A Culture Dying to Eat
U.S. geneticist, Professor Cynthia Kenyon discovered that a high-carbohydrate diet “directly affect two key genes that govern youthfulness and longevity”. These two genes are insulin related, so related to the amount of carbohydrate in our diet. Kenyon discovered that when she removed these two insulin-receptor genes (daf-2 and daf-16) in worms, they not only lived longer,… [Continue Reading]
Today’s positive post comes from the Rudd Center. For those of you who don’t know, the Rudd Center is a world leader in the fight against weight bias and the toxic food environment. Think of them as the Pentagon and just like the Pentagon, to carry out missions they need foot soldiers. And that’s where… [Continue Reading]
The downer about diabetes is the diet mindset. It’s all about what you are NOT eating anymore: soda, donuts and cake. The party’s over. And the problem with a diet is that it’s not sustainable; it doesn’t last. You start thinking about the day the diet will end on the day it starts. But to… [Continue Reading]
