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Dr. John Poothullil is:
  • Nationally syndicated on radio markets coast to coast and distributed by USA Business Radio.
  • On every major podcast platform including Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Audible, and many more. 
  • Syndicated columnist as part of the Price of Business Digital Network. 

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February 14, 2024

This post is an ode to Valentine’s Day chocolates and reversing diabetes.

October 20, 2023

Overwhelming access to sugar can be a scary fact about Halloween, but that is not what you need to be concerned about.

October 28, 2020

For many, the overwhelming access to sugar is a scary fact about Halloween and all the upcoming holidays.  Added sugar is especially seen as a cause of weight gain, obesity, and diabetes. In this post, I want to clarify whether “added sugar” and “natural sugar” are what you need to be concerned about.  This blog […]

January 8, 2020

One can understand soft drinks with sugar making you fat, getting type 2 diabetes, and promoting cancer. But how can the same thing happen from artificially sweetened drinks?

October 30, 2018

For many, the overwhelming access to sugar is a scary fact about Halloween and all the upcoming holidays.  Added sugar is especially seen as a cause of weight gain, obesity, and diabetes.  A new study also links added sugar with cancer. In this post, I want to clarify whether “added sugar” and “natural sugar” are […]

September 6, 2018

Is Natural Sugar Good Or Bad For Children? From 1980 to 2013 the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has increased by nearly 50%. Many blame the consumption of sugar for this, but there is a lot of confusion as to what type of sugar we are talking about and whether natural sugar is bad or […]

May 30, 2018

This week’s post is the third 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 about to reduce the rising rates of obesity and diabetes in the US. […]

May 9, 2018

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) […]

March 27, 2018

In regard to David Leonhardt’s recent NYT article, How to Stop Eating Sugar, he rightly warns consumers that added sugar plays a significant role in causing the rising incidence of both obesity and diabetes in the US (and throughout the world).  No one can argue with the fact that the sugar industry has erroneously sought to […]