Why is Coca-Cola so addictive? The Sugar. Soft drinks contain large quantities of sugar which, when consumed, causes a 'rush' that is extremely addictive and leads to even bigger cravings. The reward centres of the brain are activated, releasing dopamine and other hormones to create a feeling of euphoria. Addictive ingredients: Soda contains ingredients like caffeine and sugar that can be addictive. For instance, much like addictive substances such as alcohol and drugs, caffeine also triggers the release of the feel-good hormone dopamine in the brain, making you crave more of it. There are 37 grams (g) of added sugar, which equates to almost 10 teaspoons (tsp), in a single can of cola. For optimal health, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend consuming no more than 6 tsp of added sugar daily. By drinking just one serving of cola a day, a person will easily exceed this amount. Is Coca-Cola bad for you? Effects on the body Recent research
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Showing results for GPs, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes may be making 237 million errors a year Search instead for GPs, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes may be making 237 million errors a yea GPs, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes may be making 237 million errors a year - the equivalent of one mistake made for every five drugs handed out. The study said most caused no problems, but in more than a quarter of cases the mistakes could have caused harm.
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What Did Our Ancestors Really Eat?
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W hat Did Our Ancestors Really Eat? Nearly 70% of Americans 20 years of age and older are overweight, with over 35% being clinically obese (1). The need for wellness education has never been greater. But while weight loss and physical health are some of the most popular topics of modern media, we have never been further from good health. Fad diets come and go and accurate information can be hard to find. Better health and the prevention of disease is what most diets aim for but many do not have the full picture. To achieve a balanced diet, complete with the power to fight off chronic disease and burn off excess fat (i.e. weight loss), a closer look at our genetic make-up and the diet of our ancestors must be considered. A Closer Look into Ancestral Nutrition Going back about 2 million years, you’ll find our first known ancestors, who lived in what is now termed the Paleolithic Era. This period of time ran until about 12,000 years ago, when rudimentary agricultural met
HEAR PROFESSOR JORDAN PETERSON PRAISING HIS KETOGENIC DIET TO JOE ROGAN ALSO A USER
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I n 954 the tobacco industry paid to publish the “Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers” in hundreds of U.S. newspapers. It stated that the public's health was the industry's concern above all others and promised a variety of good-faith changes. What followed were decades of deceit and actions that cost millions of lives. In the hope that the food history will be written differently, this article both highlights important lessons that can be learned from the tobacco experience and recommends actions for the food industry. Methods: A review and analysis of empirical and historical evidence pertaining to tobacco and food industry practices, messages, and strategies to influence public opinion, legislation and regulation, litigation, and the conduct of science. Findings: The tobacco industry had a playbook, a script, that emphasized personal responsibility, paying scientists who delivered research that instilled doubt, criticizing the “junk” science that found harms assoc
Big Food and Big Pharma are Murdering Millions and getting away with it
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You are here: ProLongevity > Blog > Big Food and Big Pharma are Murdering Millions and getting away with it Our founder, Graham Phillips, is a pharmacist of 35+ years! As a pharmacist you must abide by the ‘first do no harm’ principle. Yet many prescribed drugs have precisely the opposite effect. Put simply they do more harm than good. The nation itself (and many health professionals) has become convinced of the “pill for every ill” approach with zero regard to nutrition, sleep, or exercise yet these three things (if got right) would prevent or reverse most diseases and without medication. Graham became aware of this and seized the opportunity to create ProLongevity, the award-winning Lifelong Health Programme backed by science, tailored to your unique biology. In his many podcasts with industry leaders such as Aseem Malhotra, Ivor Cummins, Malcolm Kendrick, Robert Lustig and many more, Graham has covered the unacceptable behaviour Big Pharma and Big Food, but we’ve nev
Take a look at the contents of a Big Mac
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Take a look at the contents of a Big Mac As a follow-up to my article on McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets, I thought I would take a look at the contents of a Big Mac . In the interests of being fair and balanced, I will acknowledge that the chemicals examined below are likely to be in very minute amounts, below maximum limits set for human consumption by government safety watchdogs like the FDA. However, it is my position that there is no valid reason to eat chemicals that have absolutely no nutritional value, in any amount. And, if you’ve been paying any attention at all to the “fracking” debacle popularized by the movie “Gasland,” you might have a good idea of just how competent government agencies are at protecting you from dangerous chemicals and greedy industry. According to McDonald’s corporate website, Big Macs contain the following: 100% Beef Patty: 100% pure USDA inspected beef; no fillers, no extenders. Prepared with grill seasoning (salt, black pepper). Big Mac Bun:
