood p...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 22, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora gluten grains green banana health nutrition potato prebiotic resistant starch Source Type: blogs
The pain of prebiotics?
Here’s a question I hear on occasion: “I started the prebiotic fibers but I experienced a lot of bloating and abdominal discomfort and had to stop. Maybe they’re not for me.” As the Wheat Belly conversation is taken further into the mainstream population via the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, I am hearing this more and more.
Giving up too soon because of encountering a problem without understanding why is a sure way to booby-trap your return to health. Should you encounter problems such as bloating or discomfort with your prebiotic regimen, it is due to dysbiosis, disrupted bowel flora from prior e...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 16, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora cholesterol dysbiosis health hypertension Inflammation prebiotic fibers resistant starch Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Latest update from Wheat-Free Market’s founder, Gary Miller
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Wheat-Free Market’s founder, Gary Miller. Because they launched their new Virtue Prebiotic Mixes just a few days ago, I thought it would be a great time to get an update.
WD: It’s clear that the Wheat Belly community was excited to see your recent launch of Virtue Prebiotic mixes. Tell us more about this new product for Wheat-Free Market.
GM: Yes, it is really more of a functional food than what I consider a grain-free replacement food. When we started the company, the focus was on providing answers to questions like, “How can I have a muffin or...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle erythritol gluten grains monk fruit monkfruit stevia virtue Wheat-Free Market Source Type: blogs
Ketogenic Cooking by Maria Emmerich–and a recipe!
Maria Emmerich, the prolific nutritionist of Maria Mind Body Health, has released a wonderful new cookbook: Ketogenic Cooking: Time-saving paleo recipes and meal plans to improve your health and help you lose weight.
Although Maria calls it a “paleo” cookbook, she does not fall into the common paleo traps such as overuse of honey or maple syrup. So the recipes Maria provides are perfectly compatible with the Wheat Belly lifestyle.
Readers will find some very useful new ideas here, including how to create your own meat rubs and seasoned salts; an excellent guide to re-stocking your kitchen; quick, limited ingr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle cookbook emmerich gluten grains ketogenic low-carb maria paleo Source Type: blogs
“even a monkey can handle it”
I’m going to forgive that comment from the article cited below because a monkey controlling a robotic wheelchair with his mind is a pretty incredible thing.
via http://mentalfloss.com/article/76629/watch-monkey-control-wheelchair-its-mind (Source: Organization Monkey)
Source: Organization Monkey - March 6, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Marie Kennedy Tags: monkeys/bananas Source Type: blogs
Can I eat quinoa?
It’s a frequent question: Can I eat quinoa . . . or beans, or brown rice, or sweet potatoes?
These are, of course, non-wheat sources of carbohydrates. They lack several undesirable components found in wheat, including no:
Gliadin–Degraded to exorphins that exert mind effects and stimulate appetite to the tune of 400 additional calories per day.
Gliadin–Intact, gliadin triggers autoimmune diseases and neurologic impairment.
Amylopectin A–-The highly-digestible “complex” carbohydrate of grains that is no better–-worse, in fact–-than table sugar.
So why not eat non-wheat carbohydrates all you want? If the...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 22, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle carbs gluten grains HbA1c insulin quinoa sugars Source Type: blogs
Year of the Monkey
Yay, it’s the year of the fire monkey. Rock on!
In this year, according to http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/monkey.htm, “Great unexpected fortune will find its way to Monkeys in 2016, so they will not have to worry about food and clothes.” That’s nice.
Also, “People born in a year of the Monkey often spend more time at work.” Yeah, we know: guilty. “Therefore Monkeys need to remember to take breaks to save their energy during their busy schedules.” Okay, we can do that. (Source: Organization Monkey)
Source: Organization Monkey - February 5, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Marie Kennedy Tags: monkeys/bananas Source Type: blogs
Preventing Traveler ’s Diarrhea Can Be Surprisingly Tasty. See How I Did It.
Potato chips for Preventing Traveler’s Diarrhea? It doesn’t seem likely, but it’s a cheap and easy trick that actually works… if you do it right. And it’s FAR safer for preventing traveler’s diarrhea, than to wait until you get it and take dangerous antibiotics, such as the Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics, that are often used for the treatment of diarrhea, that can cause dangerous ‘superinfections’ such as C-Difficile Infection.
But before I tell you how to make potato chips your best friend on a trip to a foreign land, first I’ll tell you how I know it works. Since my hon...
