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It’s The Sugar, Stupid

It’s The Sugar, Stupid

by Dr Joe | Mar 1, 2013 | Diabetes, Food, General Health, Health Policy, Heart Disease, Nutrition, The Practice of Medicine, Weight Loss

Health messages particularly when it comes to eating are confusing to many people. It seems every week some food is linked to cancer and the next week is linked to reducing cancer. This is not your imagination. American researchers looked at studies on the first 50...
Choices and Consequences

Choices and Consequences

by Dr Joe | Feb 15, 2013 | General Health, Heart Disease, Obesity, Personal Responsibility, Weight Loss

Some weeks the world gets even crazier. A man in Sydney has successfully sued his GP because the GP “failed” to refer him for gastric surgery. The verdict is being appealed. The man was significantly obese. He also had liver problems and developed liver cancer. The...
Nothing Like A Good Crisis To Boost Funding

Nothing Like A Good Crisis To Boost Funding

by Dr Joe | Feb 1, 2013 | General Health, Health & Wellness, Health Policy, Nutrition, Obesity, The Practice of Medicine, Weight Loss

There is no doubt that health messages are confusing. What causes cancer one week cures it the next. And messages about what to eat seem to get increasingly complicated. Cap that off with the overarching theme, which comes through, most health messages that “we are...
Nursing Your Sweet Tooth

Nursing Your Sweet Tooth

by Dr Joe | Oct 29, 2012 | Diabetes, Food, General Health, Health & Wellness, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Weight Loss

I have written about the issues of too much sugar consumption and how it is sugar rather than fat which is the leading cause of obesity and diabetes. This infograhic shows some interesting stats on sugar consumption. Here is an infographic with fascinating statistics...

Sugar Not So Sweet For Your Health

by Dr Joe | Oct 12, 2012 | General Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss

There is much focus on fats in our diet. Yet sugar intake,especially from liquid forms gets less attention. The “fat is bad” mantra has led to people eating far too much sugar. It also leaves us wondering why we are not losing weight when we are eating...
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