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Have you ever seen a dog or cat nibble grass from the lawn? Many household pets, as well as birds, bees, lizards, elephants, and chimpanzees in the wild, sometimes eat things that cure their illnesses, heal their injuries, prevent diseases, kill parasites, or aid digestion. This process of animals healing themselves is called zoopharmacognosy. This long word comes from three Greek words: zoo (meaning animals) + pharma (drug) + cognosy (knowledge). Animals are nature’s pharmacists. Apes rub their fur with millipedes that contain insect-killing chemicals to keep insects away. Some birds do the same thing but use ants instead. Chimpanzees and their cousins, bonobos, swallow certain leaves whole to kill off worms and other parasites in their stomachs. Some chimps rub crushed insects on their own wounds, as well as those of their friends and family, to speed up wound healing. African elephants chew the bark of the fever tree to help ease arthritis pain. How do scientists know that
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If you have any of the following d iabetes symptoms , see your doctor about getting your blood sugar tested: Urinate (pee) a lot, often at night. Are very thirsty. Lose weight without trying. Are very hungry. Have blurry vision. Have numb or tingling hands or feet. Feel very tired. Have very dry skin. Research shows that people with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia later in life. Scientists think there are a few ways that problems with blood sugar control can lead to problems with your memory and thinking. Insulin Resistance When your cells don't use insulin the way they should, that affects the mechanics of your brain. Your cells don't get the fuel they need, so your brain can't work right. Your blood sugar goes up, and over time, that can cause harmful fatty deposits in your blood vessels. Too much insulin can throw off the balance of chemicals in yo
Fury as McDonald's new $5 meal deal costs far more than expected
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Customers have hit out at McDonald's after it was revealed the chain's so-called '$5 meal deal' is priced as high as $13 in some locations. The fast food chain launched its new summer offer on Tuesday but customers were quick to note that all was not as it seems with the cost. The $5 deal - including either a McChicken or McDouble, four-piece chicken nuggets, fries and a drink - was introduced to offer 'meaningful value' to customers.
What do diabetes and dementia have in common?
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What do diabetes and dementia have in common? Studies have shown that type 2 diabetes can be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and other types of dementia. This is because the same cardiovascular problems that increase the risk of type 2 diabetes also increase the risk dementia.
Manipulation of Children, and Exploitation of the Poor.
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Behind the Big Food Curtain: How Big Food Uses Science, Manipulation of Children, and Exploitation of the Poor to Maximize Profit With No Regard for Public Health Cormac Nolan January 2, 2021 3:17 am To show the contrast between what Big Food forces us into and the health we can achieve 95,000,000,000,000. Ninety-five trillion is an incomprehensible number. Yet, this is the estimated cost of chronic disease on our economy over the next thirty-five years (Hyman, 11). What’s more, eleven million people die from a bad diet every year and sixty percent of our diets come from processed foods (Hyman, 12). Strikingly, for every ten percent increase in processed food consumption your risk of mortality rises fourteen percent (Schnabel, et al.). These dire statistics also affect children as one in four teenagers now suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes (Schmidt, 7:54) while the younger generation’s future is in danger due to the inability to learn on a diet of processed food served in
The OLDE "AUCKLAND MEAT COMPANY", IS NOW "MURDER BURGER",
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Māori foods – kai Māori by Charles Royal and Jenny Kaka-Scott Māori traditionally ate a mix of cultivated, hunted and gathered foods. In the 21st century many traditional ingredients and preparation techniques remained important, and some had been adapted to modern tastes. Traditional growing and gathering Cultivated plants The ancestors of the Māori brought edible plants from their homelands, including kūmara, yams, taro and tī pore (Cordyline fruticosa), a species of cabbage tree. In Aotearoa (New Zealand) the climate was significantly colder than that in which these plants had evolved, and Māori developed sophisticated techniques for adapting them to the new environment. They were cultivated in huge communal māra (gardens), sometimes with gravel, sand, shell and charcoal added to the soil. Plants were also grown using hue (gourds) as containers. Some native trees, flax and flowering shrubs were brought into cultivation closer to human settlements to attract birds. Many stands of