Source: Immune Health Blog - January 31, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Digestive Health gut health prebiotics prevent traveler's diarrhea probiotics resistant starch travel tips Source Type: blogs
Preventing Traveler’s Diarrhea Can Be Surprisingly Tasty. See How I Did It.
Potato chips for Preventing Traveler’s Diarrhea? It doesn’t seem likely, but it’s a cheap and easy trick that actually works… if you do it right. And it’s FAR safer for preventing traveler’s diarrhea, than to wait until you get it and take dangerous antibiotics, such as the Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics, that are often used for the treatment of diarrhea, that can cause dangerous ‘superinfections’ such as C-Difficile Infection.
But before I tell you how to make potato chips your best friend on a trip to a foreign land, first I’ll tell you how I know it works. Since my hon...
Source: Immune Health Blog - January 31, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Digestive Health gut health prebiotics prevent traveler's diarrhea probiotics resistant starch travel tips Source Type: blogs
Preventing Traveler ’s Diarrhea Can Be Surprisingly Tasty. See How I Did It.
Potato chips for Preventing Traveler’s Diarrhea? It doesn’t seem likely, but it’s a cheap and easy trick that actually works… if you do it right. And it’s FAR safer for preventing traveler’s diarrhea, than to wait until you get it and take dangerous antibiotics, such as the Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics, that are often used for the treatment of diarrhea, that can cause dangerous ‘superinfections’ such as C-Difficile Infection.
But before I tell you how to make potato chips your best friend on a trip to a foreign land, first I’ll tell you how I know it works. Since my hon...
Source: Immune Health Blog - January 31, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Digestive Health gut health prebiotics prevent traveler's diarrhea probiotics resistant starch travel tips Source Type: blogs
Test results 2016
About 15 months have zoomed by since my last lab tests and so I was delighted to find no significant change in today's test results. My blood creatinine level remains at 2.0mg/dl, which is right where it was when I was first diagnosed with chronic kidney disease almost seven years ago. Kidney disease tends to progress so I consider avoiding progression an achievement!
You can view 7 years of my test results, from initial diagnosis to present, here.
I can't say if my attempt to live a healthy lifestyle has been a factor in avoiding progression of the disease but it probably doesn't hurt (and has other benefits...
Source: All Kidney News - January 17, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: admin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Grains: Not all bad?
As much as I hate to admit it, there are actually some good things in grains.
Hold on: I’m not about to retract all the arguments I’ve made these past few years about the incredible health destruction that wheat and grains have wrought. No amount of good in grains, for instance, can negate the effects of gliadin-derived opiates that drive appetite, intact gliadin that triggers intestinal permeability and starts the process of autoimmune diseases, phytates that block almost all iron and zinc absorption from the diet, wheat germ agglutinin that is a potent gastrointestinal toxin and inflammatory factor, and amylo...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 1, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora corn fibers gluten grains low-carb microbiome prebiotic resistant starch Source Type: blogs
4 Tips for Managing Carbs on Wheat Belly
There is NOT a lot of counting on the Wheat Belly lifestyle, but keeping an eye on your carb intake is among the keys to success. This is especially true when you are just starting out, including starting out on your Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox when you need to reverse the metabolism/insulin/blood sugar/inflammation effects of years of wheat/grain consumption.
While we do not count calories or fat grams, we count carbs because 1) the majority of people begin this process with diabetes, pre-diabetes, high blood sugars and insulin resistance that all have to be reversed to regain control over health and weight, and 2) man...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 30, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle blood sugar carbs glucose gluten glycemic grains insulin net Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Moving Beyond Price-Per-Dose In The Pharmaceutical Industry
The United States has experienced extraordinary gains in treating cardiovascular disease over the last few decades. Statins, introduced in the 1980’s, are an important part of the story. Hundreds of thousands of deaths, heart attacks, and strokes have been prevented due to lower cholesterol, and the health benefits—appropriately valued—exceed $1.2 trillion. Evidence suggests there are around 40,000 fewer deaths and 60,000 fewer heart attacks annually because of these drugs. With sales that peaked around $30 billion annually, this makes statins—many of which are now generic—a very good deal.
A new ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - September 30, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Dana Goldman and Darius Lakdawalla Tags: Costs and Spending Drugs and Medical Technology Health Professionals Organization and Delivery Population Health Public Health Quality cardiovascular cholesterol patients Pharma Physicians statins Source Type: blogs
