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Obesity And Cognition: What’s The Connection?

Being obese can have a significant impact on your cognitive function, including your memory and ability to learn.

If we look worldwide, we’re probably dealing with close to 700 million people that are obese. The public health consequences of that number is massive.

I read an interesting study by neuroscientist Elizabeth Gould from Princeton University. In this study, normal mice were overfed until they put on an additional 40% of their weight. What the researchers discovered is that the spine and brains of normal-weight mice were healthy.

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The larger mice had impaired nervous systems. Their dendritic spines (tiny protrusions in the brain) were greatly diminished in the obese mice. The researchers discovered that the microglial cells, a type of immune cell in the brain, targeted and destroyed the dendritic spines. As a result, the obese mice had a lot of problems navigating mazes and remembering the location of objects.

The mechanism behind the damage seen in obese mice isn’t yet understood. What is evident is that the overeating and weight gain process damaged the parts of the brain involved with memory.

I’ve seen this in obese patients myself. Often they have anxiety, depression, brain fog, and memory problems.

Let’s stop people from getting obese in the first place. Governments need to take a long, hard look at the source of their tax dollars. Any taxes they are getting from cigarettes, alcohol, and junk food is paltry compared to how much it costs to treat the illnesses that result from those habits.

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Activity: The Key To Weight Management

I’ve read studies that claim genetics can explain why some people never gain weight and others end up obese. But, I’m not buying it.

It wasn’t that long ago that people were slim. It’s over the last sixty years or so that obesity rates have sky-rocketed. There is no way that we’ve had huge change in our gene pool over a few decades. The reason for the obesity epidemic lies somewhere else.

To my mind, one of the main factors that determines body weight is activity level.
People are big all around the world at the moment. 60% of adults in England are overweight. One in four adults are obese.

I think that technology plays a large part in the obesity epidemic. People have slowed down and become inactive.

People like me who remain active their whole life don’t struggle with their weight. I have brothers who aren’t very activite and they are bigger people. They also eat different food than me and spend more time on their screens.

The lifestyle change that has occurred in recent decades underlies weight gain in a lot of people.

When I’m active, I put in significant effort. If I’m in the garden and I see weeds, I’ll make sure I bend down and pick up those weeds, or pick things up. I’ll stretch, I’ll bend, I’ll move, I’ll walk. I do that every single day, and I will do for the rest of my life.

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I haven’t met any very active people who are obese. I’ve met some who are overweight, but never obese.

Once you are very large, it can be hard to increase your activity overnight. You have to give it some thought.

To me the most important factors in weight are activity versus passivity and caloric load.

Eating less calories, eating fresh, healthy food, eating smaller portion sizes, and moving your body is the recipe for losing weight.

Of course, there are exceptions. For some people, their weight is impact by an overactive or underactive thyroid. There may be medical conditions that need to be fixed up so that you can lose the weight.

Still, common sense says to me that is lack of activity and lack of understanding food quality and quantity that explains most obesity.

An activity tracker like Fitbit can encourage you to up your activity level. Increasing your activity is going to pay off in the long run. There may be some discomfort at first but you’ll benefit for years to come.

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How Does A Sugar-Free Diet Impact Candida

How long does it take for Candida to leave the body on a sugar-free diet?

It doesn’t take long for a sugar-free diet to have an impact on your gut flora. Candida won’t necessarily entirely leave because you could be one of the 20 to 25% of people who have a normal population of this yeast in their gut. Many people have Candida in their gut that is well controlled.

Candida has even been shown to have some benefits in the body when it’s in a relationship with other bacteria.

Of course, if we take a major food source away from Candida, the population is going to drop off.

The question isn’t whether we can rid of Candida, but whether we can tame the beast? And we usually can.

I always tell patients that the best approach is to take a long, hard look at what you’re eating and drinking.

Then gradually take things out of your diet – maybe start with two or three of the sweetest foods in your diet.

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Replace the unhealthy foods that you crave the most with healthy foods, and the population of Candida in your gut will steadily come down.

Taking an effective anti-Candida product while reducing your intake of sugar will drop the Candida population even quicker and reduce your cravings.

