"Leveling the Playing Field Act" Hurts the Broader Economy
The Senate leadership is working hard to find the votes needed to support the trade agenda. Key to progress is passage of trade promotion authority (TPA), also known as “fast track”, which would commit Congress to vote up or down on a trade agreement rather than offering amendments. Opposition to trade liberalization has been a comfortable policy stance for senators beholden to organized labor and to the anti-growth left. Opponents on the right profess concern about the possible loss of national sovereignty and generally are reluctant to give President Obama greater authority of any kind.
Political realities sometimes ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 22, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel R. Pearson Source Type: blogs
I lost the wheat, but didn’t lose the weight: Updated version
Yes, it happens: Rid your life of all things wheat and you get relief from acid reflux, joint pain, and high blood sugars . . . but not weight loss.
While most people enjoy rapid and dramatic weight loss with wheat elimination due to the loss of the appetite-stimulating effect of gliadin-derived opiates, the loss of repetitive glucose-insulin provocation of amylopectin A, the reduction of inflammation from the combined effects of gliadin/wheat germ agglutinin/amylopectin A, and reversal of the leptin-blocking effect of wheat germ agglutinin, this doesn’t happen to everybody. Or you lose, say, 20 pounds, only to have...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 7, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle carbohydrates gluten grains insulin low-carb Thyroid Weight Loss whey Source Type: blogs
Late Night Dinner at Five & Ten in Athens, Georgia
At first, I was really, really upset that my flight to Atlanta was delayed, making us miss our 8:30 dinner reservation at Five & Ten in Athens, Georgia.
This was no ordinary dinner reservation. My brother Joe and wife Rachel had arranged a special tasting meal for us with Five & Ten’s executive chef, Jason Zygmont, who they originally met when Joe stopped into the kitchen one day last year unannounced to borrow preserving salt for some charcuterie he was making. Joe returned a few weeks later to give Jason some of the duck proscuitto he had cured, expecting to quickly drop it off with the busy chef...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - May 5, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Restaurant Reviews Travel Athens Georgia FIVE & TEN Hugh Acheson JAson Zygmont Source Type: blogs
Four Words Or 17 Syllables: Predicting King v. Burwell In Haiku
Editor’s note: Watch Health Affairs Blog for more posts on King v. Burwell and the Supreme Court oral arguments in the case by Tim Jost, Grace-Marie Turner, Sara Rosenbaum, and others.
The resolution of King v. Burwell boils down to a simple point. A majority of the Supreme Court is willing to interpret the language of the Affordable Care Act. It is unwilling to rewrite that language.
It is all about four words: Whether “established by the state” in one section of the ponderously long, hastily passed health reform law renders low-income residents of states that have not created their own insurance exchanges but parti...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - March 5, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: William Sage Tags: All Categories Coverage Health Law Health Reform Insurance Policy Politics States Source Type: blogs
Is Yacon Syrup A Healthy Sweetener?
Yacon syrup is a natural vegan sweetener derived from a root that is grown in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Yacon is a food that has long been eaten by the indigenous Andeans in the same way that potatoes are eaten; it even looks much like a sweet potato, but is more closely related to chicory and Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke) than potatoes or sweet potatoes(1).
It truly is a natural sweetener that is processed in much the same way maple syrup is, so you can rest assured that it’s not a highly-processed chemical-laden artificial food. In fact, yacon syrup requires such a small amount of processing that some companies hav...
Source: Immune Health Blog - January 6, 2015 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Digestive Health Food and Nutrition Reviews superfoods #review yacon and ketosis yacon benefits yacon syrup Source Type: blogs
The Benefits of Yacon Syrup- The Healthy Sugar Substitute
There are many purported benefits of yacon syrup. From diabetic control, to weight loss, to digestive health and improved immunity, let’s find out if these claims are true. First of all, in case you didn’t read my previous post on Yacon Syrup, it’s a completely natural and minimally-processed(1) sweetener from a starchy sweet potato-like root indigenous to the Andes mountains of Peru that is often eaten raw and has a long history of use. What makes it unique is that much of its sweetness comes, not from sugars, as we traditionally think of them, but from a soluble carbohydrate fiber called Fructooligosaccharide, or F...
Source: Immune Health Blog - January 6, 2015 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Digestive Health Food and Nutrition superfoods fructooligosacharrides health benefits of yacon syrup Source Type: blogs
Grain-Free Sushi: A guest post from nutritionist Julie Daniluk
Nutritionist, author, and friend, Julie Daniluk from Toronto, provided one of her many wonderful grain-free, low-carb recipes to me, this one for sushi. My mom was Japanese and, boy, could she make some fabulous sushi. As we banish, or at least sharply minimize, rice exposure (due to presence of the wheat germ agglutinin protein, identical to that occurring in wheat, rye, and barley, highly-digestible amylopectin starch, and arsenic), a bit of delicious and nostalgic futomaki would indeed be a treat!
Julie has a moving and powerful personal story of recovery from severe gastrointestinal illness, a journey she accomplished...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 4, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes gluten-free grains sushi Source Type: blogs
Celebrate the New Year With These Recipes!
Here are a two Wheat Belly recipes that you can enjoy for your New Year holiday!
Anyone new to the Wheat Belly discussion: Choose the most benign sweeteners such as pure powdered or liquid stevia; monk fruit; erythritol; Wheat-Free Market sweetener; Swerve; Truvia. We avoid sugar, agave nectar, coconut sugar, or other fructose-containing sweeteners.
