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Our Modern Diet - The Bad
You're going to eat what? Not knowing what you put into your body and more importantly why, can create real health problems. But, you need to know WHY. We've made it easy for you to know the difference the "good" and "bad" in human nutrition. These articles, complete with references will allow you to get the facts so that you can improve your diet.
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  • 146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health
    by Dr. Gary Farr 3/12/2005
    If you are eating a lot of refined sugar, perhaps this lengthy list of why you should not will convince you to change. Very easy to read.

  • Artificial Sweeteners Once Again Linked to Weight Gain
    by Dr. Gary Farr 2/27/2008
    It's thought that consuming artificial sweeteners breaks the connection between a sweet sensation and a high-calorie food, thereby changing your body's ability to regulate intake.

  • BGH: Monsanto and the Dairy Industry's Dirty Little Secret
    by Dr. Gary Farr 5/26/2007
    On February. 4, 1994, despite nationwide protests by consumer groups, Monsanto and the FDA forced onto the US market the world's first GE animal drug, recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH, sometimes known as rBST).

  • Cholesterol & Lipids
    by Dr. Gary Farr 12/31/2005
    The term "lipids" describes an entire class of fats and fat-like substances in the blood. Cholesterol and triglycerides are two types of lipids. Find out more here.

  • Consumer Watchdog Says Many Food Labels Misleading
    by Dr. Gary Farr 10/31/2005
    A consumer watchdog group says many food labels on shelves today exaggerate the presence of healthy ingredients.

  • Dangerous Cooking Habits
    by Dr. Gary Farr 5/20/2005
    We always hear about certain foods and cooking habits that can raise cholesterol, clog arteries and make us overweight. But we rarely hear about cooking habits that can cause us permanent harm.

  • Doctors Need More Nutrition Training
    by Dr. Gary Farr 9/20/2003
    Nutrition experts say American physicians are under-trained when it comes to issues of nutrition and health.

  • Don't Drink Your Milk!
    by Dr. Gary Farr 5/26/2003
    The path that transforms healthy milk products into allergens and carcinogens begins with modern feeding methods that substitute high-protein, soy-based feeds for fresh green grass and breeding methods to produce cows with abnormally large pituitary glands so that they produce three times more milk than the old fashioned scrub cow. These cows need antibiotics to keep them well.

  • Eat Right 4 Your Type Hype
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/8/2003
    Eating according to your blood type seems to be the hottest idea in nutrition today. Despite negative reviews in nearly every mainstream publication -- nearly all of whom have proclaimed the diet to be "no bloody good" -- Eat Right 4 Your Type by Peter J. D'Adamo, N.D. (Putnam, 1996) has become a bestseller. Find out the hype and why.

  • Fast Food Calorie and Nutrition Chart
    by Dr. Gary Farr 2/6/2004
    This helpful list gives a list of the calories and fats that are contained in meals from the main fast food outlets.

  • FDA Under Fire Over Planned Mercury Advice
    by Dr. Gary Farr 12/11/2003
    Consumer advocates are again urging the government to advise pregnant women to limit tuna consumption, arguing that some varieties contain more potentially harmful mercury than others.

  • Free Newsletter
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/22/2003
    Sign up for our FREE health newsletter from BecomeHealthyNow.com. The Healthy newsletter brings the latest research, news and ideas you can use, fun mini-quizzes and a listing of the live events and happenings on the BecomeHealthyNow sites and communities. You'll always be up to date on current health topics as the BecomeHealthyNow.com web site is continually updated.

  • Fructose is No Answer For a Sweetener
    by Dr. Gary Farr 10/11/2004
    The consumption of fructose (corn syrup) has risen considerably in the general population within recent years. In 1980 the average person ate 39 pounds of fructose and 84 pounds of sucrose. In 1994 the average person ate 66 pounds of sucrose and 83 pounds of fructose. This 149 pounds is approximately 19% of the average person's diet.

  • Health Survey
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/22/2003
    The health survey finds out about the state of your health. You may discover things about your health you didn't know before. This increased awareness of your health can help you take the appropriate action to improve the state of your body's function.

  • Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/8/2003
    A lecture by Ron Rosedale, MD, discussing the importance of insulin. This information was presented at Designs for Health Institute's BoulderFest Seminar.

  • Insulin May Raise Homocysteine
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/8/2003
    Overweight children with high levels of the hormone insulin in their blood are also likely to have high levels of homocysteine, a substance that appears to raise the risk of heart disease, stroke, and birth defects, as well as possibly other adverse effects as well.

  • MSG - Dangers & Deceptions
    by Dr. Gary Farr 12/13/2004
    MSG (mono-sodium glutamate) is a food additive that enhances flavors in food. It virtually has no flavor of its own, but neurologically causes people to experience a more intense flavor from the foods that they eat containing the substance. To millions of consumers, it means experiencing an adverse effect from the additive and possible adverse health effects in the future.

  • Nutirtion Glossary
    by Dr. Gary Farr 9/10/2006
    From vitamin A to vitamin Z, here's a detailed list of what vitamins, minerals and other nutrients do in the body, and where you'll find them.

  • Nutrition And Medicine? I Don't Think So
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/8/2003
    If you look at almost any other system of medicine besides the Western, you'll find a heavy reliance on food. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, after whom the Hippocratic oath was named, taught, "let food be thy medicine." The "foods" of modern medicine, however are drugs. The typical American doctor completely disregards nutrition.

  • Synthetic vs. Natural Supplements - Is There a Difference?
    by Dr. Gary Farr 9/9/2011
    There isn't a much more debated topic in the area of nutrition than the synthetic vs. natural vitamin debate. Actually the real culprit behind most of the false information is the Food and Drug Administration, the pharmaceutical industry, and the food producers.

  • The Cholesterol Myths
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/23/2003
    Have you been totally confused by medical propaganda? Don't feel bad. If the medical establishment can convince you you're going to die if you don't take aspirin for your heart condition, then there must be other lies as well! Well, we're going to present what Uffe Ravnskov, M.D., Ph.D. has to say. Once you've read this, that nice juicy steak with all the animal fat will really taste good!

  • The Danger of Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Fats
    by Dr. Gary Farr 12/31/2006
    Why not consume partially hydrogenated fats or oils? Because by the definition of "poison," partially hydrogenated fats and oils are poisons. READ THIS!

  • The Lowdown on Sweet?
    by Dr. Gary Farr 3/5/2006
    Dr. Morando Soffritti, who led tests of aspartame on 1,900 rats, calls it a possible carcinogen.

  • The Myths of Vegetarianism
    by Dr. Gary Farr 10/10/2004
    Being a strict vegetarianism carries severe health risks you will want to know about. Read this before you consider going strict vegetarianism. If you're already a strict vegetarianism you should also read.

  • The Problems with Olestra
    by Dr. Gary Farr 12/30/2011
    Why in the world would anyone want to eat a chemical that inhibits the absorption of vitamins and causes diarrhea and abdominal cramping? Well, perhaps you dont eat foods with additives (how can they be called food), but you ought to have the low-down on how this crap got its hold in the food market. HINT: It has to do with politics and money.

  • What are Vitamins?
    by Dr. Gary Farr 9/8/2011
    Essential to life, these thirteen organic compounds perform dozens of vital jobs in the body. Vitamin entered our vocabulary only in 1912, when the first one thiamin or B1 was isolated. We now know that some of the devastating diseases of the past beriberi, rickets, scurvy were nothing more than acute vitamin deficiencies. Read more . . .

  • What is Refined Sugar?
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/8/2003
    Sugar refining is the process of extracting out the sugar (sucrose) from the plant materials and then removing other unwanted materials from the extracted raw sugar.

  • Why You Should NOT Depend on the RDA
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/8/2003
    The first Recommended Dietary Allowances were established in the United States in the 1940s to provide standards for good nutrition. The allowances were not considered permanent, but rather recommendations based on the best available scientific knowledge. Since 1943 the RDAs have been revised approximately every five years as new data became available. In 1985, the RDAs came under attack by segments of the scientific and medical community as not serving the needs for establishing optimal nutrition.

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