Sugar and Health

Posted by in Dr. Joel Fuhrman on 04. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments

For most of the history of humanity man ate a diet of wild game and natural vegetation including some seeds, nuts, and fruit during certain sea-sons. In our era, with the advent of processed foods, mankind’s diet has undergone a radical change. People are eating foods that never existed in nature before, foods which the [...]

Corn – the Root of All Evil?

Posted by in Dr. Joel Fuhrman on 31. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments

I recently listened to an interesting conversation related to corn. It was more a debate on corns’ status as a vegetable, lack of nutritional value, and link to health problems (specifically diabetes and obesity). It was proposed that corn should be banned from production. The debate went on to suggest a comparison [...]

Preteens and Teens: Being to Sweet Can Kill You!

Posted by in Dr. Joel Fuhrman on 25. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments

The two major health issues that our preteens and teens face today are Obesity and “Diabetes 2″. What they eat and what they drink are suspects in slowly leading them to their death because of their contents-the sugars or artificial sweeteners present in the products they consume.
These health issues that have arisen to major proportions [...]