In this section of the BodyReboot site, we have collected and organized plenty of references to original source data, like statistics, studies, and other information to help people interested in the research behind the system.
The Importance of Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight & Your Survival
- Official U.S. Death Rates mstatistics
- Violent Crime Death rates in the United States
- Top of the list is a substantial increase in “All-causes of death”
- Obesity is the #1 cause of preventable death
- More data on this from the World Health Organization
- Wider Waistline Linked To Weaker Memory, Greater Cognitive Decline In Older Adults
- A shocking 7 out of 10 Americans are obese or overweight, but only 36% think they have a weight problem. (the market is growing, but there needs to be MORE of us helping people WAKE UP and save their lives)
People who are overweight have increased risk of:
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Strokes
- Diabetes
- Mental Illness
- Sleeping problems
- Gallbladder disease
- “Body Pain”
- All-causes of death (mortality)
Link to data from the Center for Disease Control
People who are overweight – especially the ones who don't realize/acknowledge it – are suffering in ways they don't even realize. So they're on this path of suffering and a decreasing quality of life that will eventually lead to disease and expensive medical care).
You've Been Lied To
Contrary to what we've been told, science shows a diet that's high in fat, but low-carb is very healthy:
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine study
- National Center for Biotechnology Information article
- Buck Institute Study
- The Lancet journal article about the association of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease.
Despite medical breakthroughs, life span is decreasing:
- MedPage Today article
- Scientific American article “Rebuilding the Food Pyramid”
- The Lancet journal article
High carbohydrate intake was associated with higher risk of total mortality, whereas total fat and individual types of fat were related to lower total mortality. Total fat and types of fat were not associated with cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, or cardiovascular disease mortality, whereas saturated fat had an inverse association with stroke. Global dietary guidelines should be reconsidered in light of these findings.
- Low-carb ketogenic diet memory study
- CBS report: Large study suggests carbs, not fats are bad for you
- Healthline article: 23 studies on low-carb and low-fat diets
- Buck Institute study: High fat diet may be healthy
- American Diabetes Association article
- “A Calorie is a Calorie“
- Harvard Gazette: When a Calorie is NOT Just a Calorie
Food composition has an impact on weight loss and can impact metabolism:
- PubMed Health: “The effects of high protein diets on thermogenesis, satiety and weight loss: a critical review”
- Scientific American article: “The Hidden Truths About Calories
Processed foods slow down metabolism:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: “Postprandial energy expenditure in whole-food and processed-food meals: implications for daily energy expenditure”
- Increased exercise can lower metabolism unless it increases lean muscle
Cutting calories too much slows metabolism:
- Oxford Academic: Effects of dieting and exercise on resting metabolic rate and implications for weight management
“Adpative Thermogenesis”:
- Burn the Fat Blog: “Can Too Much Cardio Decrease Your Metabolism?”
Your Body Is Stuck in A Struggle for Balance
Long-term persistence of adaptive thermogenesis in subjects who have maintained a reduced body weight.
- Does dieting make you fat? A twin study.
- Persistent metabolic adaptation 6 years after “The Biggest Loser” competition
- Why You Can’t Lose Weight on a Diet (NY Times article by neuroscientist)
It's Nearly Impossible to Lose Weight Long Term Unless…
- Washington Center for Clinical Interventions: Set Point Theory
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Is there evidence for a set point that regulates human body weight?
