Janie, 2 sisters, and cousin are down 215 pounds
Janie is a regular on the Wheat Belly Facebook page, having joined the conversation with the release of the original Wheat Belly that upset the dietary community and made nutrition faculty break out their Tums.
She posted this impressive “before” and “after” comparison of her and her 2 sisters and a cousin, having lost an astounding 215 pounds over their 3 1/2 years of engaging in the Wheat Belly lifestyle.
“Many of you know that I started a way of eating called Wheat Belly over 3 and 1/2 years ago. At that time, my sisters and our cousin, Mickey, started it, too.
“The first one pict...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten grains Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Top Nine Myths About Trade Promotion Authority And The Trans-Pacific Partnership
The current debate over Trade Promotion Authority proves, once again, that the classic description of the anti-globalization movement—as “largely the well-intentioned but ill-informed being led around by the ill-intentioned and well informed”—still holds true. Despite the tireless efforts of trade policy experts to explain why TPA and the U.S. trade agreements it’s intended to facilitate are, while imperfect, not a secret corporatist plot to usurp the U.S. Constitution and install global government, myths and half-truths continue to infect traditional and social media outlets.
Because these myths—originating wi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 9, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
Washington Arrests Foreign Soccer Officials as It Sanctions the World
It’s hard not to feel satisfaction at the indictment of soccer officials for apparently corrupting the globe’s Beautiful Game—soccer in America but football to most of the world. Yet emotional satisfaction is a bad basis for government policy. While the U.S. is not the only nation to assert extraterritorial jurisdiction, it does so more often and more broadly than anyone else.
Moreover, punishing foreigners creates future risks. Someday Americans might get indicted by other nations for “crimes” committed in the U.S.
How did Washington become the world’s policeman and prosecutor in the case of soccer? The sport ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 8, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Follow Panama: Dollarize
Most central banks do one thing well: they produce monetary mischief. Indeed, for most emerging market countries, a central bank is a recipe for disaster.
The solution: replace domestic currencies with sound foreign currencies. Panama is a prime example of this type of switch. Panama adopted the U.S. dollar as its official currency in 1904. It is one of the best-performing countries in Latin America (see the accompanying table). In 2014, economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean was a measly 0.8 percent. In contrast, Panama’s growth rate was 6.2 percent. Not surprisingly, it was the only country in Latin America...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 22, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Steve H. Hanke Source Type: blogs
What’s Really in the New Trade Promotion Authority Bill?
After months of internal wrangling, a trade promotion authority bill has finally been introduced in the Senate. If passed, TPA could prompt conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and facilitate the deal’s eventual ratification by Congress. The basic function of TPA is to affirm that future trade agreements will receive a timely up-or-down vote in Congress while setting negotiating objectives and procedures for congressional oversight.
Politically, the debate over TPA (and the TPP) has pitted the Obama administration and Republicans against congressional Democrats. The reason the current bill took ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 20, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: K. William Watson Source Type: blogs
Checking in on the Minimum Wage in the TPP
Simon Lester
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the possibility of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) saying something about the minimum wage, which the White House had been suggesting it would. I was a bit skeptical that the TPP would really do anything on this issue, and subsequently, I spoke to a U.S. government official who seemed to indicate that the whole thing was overblown, and nothing much would happen with the minimum wage in TPP.
But now I see that Victoria Guida of Politico has been speaking to higher ranking U.S. government officials, who said the following:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, which the Whit...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 14, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester Source Type: blogs
Don't Envy Senator Wyden
Daniel R. Pearson
Being a U.S. senator can be fun. The position brings with it a certain amount of influence, fame, and stature. However, serving in the Senate also is fraught with challenges. Much time must be spent away from family. Flying back and forth between home and Washington can wear a person out. And some voters always are unhappy with you, sometimes really unhappy.
