What’s the best way to get rid of bed head? Episode 122
Does this bed head product really work?
Sasha asks…Can Ma Cherie Perfect Shower fix your bed better than regular water? Is this worth the money or is it nothing more than water mixed with leave in conditioner?
Let’s begin by talking about what causes bed head. First, you have to realize that there are two different kinds of bonds that control the shape of your hair. There are the disulfide bonds – these are very strong chemical bonds (kind of like the rungs of a ladder that keep the proteins in your hair locked in shape. These are very tough to break – think relaxer or straightening treatment. Then there...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid 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
“At @oatmealsny, which opened in Greenwich Village in...
"At @oatmealsny, which opened in Greenwich Village in 2012, oats are, finally, properly adored. Not as a conveyor of health benefits, but as an indulgence. The cafe serves 30-odd variations of oatmeal inspired by Asian cuisines, candy and Elvis. Here, @andrewscrivani photographed @oatmealsny's Indian-spiced oatmeal, which combines the flavors of chai, cardamom and crystallized ginger, and is mixed with almonds, raisins and a splash of coconut milk. Visit the link in our profile to read the full @nytfood review." By nytimes on Instagram. Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - February 22, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Liberate Your Inner Cow: Life Ungrained
Here’s an excerpt from chapter 1 of Wheat Belly Total Health, the Wheat Belly book that lays out much of the rationale and science behind why so many facets of health, so many abnormal health conditions, reverse with wheat and grain elimination. Short version: humans are simply not equipped to consume any component of grasses, including the seeds (“grains”).
(Only the text is excerpted; I added the photos and illustrations for the blog.)
“Goldfish do not eat sausages.”
Monty Python
Since you are reading this book, ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle gathering gluten grains Grasses hunting ruminant seeds Source Type: blogs
Can Community Organizing and The “third place” Improve Public Health?
By ANDY ORAM
The majority of health problems in modern developed countries are self-inflicted, the results of lifestyle choices. These problems don’t respond to a pill–or even to bariatric surgery. Moreover, the medical profession hasn’t found ways to change lifestyle.
For instance, one study found that only one of six overweight adults in the US have sustained a weight loss–and that was an improvement over other studies. Another site claims that 90-95% of all dieters regain their weight within five years. It’s encouraging to note an 80% improvement among people with obesity who get treatme...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simon Nath Tags: THCB Andy Oram Source Type: blogs
Kitchen Clean Up – Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox
If you’ve preordered the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, you don’t have to wait to get started. In one week you’ll get a day-by-day menu plan with everything you need to jump start your weight loss and rapidly improve your health. Start preparing today by cleaning out your kitchen and setting yourself up for success on your detox.
First step: clear your kitchen of all obvious wheat and grain sources. Take a look at the list below and pull these items out of your kitchen. If your family isn’t on board for the detox, make sure to create a cabinet or shelf and space in the refrigerator especially for y...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox kitchen clean out wheat belly detox Source Type: blogs
Kitchen Clean Up – Wheat Belly 10-Day Detox
If you’ve preordered the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, you don’t have to wait to get started. In one week you’ll get a day-by-day menu plan with everything you need to jump start your weight loss and rapidly improve your health. Start preparing today by cleaning out your kitchen and setting yourself up for success on your detox.
First step: clear your kitchen of all obvious wheat and grain sources. Take a look at the list below and pull these items out of your kitchen. If your family isn’t on board for the detox, make sure to create a cabinet or shelf and space in the refrigerator especially for y...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox kitchen clean out wheat belly detox Source Type: blogs
Food for Thought
The online journal Democracy is one of the best free things on Your Intertubes. The new edition is up and as always, I recommend you check it out. While there are several far more important issues I could comment on, for now I'll riff off of Michael Tomasky's speculations on the future of Foobaw.Like Tomasky, I'm a lifelong fan. It's just something Americans with Y chromosomes absorb through the pores, and I was into it as a little kid. But now that we know it's turning the players' brains into oatmeal, we have a major problem. We tell ourselves that the new concussion protocols that sideline players until their symptoms c...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 16, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
What a difference 3 weeks on the Wheat Belly lifestyle can make
Ben shared his 3-week experience living the Wheat Belly lifestyle after being diagnosed with celiac disease:
“My family doctor diagnosed me with celiac and wheat allergies. These pictures were taken 3 weeks apart: prior to the diagnosis and three weeks later, a photo of me after following the Wheat Belly books that my doctor recommended I get.
