A diet high in proteins and low in refined starches such as white bread and white rice resulted in a 24 pound weight loss over 8 weeks in overweight adults. Researchers from the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, compared official European dietary recommendations with a diet based on more recent knowledge on the importance of proteins and carbohydrates for appetite regulation.

  This interesting article appeared in the NYTimes which seems to contradict other studies on vitamins an exercise. We probably have a very simplistic view of the role of free redicals in the body. Obviously, free radicals and reactive oxygen species-despite their bad press-are, in fact essential to life-the question is, is too much of a good thing bad? This study seems to suggest there is a beneficial sweet spot of physiological oxidation/reduction below which, or beyond which, the body is harmed. 

The Center physicians and health care workers see patients with chronic illnesses who have not been helped, or have not been treated to their satisfaction. Many of our patients (or as we prefer to call them, co-learners) have seen three or more physicians and spent thousands of dollars without resolution to their problem. Our approach is not just to treat a patient’s symptoms but to find the cause of their disease and to cure them.

Acne vulgaris is the most common disease of the skin. Obesity is arguably the commonest of a clinical entities in the affluent society. The pathogenesis of these disorders is far from clear cut and they appear to have little in common. In the present paper it is hypothesized that the pathogenesis of both acne vulgaris and obesity is largely due to a relative deficiency of the same agent, pantothenic acid, a vitamin that is hitherto quite unknown to cause any deficiency syndromes in man.

A clinical study of 100 patients reveals that persons who eat large quantities of dietary protein (more than 30g/day) generate high levels of acid which must be neutralized before being eliminated from the body. This paper reports the findings of the clinical case study on the effect of acid versus alkaline residue on the body’s homeostasis, and the theory that human daily protein consumption is excessive and conducive to ill health.