This is a complicated moment for Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). He has paid his dues in the Senate since 1997 and now is one of its more senior members. That seniority has brought him to the position of ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, whi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 20, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel R. Pearson Source Type: blogs
Don't Envy Senator Wyden
Daniel R. Pearson
Being a U.S. senator can be fun. The position brings with it a certain amount of influence, fame, and stature. However, serving in the Senate also is fraught with challenges. Much time must be spent away from family. Flying back and forth between home and Washington can wear a person out. And some voters always are unhappy with you, sometimes really unhappy.
This is a complicated moment for Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). He has paid his dues in the Senate since 1997 and now is one of its more senior members. That seniority has brought him to the position of ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, whi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 20, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel R. Pearson Source Type: blogs
Why Is the International Environmental Movement Silent about the Nicaragua Canal?
Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Nicaragua’s plan to build an Interoceanic Canal that would rival the Panama Canal could be a major environmental disaster if it goes forward. That’s the assessment of Axel Meyer and Jorge Huete-Pérez, two scientists familiar with the project, in a recent article in Nature. Disturbingly, the authors point out,
No economic or environmental feasibility studies have yet been revealed to the public. Nicaragua has not solicited its own environmental impact assessment and will rely instead on a study commissioned by the HKND [The Hong Kong-based company that has the concession to build the canal]. The co...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 23, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Juan Carlos Hidalgo Source Type: blogs
Melioidosis in the United States
The following background data are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series [1,2] (primary references available on request)
The first case of melioidosis in the Western hemisphere was diagnosed in the United States in 1945 – an American who had worked in the Panama Canal Zone during 1927 to 1928.
Sporadic autochthonous cases (five reports to 2013) have been reported from Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Ohio and California. The fifth case of autochthonous melioidosis was reported in Ohio in 2013. Imported cases have originated from Laos, Mexico, Viet Nam and Thailand. Two cases imp...
Source: GIDEON blog - February 11, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology ProMED Melioidosis Source Type: blogs
Measuring Misery in Latin America 2014: More Dollarization, Please
Steve H. Hanke
In my misery index, I calculate a ranking for all countries where suitable data exist. My misery index — a simple sum of inflation, lending rates, and unemployment rates, minus year-on-year per capita GDP growth — is used to construct a ranking for 108 countries. The table below is a sub-index of all Latin American countries presented in the world misery index.
A higher score in the misery index means that the country, and its constituents, are more miserable. Indeed, this is a table where you do not want to be first.
Venezuela and Argentina, armed with aggressive socialist policies, end up the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 9, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Steve H. Hanke Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly Total Health: Public TV Schedule for December 1-8, 2014
The Wheat Belly Total Health Public Television Special continues to rollout nationwide! Here is the schedule for December 1st through 8th, 2014. (Not all airings are listed; please be sure to consult your local public TV station’s schedule. Also, note that many cities have more than one public TV station, including HDTV stations.)
Be sure to show your support for your local public television station by making a generous pledge to allow them to continue to air programs like Wheat Belly Total Health. Special, exclusive-to-public-television Wheat Belly Total Health DVDs will be available to contributors to the local st...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 28, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Total Health autoimmune gluten PBS public television Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
The Wheat Belly Total Health Public TV broadcast is coming to your area!
Join me for a provocative and enlightening discussion about why the Wheat Belly lifestyle, coupled with the newest strategies revealed in the Wheat Belly Total Health, can help you achieve levels of health and weight control that you didn’t think were possible!
Here is the November schedule for the Wheat Belly Total Health public television special beginning Saturday, November 29th.
Be sure to show your support for your local public television station by making a generous pledge to allow them to continue to air programs like Wheat Belly Total Health. Special, exclusive-to-public-television Wheat Belly Total Health D...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 25, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Total Health grains PBS public TV Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Will you be in Panama City in August?
This is a must-see exhibit by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. A good chance to meet Matt Larsen, STRI’s new director, too. (Source: Running a hospital)
Source: Running a hospital - July 29, 2014 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs
