Widely-Held Beliefs That Need To Be Overturned : Part 2 – Cholesterol This week’s post is the second part of a blog series presenting examples of widely-held beliefs about four topics— dietary fats, cholesterol, sugar, and exercise –that I suggest need to be revised and updated. This is important health information that Americans should be educated…
Artificial Sweeteners Are A Danger To Those with High Blood Sugar There is an important life-threatening consequence of diabetes that involves the use of artificial sweeteners that deserves special attention. One of the complications of Type 2 diabetes, beyond having high blood sugar, is that it typically raises the level of fats (triglycerides and cholesterol)…
How to Break Old Patterns To Take Control of Your Eating Behavior Making an effort to change your eating behavior over time will eventually allow you to take full control of your health. Your diet is actually one of most critical factors in keeping you healthy and free of chronic conditions such as high blood…
March is National Nutrition Month : Free Yourself From Grains March is National Nutrition Month. To celebrate and spread awareness that our own nutritional choices and eating habits can prevent disease, I am offering the Surviving Cancer and Diabetes: The Real Cause & The Right Cure eBooks on Amazon for 99 cents from March 14-March 18, 2018. The following…
The Strong Linkage of Weight Gain, Diabetes and Cancer Weight gain has long been a recognized risk factor for diabetes, and recently, weight gain and diabetes combined have been associated with an increased risk for several cancers. In fact, a 10-year lag between someone having elevated blood sugar in the diabetic range and the incidence…
How Does Cancer Cause Death? : Taking A Deeper Look Everyone knows that a majority of cancers detected at an early stage do not cause death. The reason is that cancer cells do not release toxins to damage other cells in vital organs, nor do they invade and destroy cells in neighboring organs, even though…
World Cancer Day 2018 “We Can, I Can” Survive Cancer Simply by Making Better Choices This Saturday, February 4th, is World Cancer Day and the theme over the last two years has been “We Can, I Can”. This day is about spreading awareness not just to the disease itself but also to the fact that…
If You, a Family Member or a Friend Have Cancer This week I announce that the Surviving Cancer eBook is now available on Amazon. Surviving Cancer is the valuable and insightful book for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, has a family history of cancer, or has a loved one with cancer. Dr. Poothullil expertly guides readers on…
The Unintended Consequences of the Green Revolution and How to Avoid a Repeat About fifty years ago, geneticist Norman Borlaug developed high-yield, disease-resistant dwarf wheat that could grow better than any other wheat. This boosted global agricultural production and they called it the Green Revolution. This wheat adopted by farming communities around the globe, plus…
You may think, given the vast amount of advertising you hear, that you can eat products that are gluten-free. If you are not certain what this means, but think that these foods are better for you, let me clarify the truth. Gluten is a protein found in many grains, especially wheat in all its forms…