- VIDEO TED Talk: Sandra Aamodt “Why Dieting Doesn't Usually Work”
Hormones have a greater impact on long term weight loss than simply cutting calories:
- New England Journal of Medicine: Long-Term Persistence of Hormonal Adaptations to Weight Loss
- HealthLine: 9 Proven Ways to Fix The Hormones That Control Your Weight
Hormone balance is important having an optimum metabolism:
- University of New Mexico: Women, Hormones, Metabolism & Energy Expenditure
hormones and obesity:
- News Medical: Obesity and Hormones
Carbs can flood the blood with serotonin & throw it out of balance:
- British Journal of Nutrition: High-glycaemic index and -glycaemic load meals increase the availability of tryptophan in healthy volunteers
Cortisol prevents weight loss & caused weight gain (particularly around the belly) and it is CAUSED by low calorie dieting.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Low Calorie Dieting Increases Cortisol
Sugar increases Estrogen:
- University of Utah Health: Study Links Sugar-Sweetened Soda to Higher Estrogen Levels
Muscle tissue decline after 20’s & may contribute to lower metab:
- Oxford University Press The Journals of Gerontology: Sarcopenia: Effects on Body Composition and Function
Withdraw from Sugar & Bad Carbohydrates
Effects of sugar:
- Business Insider: 15 disturbing consequences of eating too much sugar
We specifically evolved to crave sugar & it gave us an evolutionary advantage because we can convert it and store it as fat:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Evolutionary history and metabolic insights of ancient mammalian uricases
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Uric acid-dependent inhibition of AMP kinase induces hepatic glucose production in diabetes and starvation: evolutionary implications of the uricase loss in hominids.
- Me and My Diabetes: The Sugar Fix
- International Business Times: Obesity in humans linked to fat gene in prehistoric apes
- Darwinian Medicine: The Reasons You Crave Sugar. Part I: A Taste for Sweetness
Brain effects of sugar:
- Huffington Post: This is What Sugar does to Your Brain
- Harvard Medical School Department of Neurobiology: Sugar and the Brain
Sugar is an addictive drug:
- British Journal of Sports Medicine: Sugar addiction: is it real?
A narrative review - Rosacea Research & Development Institute: Is Sugar Addictive?
Food addiction can be a real thing, but what’s really going on is addiction to carbs of all kinds:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Food Addiction, High-Glycemic-Index Carbohydrates, and Obesity
Sugar harms mental health:
- Psychology Today: 4 Ways Sugar Could Be Harming Your Mental Health
- National Geographic: “It seems like every time I study an illness and trace a path to the first cause, I find my way back to sugar.” Dr. Richard Johnson
Sugar blocks sex hormones:
- Science Daily: Too Much Sugar Turns Off Gene That Controls Effects Of Sex Steroids
Sugar causes cancer:
- Science Daily: Excess sugar linked to cancer
Sugar is toxic:
- Time: Sugar Is Definitely Toxic, a New Study Says
- UCTV: The Skinny on Obesity
- VIDEO – UCTV: Sugar: the Bitter Truth
Sugar availability over history:
- Divine Eating Out: Typical sugar consumption now vs 100 years ago
- Wikipedia: The History of Sugar
Availability of carbs over history:
- Oxford American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Evolutionary and Historical Changes in Dietary Carbohydrates
- Wiley Online Library: History, Global Distribution, and Nutritional Importance of Citrus Fruits
“Citrus, also known as agrumes (sour fruits) by the Romance loanword, is one of the world's major fruit crops”
“the earliest reference to citrus was documented during the reign of Ta Yu (around 2205 to 2197 BC) when citrus fruits, particularly mandarins and pummelos, were considered highly prized tributes and were only available for the imperial court” - National Geographic: The Twisted History of Pasta
“pasta was once only available for Italian nobles”
History of food:
- National Geographic: The Evolution of Diet
Get Your Body into Ketogenesis
The benefits of ketogenic diet are scientifically proven:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Long-term effects of a ketogenic diet in obese patients
“It significantly reduced the body weight and body mass index of the patients. Furthermore, it decreased the level of triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and blood glucose, and increased the level of HDL cholesterol. Administering a ketogenic diet for a relatively longer period of time did not produce any significant side effects in the patients.”
Keto reduces belly fat & improves cardiovascular health:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials of the effects of low carbohydrate diets on cardiovascular risk factors.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effects of Ketogenic Diets on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Evidence from Animal and Human Studies
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: A low-carbohydrate as compared with a low-fat diet in severe obesity.
“Severely obese subjects with a high prevalence of diabetes or the metabolic syndrome lost more weight during six months on a carbohydrate-restricted diet than on a calorie- and fat-restricted diet,” - Wikipedia: Ketogenesis
- Tuit Nutrition: Measuring Ketones
Ketosis & The Truth Behind Fat Loss
Vital Importance of Vitamins & Minerals
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Macadamia Oil Supplementation Attenuates Inflammation and Adipocyte Hypertrophy in Obese Mice
“macadamia oil supplementation attenuated inflammation” - National Center for Biotechnology Information: A macadamia nut-rich diet reduces total and LDL-cholesterol in mildly hypercholesterolemic men and women.
“macadamia nuts can be included in a heart-healthy dietary pattern that reduces lipid/lipoprotein CVD risk factors” - Online Holistic Health: Macadamia Nut Oil
- The Journal of Nutrition: A Macadamia Nut-Rich Diet Reduces Total and LDL-Cholesterol in Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Men and Women
CLA & high fat diet reduces colon cancer:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: High-fat dairy food and conjugated linoleic acid intakes in relation to colorectal cancer incidence in the Swedish Mammography Cohort.
…And Breast cancer:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Inverse association between dietary and serum conjugated linoleic acid and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Isomer-specific antidiabetic properties of conjugated linoleic acid. Improved glucose tolerance, skeletal muscle insulin action, and UCP-2 gene expression.
CLA may have anti diabetic properties:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Conjugated linoleic acid improves insulin sensitivity in young, sedentary humans.
Several studies have shown CLA helps increase fat loss:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: List of clinical trials investigating the effect of CLA consumption on body composition
Chlorella detox & benefits (with references)
- Dr. Axe: 7 Proven Chlorella Benefits
- Dr. Mercola: Chlorella: Use This Superfood to Help Remove Mercury From Your Tissues in Weeks
- Natural Society: This Green Superfood is a Powerful Weight Loss Tool
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Nutrigenomic studies of effects of Chlorella on subjects with high-risk factors for lifestyle-related disease.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Chlorella methanol extract reduces lipid accumulation in and increases the number of apoptotic 3T3-L1 cells.
Magnesium benefits:
- Dr. Axe: Should You Be Taking Magnesium Supplements?
Americans are not meeting current calcium recommendations:
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Americans are not meeting current calcium recommendations
Almost half (48%) of the US population consumed less than the required amount of magnesium from food (and it caused cancer):
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Suboptimal magnesium status in the United States: are the health consequences underestimated?
Magnesium and anxiety:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Magnesium deficiency induces anxiety and HPA axis dysregulation: Modulation by therapeutic drug treatment
Magnesium and sleep:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: The effect of magnesium supplementation on primary insomnia in elderly: A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Magnesium and constipation:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Association between dietary fiber, water and magnesium intake and functional constipation among young Japanese women.
Vitamin C with references:
- Life Extension: Newly Discovered Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- WebMD: The Benefits of Vitamin C
- Science Daily: Vitamin C May Help “Juice Up” Metabolism In Older Adults, Offsetting Weight Gain
Vitamin c may play crucial role in healthy metabolism of fats:
- Linus Pauling Institute: Discovery Shows New Vitamin C Health Benefits
Omega 3:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Omega-3 fatty acids: role in metabolism and cardiovascular disease.
Omega 3 boosts metabolism:
- PLOS One: Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation for 12 Weeks Increases Resting and Exercise Metabolic Rate in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Females
With references:
- HealthLine: 17 Science-Based Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- DHA EPA Omega 3 Institute: METABOLISM OF OMEGA-6 AND OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS AND THE OMEGA-6:OMEGA-3 RATIO
MCT Oil Studies:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Weight-loss diet that includes consumption of medium-chain triacylglycerol oil leads to a greater rate of weight and fat mass loss than does olive oil.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Value of VLCD supplementation with medium chain triglycerides.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effects of dietary medium-chain triglyceride on weight loss and insulin sensitivity in a group of moderately overweight free-living type 2 diabetic Chinese subjects.
