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Changing the "spare tire" syndrome

I normally don't shamelessly rip off other people's phraseology,
but a recent Associated Press health article by an unusually
talented scribe named Ira Dreyfuss contained what is perhaps the
wittiest and most accurate metaphor (technically, a simile) I've
ever seen for the bread-fueled obesity epidemic we've been
struggling with for so long here in the Land of the Free. The piece
begins:

"Many Americans are like a loaf of bread — soft, with one side
round. Their choice of bread may be part of the reason..."

So funny, yet so true, isn't it? And now, there's even more
evidence backing up the real, undeniable link between breadstuffs
and belt-size — a cause-and-effect correlation I've been crowing
about at the top of my lungs since before the age of disco.

A large-scale 2003 study conducted by nutritional epidemiologists
(translation: docs who study diseases caused by poor nutrition) at
Boston's Tufts University revealed that subjects who ate diets
heavy in refined grains and low-fiber breads experienced THREE
TIMES THE INCREASE in waist size when compared to a control
group who ate more fibrous whole grains and fruits instead.

This finding is significant to your health in two major ways (and
I'm not even counting the attractiveness angle). First, research
shows that weight gain from an increase in belly-fat heightens the
risk of heart disease significantly more than weight gain in other
zones of the body. That's right: That "spare tire" around the
midsection is potentially deadlier than an equal accumulation of fat
on the back of the arms, the thighs, or other areas.

Secondly, the Tufts research (and other studies) seem to support
the theory that abdominal fat cells are more sensitive to insulin's
effects than fat cells in other body locales. This means the more of
them you have, the more your blood insulin may be likely to
fluctuate to dangerous levels — perhaps opening the door to the
diabetes obese people fear most (or should).

What's the solution? Obviously, cutting out over-refined grain
foods (like white breads, bagels, and the like) and simple sugars is
the key. In fact, restraint should be exercised in the consumption of
ALL breadstuffs — even some of the so-called "healthy" ones).
Instead, eat some dried meats like jerky or complex, and less
sugary fruits like apples.

But breads aren't the only fixtures of the American nutritional
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Aspar-taming

In the September issue of my newsletter, my readers discovered
how the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet) is actually a
drug-like killer even the clueless FDA wouldn't approve for public
consumption until recently.

In that issue, I revealed how President Bush's cowboy-of-the-
moment Donald Rumsfeld (yep, the same one; he used to be the
CEO of a major drug company) managed to bring this poison to
market back during the Reagan administration. How? By using his
political influence to quash an FDA toxicologist's report naming
aspartame as a cause of not only cancer, but brain tumors as well!

But I digress. The reason I mention artificial sweeteners now is
that aside from these risks, now there's even more proof that these
toxins are MAKING US FAT!

Adding to the conclusion Dr. H.J. Roberts outlines in his book
Aspartame Disease, An Ignored Epidemic (a source I referenced in
my newsletter piece), some recent research conducted at Purdue
University shows that a group of test subjects fed artificial
sweeteners subsequently consumed THREE TIMES THE
CALORIES of those given ordinary sugar (not a good thing to eat,
either, by the way).

If this research holds true, it means some of the very things most
mainstream doctors recommend for weight loss (diet soda, Sweet-
N-low, etc.) are causing us to crave calories and binge on
unhealthy carbohydrates. No wonder we're all getting fatter!

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Nothing artificial (or white-bread) about my sweet advice,

William Campbell Douglass II, MD

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