Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
First the researchers prove that insulin drugs used by type II diabetic patients increase the risk for cancer. Then the researchers try to explain why what they proved is no big deal – an apparent effort to escape the wrath of the insulin-prescribing medical profession.
Monday, March 08, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Senator John McCain showed his true colors as a big-government regulator when he recently introduced a bill, S.3002, that would have drastically impaired access to dietary supplements in the U.S. He expected his bill to be popular, at least amongst Democrats, and did not expect any significant opposition. After all, McCain is in a serious primary struggle with J.D. Hayworth and could very well lose his Senate seat in Arizona’s August primary vote. The fact that he seriously misrepresented the dietary supplement industry to promote this legislation quickly showed him as not even understanding his own bill. Then he found himself on the receiving end of communications from tens of thousands of irate supplement users – as did many other members of Congress. Now he is trying to quietly back out, as his staff has acknowledged that he has withdrawn support for his own bill.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A near unbelievable report was published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine. It showed that in 2006 48,000 Americans who went to a hospital for surgery were killed by infections acquired while at the hospital. This included many people who were generally healthy and having routine surgery. The cost to the health care system for this medical ineptitude was 8 billion dollars.
Monday, February 22, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
It appears the new FDA leadership is not much different than the last administration, as the diabetes drug Avandia killed 304 people in the third quarter of 2009 while the FDA dragged its feet. The scandal is hitting a fever pitch as the New York Times and Washington Post feature stories on a bipartisan Senate investigatory report released over the weekend. It criticizes GlaxoSmithKline for failing to warn patients years earlier that Avandia was potentially deadly. “Instead, G.S.K. executives attempted to intimidate independent physicians, focused on strategies to minimize or misrepresent findings that Avandia may increase cardiovascular risk, and sought ways to downplay findings that a competing drug might reduce cardiovascular risk,” concludes the report, which was overseen by Senator Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, and Senator Charles E. Grassley, an Iowa Republican.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Actos and Avandia shouldn’t even be on the market as they have already been proven to cause heart failure. Now it is clear they also cause abnormal bone fractures. People who are type II diabetic are already at increased risk for both of these problems anyway. Why on earth would they want to take a medication that increases the risk for both problems even further.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
High fructose corn syrup should be banned from the food supply. The latest evidence comes from a large study of 60, 524 participants over a 14 year period. Those who consumed on average 5 high fructose corn syrup sweetened sodas per week had nearly double the risk for developing deadly pancreatic cancer.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The FDA under the Obama administration is proving no different, maybe even worse, than the Bush and Clinton versions. It is now allowing the sales of Crestor to prevent heart disease in people who do not have cholesterol problems. Remember, this is the drug that FDA whistleblower Dr. David Graham told Congress was too dangerous to be on the market for any reason.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
In a blistering article Newsweek explains the story of the cover up of the ineffectiveness of antidepressants. Americans are wondering how to contain health care costs. One of the best ways is for government programs not to pay for drug-based treatment options that cannot show effectiveness.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
In the 2010 growing season Monsanto plans to unleash its latest Frankenfood experiment on the American and Canadian public, a new version of genetically mutated corn with eight abnormal gene traits called Genuity SmartStax corn. It is the culmination of an astonishing scandal that has been steadily building over the past decade. During this time Monsanto’s mutated seeds have grown to 90% of the U.S. soy crop and 85% of the corn crop – and wheat is next on their agenda. Their efforts have been marked by corporate bullying and have drawn the attention of the Justice Department who is conducting an antitrust investigation. All the while they have been spending millions on lobbying to fast track their agenda before the American public even realizes what hit them. Monsanto is making an ominous power play to corner the worldwide market on food and seeds. In the process they are adversely altering the very nature of food itself.
Monday, January 18, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
While the FDA drags its feet on Bisphenol A (BPA) regulation so as to stave off a flood of lawsuits against the plastics industry, British researchers have documented that United States citizens have a 33% higher risk for coronary artery disease if they have higher levels of Bisphenol A.
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Sunday, March 07, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The water-soluble branded extract of cinnamon known as Cinnulin PF continues to build an impressive body of science showing how the nutrient assists healthy blood sugar metabolism. A new animal study shows that daily intake of Cinnulin PF was able to offset the metabolic stress of a high fructose diet that is used in experimental situations to produce insulin resistance.
Thursday, March 04, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
In a fundamental discovery with sweeping public health implications Israeli researchers have proven for the first time that the process of long-term weight loss is capable of reversing heart disease.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
It is not simply a matter of the extra calories in and of themselves. Excessive caloric intake turns on gene signals that actively promote the storage of calories as fat. If those gene signals are repetitively activated and conditioned to stay on, you are in real metabolic trouble. A new study in the FASEB journal is part of an emerging body of science showing how improper food consumption sets gene-related metabolic signaling that cripples healthy metabolism.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Two new studies are more than sufficient to scare the living daylights out of any parent watching their child gain weight. The first, published in the journal Pediatrics, shows that inflammatory changes that cause heart disease are clearly present at age 3 and steadily worsen up to age 17. The second, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that childhood obesity is the strongest factor linked to premature disease-associated death, more than doubling the risk.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs paints a picture of children who can’t stop eating. They are addicted to junk food snacks and they just can’t seem to stop. They are getting larger and hungrier by the minute. They have three extra meals per day in the form of snacks, composed primarily of utter junk food and junk beverages. The study is just now being picked up by the national media, although I first reported on it last month when it was also published in the Journal of Nutrition.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
When “free speech” means hoodwinking children to become obese through the advertisement of junk food or poisoning Americans with glorified ads for extremely toxic drugs, it is time to rethink what is going on – as both con games are costing the U.S. healthcare system and taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. A new study done at UCLA shows that it is not the sedentary aspect of TV watching that causes children to become obese. Rather, it is the number of commercials they are exposed to that is the actual culprit.
Saturday, February 06, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study shows that the kind of meal you eat after you do aerobic exercise can make a big difference in helping your body metabolize blood sugar more efficiently. This is a very important issue since overweight Americans are plagued by insulin resistance in combination with leptin resistance – a clear path to eventual type II diabetes.
Friday, February 05, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
German researchers have identified a highly relevant new aspect of immunity. When you haven’t eaten for a while then insulin levels drop and unique genes are activated that directly stimulate the production of powerful antimicrobial peptides, in turn destroying germs by dissolving their cell walls. Conversely, snacking raises insulin which then prevents this aspect of immunity from activating. This is the first time that a powerful immune system mechanism has been directly linked to when you eat.
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
One of the most devastating health aspects of being overweight is the change in immune system status within white adipose tissue fat stores. There is a major shift of macrophages into the white adipose tissue which act in a highly inflammatory manner to alter the function of stored fat so that it becomes metabolically incompetent as well as directly adding to the overall inflammatory burden of one’s body. This is why obesity is associated with more prevalence and earlier onset of any of the diseases of aging (cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, etc). A new study shows that grape seed extract can turn down the inflammatory signals and consequent free radical damage from these white adipose tissue macrophages.
Sunday, January 24, 2010 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
I have long warned that American snacking is inducing malfunctioning leptin. In turn this causes weight gain and early onset of disease. I was the first to explain this problem back in 2002 in my book, Mastering Leptin. Apparently Americans are not catching on. A new study shows that snacking is on the rise. This predicts higher levels of poor health and increased health care costs.
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