“I still feel like I eat like a king. I am just a lot more cautious about what I put into my body and I am seeing the results!”
You can see that Ben’s face shows the changes we expect to see as inflammation recedes: reduced cheek and around-the-eyes edema, la...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 3, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories celiac gluten grains Inflammation Source Type: blogs
Mary figured out how to reverse diabetes . . . on her own
Mary shared her story of how she learned–on her own, at first–that foods that raise blood sugar, such as grains, cause you to “need” diabetes drugs. Not eating foods that raise blood sugar causes you to not need diabetes drugs.
“I started going grain-free in December, 2014 as a last-ditch effort to get a handle on my diabetes.
“My extreme reaction to metformin–stomach problems from diarrhea to esophageal spasms–made me give it up for good early last year. My blood sugars were out of control, but my doctor did not want to start me on insulin. My blood sugar numbers were regu...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories blood sugar diabetes gluten grains Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Are ceramides good anti-aging ingredients? Episode 77
This study was done on mice.)
A Japanese study shows that plant-derived ceramides improve skin moisture better than a placebo.
The Kao Corporation published a study showing that a cream containing 8% of Ceramide E improves water content of skin and symptoms of atopic dermatitis. But, ceramide cream wasn’t compared to any other product. So the test had no control and it wasn’t blinded. By the way, this 8% concentration shows up in a couple of studies and it’s MUCH higher than the typical use level of ceramides which is a few tenths of a percent.
According to the Textbook of Cosmetic Dermatology, certain ceramide combi...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - April 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs
The joke’s on the Whole Grains Council
If you’re in the mood for a good laugh, take a look at the newsletter from the Whole Grains Council:
Wheat Belly . . . Grain Brain . . . April Fool’s!
. . . in areas from climate change to nutrition, we see people swayed by pseudo-science every day. Twenty studies show the sky is blue. One study shows the sky is green – and before long, there’s someone who’s written a best-selling book claiming that everyone who ever told you the sky is blue was out to get you; new evidence shows the sky is definitely green.
Here are the claims that they say are among the “sky is green” fictions (with...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle grains Whole Grains Council Source Type: blogs
The Dietitian’s Folly: Glycemic Index (GI)
Here is an excerpt from Wheat Belly Total Health, chapter 7: Grainless Living Day-to-Day.
Glycemic index, or GI, describes how high blood sugar climbs over 90 minutes after consuming a food compared to glucose.
The GI of a chicken drumstick? Zero: No impact on blood sugar. How about three fried eggs? Zero, too. This is true for other meats, oils and fats, nuts, seeds, mushrooms, and non-starchy vegetables. You eat any of these foods and blood sugar doesn’t budge, no glycation phenomena follow, no glucotoxicity, no lipotoxicity.
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the concept of GI nor of the related concept, glyc...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 14, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle carbohydrates gluten glycemic index grains Source Type: blogs
What Do Measles, Tuberculosis, and Grains Have in Common?
What do measles, tuberculosis, and grains have in common? For that matter, what do anthrax, influenza, and brucellosis also share in common with grains?
All the conditions listed are examples of zoonoses, i.e., diseases contracted by humans from animals. When humans first invited domesticated grazing creatures–cows, sheep, goats–into our huts, adobe homes, or caves, often sleeping in the same room, using them for milk or food, we acquired many of their diseases. These diseases were essentially unknown prior to the human domestication of grazing ruminants.
The process of animal domestication changed the course o...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat-Free Lifestyle barley corn gluten grains measles rye tuberculosis zoonoses Source Type: blogs
The Kindnesses We Can Do for Ourselves
We’ve just finished the “it’s better to give than receive” season. Many of us have made New Year’s resolutions that have us living some part of life with long teeth. And we’re only weeks away from the liturgical season — Lent — where many will give up something dear to them for six weeks of penance and self-denial.
So I’m going to turn the tables and talk about giving something to ourselves.
I’ve said before that MS is a thief. It takes more from me than I am willing to give, but it usually doesn’t matter whether I’m willing or not. For that reason, I’ve decided (well, Caryn an...
Source: Life with MS - January 14, 2015 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: MS multiple sclerosis life with MS Living with MS MS and family Source Type: blogs