- Study shows consumption of MCT oil improves body weight and fat loss: Weight-loss diet that includes consumption of medium-chain triacylglycerol oil leads to a greater rate of weight and fat mass loss
- Effects of medium-chain triglycerides on weight loss and body composition: Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) may result in negative energy balance and weight loss through increased energy expenditure and lipid oxidation
- Study shows consumption of MCT oil can reverse metabolic syndrome (pre-diabetes) symptoms: This study examined the effects of MCT oil consumption, as part of a weight loss diet, on metabolic risk profile compared to olive oil.
- MCTs may be considered as agents that aid in the prevention of obesity or potentially stimulate weight loss:This study shows that medium-chain triglycerides increase energy expenditure and decrease adiposity in overweight men.
- Study shows MCT oil along with Omega-3 causes improvement in cardiovascular risk profile in overweight women: Results showed consumption of a “functional oil composed of MCT, phytosterols, and n-3 fatty acids for 27 days improves the overall cardiovascular risk profile of overweight women”.
- Journal of Nutrition Study Shows “MCT diet may reduce body weight and fat in individuals”: MCTs Suppress Accumulation of Body Fat in a Double-Blind, Controlled Trial in Healthy Men and Women.
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Study Shows MCT Oil Increases Metabolism: Study shows that thermogenesis is enhanced in both lean and obese subjects when fats in a mixed meal are replaced with MCTs.
- Study Shows MCT Oil Improved Gut Health & Nutrient Absorption: Study of infants showed an improvement of overall gut health & absorption of nutrients when fed formula with MCT oil.
- Scientific Revew Of Nutrition & Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia: “Patients with memory impairment showed significant improvement in memory after receiving oral supplementation with MCTs that produced higher ketone levels in the blood. Higher plasma levels of ketones like β-hydroxybutyrate were directly correlated with higher performance in memory scores during this study”
Calcium & weight loss:
- WebMD: Calcium: Drink Yourself Skinny
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effects of calcium and dairy on body composition and weight loss in African-American adults.
- Wiley Online Library: Calcium and Dairy Acceleration of Weight and Fat Loss during Energy Restriction in Obese Adults
(calcium inside fat cells plays an important roll in fat loss)
Calcium supplementation can reduce risk of colon cancer:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Calcium intake and risk of colon cancer in women and men.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Diet and risk of colorectal cancer in a cohort of Finnish men.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial.
CLA enhances fat loss:
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Efficacy of conjugated linoleic acid for reducing fat mass: a meta-analysis in humans
- US National Library of Medicine Clinical Trials: Effects of CLA Supplements on Body Weight and Fat Oxidation
Avocado Oil:
- Healthy For Good: Monounsaturated Fat
- Healthline: 9 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Avocado Oil
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Hass Avocado Composition and Potential Health Effects
“There are eight preliminary avocado cardiovascular health clinical studies that have consistently demonstrated positive heart healthy effects on blood lipids profiles”
Detox with Greens
Chlorella detox & benefits (with references)
- Dr. Axe: 7 Proven Chlorella Benefits
Why Supplements Are VITAL
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Suboptimal magnesium status in the United States: are the health consequences underestimated?
Sweets & Snacks That Fuel Fat Loss
sweeteners:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Artificial sweeteners – a review
- Sugar and Sweetener Guide: Glycemic Index for Sweeteners
- Eat This Not That: Every Popular Added Sweetener—Ranked
Fitness Lies
Burn Fat Without Cardio and Without Hours at The Gym
Exercise & building lean muscle in women cuts breast cancer risk & balances estrogen:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Estrogen Metabolism in Healthy Premenopausal Women
Strength training in men increase growth hormone & testosterone:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effects of progressive resistance training on growth hormone and testosterone levels in young and elderly subjects.