Irish Cream
This is an adults-only treat!
If you are a fan of the Irish Cream served as a liqueur or splashed over ice cream or other desserts, this is how you make a healthy version rich with all the flavor but with none of the sugar. I provide the dairy-free version here. ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 31, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes gluten gluten free wheat Source Type: blogs
Gingerbread Breakfast Cakes
Here’s another recipe taken from the Wheat Belly 30-Minute (Or Less!) Cookbook, perfect for a light holiday breakfast!
Gingerbread Breakfast Cakes
Prep time: 5 minutes Total time: 25 minutes
These cakes taste like gingerbread cookies and will delight big and little kids: They’ll feel like they’re having dessert for breakfast! Minus wheat and sugar, we create healthy cakes that have no nutritional downside.
Spread cream cheese, butter, fruit butters, or Raspberry Chia Jam or Plum Jam (recipes in Cookbook) over the top.
If you don’t have the All-Purpose Baking Mix, you can substitute 2 cups almond meal/flou...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 24, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes cookies dessert gluten-free grain-free wheat Source Type: blogs
Sugar Is Now Considered A Drug (So Just How Much Are You Dosing Yourself Or Your Kids)
Amy Ziff’s take on sugar…
Is sugar really a drug? Can we actually be addicted to it? Are you? And how about your kids? Those are frightening thoughts.
There are a lot of people in the health world who have been attacking sugars lately. I have to admit my first thought was, “Sugar? A drug? Aren’t there better things to go after?” But the truth is that it’s being consumed in quantities 39% greater than what was consumed in the 1950s. Here’s what that looks like:
The average American eats about 3 pounds of sugar per week.
That’s over 150 pounds per year. (Actually, it’s figured at 165lbs of su...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - December 15, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Amy Ziff Tags: Perspectives Eating & Nutrition Healthy Family Eating Sugar Source Type: blogs
Pumpkin Biscotti
Biscotti are twice-baked biscuits or cookies, crisp and with perfect sturdiness for dipping into tea, coffee, or your choice of healthy beverage. They are also wonderful spread with organic butter, cream cheese, or a no-sugar-added fruit butter or nut butter.
Here, we combine wheat- and grain-free baking with the wonderful autumn flavors of pumpkin, enlivened with the magical combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove.
2 medium eggs
1/2 cup coconut milk (canned)
1/4 cup coconut oil or organic butter, melted
1/4 cup almond butter, room temperature
Sweetener equivalent to 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
3 cups almond meal/flour...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates Christmas gluten-free grain-free pumpkin recipes Thanksgiving wheat-free Source Type: blogs
California’s Controversial “Prop 46” Would Quadruple Dollar Limits for Med Mal Pain and Suffering; Require Doctor Drug Testing
California’s Proposition 46 is an initiative that combines a number of controversial policies into one ballot. In broad terms, the Proposition would more than quadruple the cap on “pain and suffering” that could be awarded in a medical malpractice suit from $250,000 to $1.1 million. Second, it would require doctors and pharmacists to check California’s drug database before prescribing certain drugs. Third, it would make California the first state to require mandatory drug testing for doctors.
The media surrounding this proposition has dubbed it “lawyers vs. doctors.” Much of the funding on the “pro” side—...
Source: Policy and Medicine - October 31, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
U.S.-Mexico Sugar Agreement: A Tribute to Managed Markets
Daniel R. Pearson
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Oct. 27 that it had reached draft agreements with Mexican sugar exporters and the Mexican government to suspend antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigations on imports of sugar from that country. Commerce has requested comments from interested parties by Nov. 10, with Nov. 26 indicated as the earliest date on which the final agreements could be signed. Given the obvious level of consultation by governments and industries on both sides of the border leading up to this announcement, it’s reasonable to presume that the agreements w...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 30, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel R. Pearson Source Type: blogs
Sweeteners Alter Gut Microbiome to Promote Glucose Intolerance
I'll never forget when Ira Fritz, my doctoral committee chair, practically slapped a packet of artificial sweetener out of my hand as I was about to put it into my iced tea. "That stuff will kill you!" he said as he extracted from me an oath to swear off the stuff. I'm not sure I quite believed him, but to this day I still drink my iced tea unsweetened.As usual, Ira was right. Recently another brick has been added to the foundation of his concern about sugar substitutes. Researchers have found that sweeteners such as saccharine, sucralose, aspartame can alter the microbial ecosystem of our gut in a way th...
Source: The A and P Professor - September 19, 2014 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
The Tooth Decay Index
Source: BestMedicalDegrees.comThe Tooth Decay IndexDid you know that starchy, refined carbohydrates–foods like chip, bread, pasta, and crackers — can be as harmful to teeth as candy? What about how important saliva is to tooth health? Find out how with out tooth decay index!You are what you eat, your teeth are too. The pH Scale affects bad breath, tooth decayCommon pH values:pHBattery acid 1.0Gastric acid 2.0Lemon juice 2.4Cola 2.5Vinegar 2.9Orange or apple juice 3.5Beer 4.5Acid rain < 5.6Coffee 5.0Tea 5.5Milk 6.5 Normal pH level of mouth 6.5Pure water 7.0Healthy human saliva 5 – 8Blood 7.35 – 7.45Sea water 8...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - August 18, 2014 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