Don’t be foolhardy and try to wipe out a high Candida load over two weeks. That’s like pulling the emergency brake when you’re doing 60 miles per hour in the car.

Take things slowly and do them properly. Nothing good comes from doing things too quickly.
In the end, it won’t take very long for your Candida levels to drop significantly. All you need to do is start making better food choices and use an effective anti-Candida supplement like CanXida Remove.

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Lichen Planus: Does The Candida Diet Work?

Lichen planus is a common skin condition I’ve seen many times over. I think it affects about one in a hundred people, mainly women and most commonly people over the age of 40.

Lichen planus is a chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory skin condition. This condition involves the T cell’s mediating response. If I remember correctly, there are certain inflammatory proteins that impact the keratin cells, resulting in a whiteish rash.

Lichen planus can impact the fingernails, the genitals, the face, and other parts of the body.
If you have lichen planus, the first thing I recommend is having a comprehensive stool analysis (CSA) performed by Doctor’s Data. Genova Diagnostics is another reputable lab that conducts stool testing.

Once you have your CSA results, work with a knowledgeable physician or naturopathy who can review your results, and design a customized treatment plan.

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Often people with autoimmune diseases such as lichen planus have problems with their small intestine that need repairing. They could have a leaky gut. A breath test may be appropriate, but the focus should really be a bowel makeover.

The first priority is to get any harmful bugs cleaned up and sorted out. The next step is to work on your diet. I recommend a diet that is very similar to the Candida Crusher approach.
Take the junk and crappy foods out of your diet. Focus on eating fresh vegetables, fruit, leans meats, legumes, nuts, and seeds. Drink plenty of clean, filtered, drinking water.

When you follow these dietary principles, your body builds up a high population of beneficial bacteria, and your immune system improves. When immune function improves, the body’s inflammatory response downregulates. The result will be an improvement in the lichen planus. You may still have the condition but in a much less aggressive state.

Next, add supplements like probiotics and Omega-3 fatty acids. I suggest taking 2000 mg per day of Omega-3 if you have lichen planus. It can make a significant difference.

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Are Carbs The “Bad Guy” When It Comes To Weight?

Do carbs make you fat?

Everybody’s gone keto crazy these days. Now and then, we get a diet that just blows people away. They love it, and keto is one of those diets at the moment. I can tell you guys in another five years there’ll be some other diet. It’ll be the iRobot diet or the Apple phone diet, or the Antarctic is melting diet. Who knows what kind of diets are going to come out. Sometimes diets seem like the flavor of the month.

My advice is to forget about the keto diet. You need carbohydrates, and I’m going to tell you why.

Carb is not a four-letter word.

The only carbs you need to avoid are the wrong kind of carbs. Don’t let people brainwash you into believing that all carbs are akin to radioactive nuclear waste.

These are the carbs you should be avoiding: candy, ice cream, soda drinks, and white, processed bread, and donuts.

The carbs that you should feel good about including in your diet are sweet potatoes, broccoli, vegetables, and fruits – to name just a few.

I’ve had several comments on my YouTube channel telling me that I’m behind the times, and I don’t realize how bad fruit and vegetables are for your health. I’ve even be told that we should only be eating meat.

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I stand 100% behind my perspective. You need starch and fiber in your diet. Good luck getting fiber from a two-pound steak.

We want to cultivate a diverse population of beneficial bacteria in our gut. We can achievethat by including the right kinds of sugars and carbs in our diet.

Of course, there are bad, really bad, good, and outstanding sugars. The trick is knowing which ones to avoid and which ones to include in your diet.

You can’t tell me for one moment that a sweet potato is going to make you fat or sick. Focus on choosing the right carbohydrates, and your weight will move in the right direction.

When you first start on a weight loss program, you’re going to lose a lot of fluid and probably a few pounds from the bowel that needs cleaning out. And then you’ll plateau. When that happens, you need to keep up your physical activity and continue to fine-tune your diet.

Carbs will only make you fat if you eat the wrong kind. But, anything can you make you fat if you eat too much of it and don’t keep active.

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