40% increase in testosterone & 24% decrease in cortisol:
- AnabolicMen: Resistance Training and Testosterone: 40% Higher Testosterone and -24% Lower Cortisol
- Springer Link: Variations in urine excretion of steroid hormones after an acute session and after a 4-week programme of strength training
Postmenopausal women experience long term benefit with 2 per week strength training:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Resistance Training Predicts Six-Year Body Composition Change in Postmenopausal Women
- University of Arizona: Bone, Estrogen, Strength Training (BEST) Study Presents Results at Celebration for Participants
“study results conclude that the most effective prevention program for osteoporosis is a combination of weight-bearing and weight-lifting exercise with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and calcium”
Strength training prevents osteoporosis:
- American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine: Osteoporosis and Strength Training
Strength training lowers blood pressure:
- The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research: Changes in Arterial Distensibility and Flow-Mediated Dilation After Acute Resistance vs. Aerobic Exercise
Strength training increases “good cholesterol”:
- Journal of Applied Physiology: Untrained young men have dysfunctional HDL compared with strength-trained men irrespective of body weight status
Strength training can improve insulin response & blood sugar balance in diabetics:
- American Diabetes Association: Resistance Training and Type 2 Diabetes
- American Diabetes Association: Strength Training Increases Insulin-Mediated Glucose Uptake, GLUT4 Content, and Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Strength training can balance blood sugar & prevent diabetes:
- Dr Mercola: Pumping Iron Can Cut Your Diabetes Risk
Getting Your Own Quick Fitness Results
High intensity training substantially increased resting metabolism:
- Men's Health: STUDY: The Lifting Method That Sky-Rockets Your Metabolism
- Journal of Translational Medicine: High-Intensity Interval Resistance Training (HIRT) influences resting energy expenditure and respiratory ratio in non-dieting individuals
Hormonal response to resistance training:
- University of New Mexico: Hormonal Responses to Resistance Exercise Variables
(supports low rep, rest, HIIT training boosting hormone response)
Switch on Your Body's Fat Burning Hormones
Exercise & building lean muscle in women cuts breast cancer risk & balances estrogen:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Estrogen Metabolism in Healthy Premenopausal Women
Strength training in men increase growth hormone & testosterone:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effects of progressive resistance training on growth hormone and testosterone levels in young and elderly subjects.
40% increase in testosterone & 24% decrease in cortisol:
- Anabolic Men: Resistance Training and Testosterone: 40% Higher Testosterone and -24% Lower Cortisol
- Springer Link: Variations in urine excretion of steroid hormones after an acute session and after a 4-week programme of strength training
Postmenopausal women experience long term benefit with 2 per week strength training:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Resistance Training Predicts Six-Year Body Composition Change in Postmenopausal Women
- University of Arizona: Bone, Estrogen, Strength Training (BEST) Study Presents Results at Celebration for Participants
“study results conclude that the most effective prevention program for osteoporosis is a combination of weight-bearing and weight-lifting exercise with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and calcium”
Glucose, insulin & hormones. SCIENCE!
Breaking Through Sticking Points
The Truth About Eating High-Fat (Bombs Away!)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Long term effects of ketogenic diet in obese subjects with high cholesterol level.
“this study demonstrates that low carbohydrate diet is safe to use for a longer period of time in obese subjects with a high total cholesterol level” - Annals of Internal Medicine: Effects on Health Outcomes of a Mediterranean Diet With No Restriction on Fat Intake: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
“a Mediterranean diet with no restriction on fat intake may reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events, breast cancer, and type 2 diabetes” - National Center for Biotechnology Information: SFAs do not impair endothelial function and arterial stiffness
“The replacement of SFAs with MUFAs or carbohydrates in healthy subjects does not affect vascular function”
Food Windows & Boosting Fat Loss
- Lift Heavy: The Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Human and Animal Health
- Scope (Stanford Medicine): Intermittent fasting: Fad or science-based diet?
- Science Daily: On-and-off fasting helps fight obesity, study finds
- Diet Doctor: Fasting and growth hormone
- Healthline: 10 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
Fasting Health Benefits:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Intermittent food deprivation improves cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses to stress in rats.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effects of intermittent feeding upon body weight and lifespan in inbred mice: interaction of genotype and age.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Cardioprotection by intermittent fasting in rats.
Two Studies Showing Positive Health Effects & Effectiveness In Helping Obesity:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Short-term modified alternate-day fasting: a novel dietary strategy for weight loss and cardioprotection in obese adults.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Alternate day calorie restriction improves clinical findings and reduces markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in overweight adults with moderate asthma.
Intermittent Fasting and Hunger:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: INTERMITTENT FASTS IN THE CORRECTION AND CONTROL OF INTRACTABLE OBESITY
(Study showed an effective weight loss method and that hunger is decreased while fasting.)
Short Term Fasting Does Not Cause Muscle Atrophy:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Actions of short-term fasting on human skeletal muscle myogenic and atrogenic gene expression.
Eating Frequently Does Not Burn More Calories
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effect of the pattern of food intake on human energy metabolism.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Meal frequency and energy balance.
Implementing Your Own Food Window
- Stronger By Science: The “Leangains” Intermittent Fasting Study Is Finally Here
The Chemicals That Are Killing You
Tap water filled with plastic compounds:
- The Guardian: Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world, study reveals
- Rainbow Light: How Plastic is Entering Our Food Chain –
and Our Bodies
Plastic health impact:
- WebMD: Cookware Plastics – Shopper's Guide to Food Safety
- Ecology Center: Adverse Health Effects of Plastics
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Endocrine Disruptors
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Researcher explores neurobehavioral effects of endocrine disruption
Big report on dangers of plastic compounds:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Parma consensus statement on metabolic disruptors supported by NIEHS scientists
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Parma consensus statement on metabolic disruptors
Receipts are poisoning you:
- Newsweek: YOU’RE ABSORBING BPA FROM YOUR RECEIPTS, STUDY SHOWS
- Plastic Pollution Coalition: Is BPA on Thermal Paper A Health Risk?
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Estrogenic chemicals often leach from BPA-free plastic products that are replacements for BPA-containing polycarbonate products.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Most Plastic Products Release Estrogenic Chemicals: A Potential Health Problem That Can Be Solved
- Toxicology and Industrial Health: A Physiologically Based Approach To the Study of Bisphenol a and Other Estrogenic Chemicals On the Size of Reproductive Organs, Daily Sperm Production, and Behavior
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Estrogen-like endocrine disrupting chemicals affecting puberty in humans–a review.
- Annual Review of Physiology: Endocrine Disruptors: From Endocrine to Metabolic Disruption
- ResearchGate: Estrogen Metabolism and the Diet-Cancer Connection: Rationale for Assessing the Ratio of Urinary Hydroxylated Estrogen Metabolites
Links to obesity:
- Toxicological Sciences: Endocrine Disruptors and the Obesity Epidemic
- PLOS One: Plastics Derived Endocrine Disruptors (BPA, DEHP and DBP) Induce Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Obesity, Reproductive Disease and Sperm Epimutations
- Science Direct: The estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) and obesity
Links to metabolic syndrome & diabetes:
- Nature Reviews Endocrinology: Endocrine disruptors in the etiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Man Boobs From BPA?
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: The male mammary gland: a target for the xenoestrogen bisphenol A
Flouride causes thyroid gland disruptions:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: A comparative study of fluoride ingestion levels, serum thyroid hormone & TSH level derangements, dental fluorosis status among school children from endemic and non-endemic fluorosis areas
“fluoride exposure can cause functional abnormalities of thyroid” - BMJ Journal of Clinical Pathology: Are fluoride levels in drinking water associated with hypothyroidism prevalence in England? A large observational study of GP practice data and fluoride levels in drinking water
Chlorine Harms Thyroid Function in Rats:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effects of chlorine dioxide on thyroid function in neonatal rats.
Sleep, Sun & Body Cycles
Exposure to more light earlier in the day causes fat loss and lower body mass index:
- Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine: Study Links Light Exposure to Weight
Study:
- PLOS One: Timing and Intensity of Light Correlate with Body Weight in Adults
Ultraviolet Light Exposure Suppresses Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
- American Diabetes Association: Ultraviolet Radiation Suppresses Obesity and Symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome Independently of Vitamin D in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet
Sunlight May Slow or Recuce Diabetes Symptoms:
- EurekAlert: Sunshine may slow weight gain and diabetes onset, study suggests
Sunlight Causes An Increase In Nitric Oxide Levels Which Has A Host Of Health Benefits Beyond Weight Loss:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Sun Exposure and Its Effects on Human Health: Mechanisms through Which Sun Exposure Could Reduce the Risk of Developing Obesity and Cardiometabolic Dysfunction
Vitamin D Deficiency Causes Obesity:
- International Journal of Obesity: Prevalence of hypovitaminosis D and associated factors in obese Spanish children
Vitamin D Deficiency is Common And Leads To High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol And Metabolic Syndrome:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and metabolic syndrome – the PORMETS study.
MORE REFERENCES:
Glycemic load and index for many foods:
- Harvard Medical School: Glycemic index and glycemic load for 100+ foods
1000+ foods:
- American Diabetes Association: International Tables of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values: 2008
750+foods:
- American Society for Clinical Nutrition: International table of glycemic index and glycemic load values: 2002
More:
- Mendosa.com's Glycemic Index & Glycemic Load data sheet (Excel spreadsheet)
55,000+ foods:
- The Diogenes Glycemic Index Database
- University of Sydney's Searchable Glycemic Index tool
- University of Sydney's Glycemic Index Information
CANCER AND KETOSIS:
- The Truth About Cancer: Ketogenic Diet Weakens Cancer Cells
- Ruled: Ketogenic Diet & Cancer: Interpreting the Research for You
- Nutrition and Metabolism: The calorically restricted ketogenic diet, an effective alternative therapy for malignant brain cancer
“These findings indicate that KetoCal®, administered in recommended restricted amounts, significantly reduced tumor growth and extended survival in mice bearing either the mouse CT-2A or human U87 brain tumors.”
“These findings suggest that the CT-2A and the U87 tumor cells are less capable than the normal mouse brain cells in using ketone bodies for energy.” - ResearchGate:Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Tumor Metabolism and Nutritional Status in Pediatric Oncology Patients: Two Case Reports
- Wiley Online Library- European Journal of Clinical Investigation: Ketogenic diets: from cancer to mitochondrial diseases and beyond
“Since glucose is the main source of energy for cancer cells (the Warburg effect), a reduction in the availability of this fuel can be beneficial, controlling the proliferation and metastatic capacity” - National Center for Biotechnology Information: Modified Atkins diet in advanced malignancies – final results of a safety and feasibility trial within the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System.
“Survival improved in some melanoma and lung cancer patients”
Ketosis has benefits for a large variety of brain disease:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Neuroprotective and disease-modifying effects of the ketogenic diet
There is no clear “requirement” for carbohydrates in the human diet:
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Metabolic Effects of the Very-Low-Carbohydrate Diets: Misunderstood “Villains” of Human Metabolism
Coke is hiding payments to the NIH and CDC:
- Archived from TheRussells.Crossfit: Coke’s Covering Up Payments to CDC and NIH Foundations