Sugar-Sweetened Diets Around the World

The United States is well known as an international leader in eating sugary, non-nutritious diets and for all the health problems they create. But people who live in other nations may not be too far behind in developing similarly poor eating habits. According to new research, consuming sugar-laden foods has become increasingly common all across the globe.

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The 10-Day Detox Diet

By Dr. Mercola

Food addiction is a pervasive challenge, and one that can prevent you from implementing strategies you know would benefit your health.

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The Macrobiotic Diet: A Curative Diet Mostly Ignored

A diet heavy with grains cuts across the grain of some highly regarded alternative health practitioners and writers who believe grains create inflammation. However, the Macrobiotic diet has a long solid history of health giving success with its focus on whole organic brown rice grains.

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15 Healthiest Foods to Stock in Your Kitchen Year-Round

By Dr. Mercola

If optimal health is your goal, there's no getting around your diet. Your physical health is a direct reflection of what you put into your body, and how you live your life in general.

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Low-Carb Diet May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease

By Dr. Mercola

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Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. This fatal and progressive condition destroys brain cells, resulting in memory loss and severe thinking and behavioral problems (aggression, delusions, and hallucinations) that interfere with daily life and activities.

The cause is conventionally believed to be a mystery. While we know that certain diseases, like type 2 diabetes, are definitively connected to the foods you eat, Alzheimer's is generally thought to strike without warning or reason.

That is, until recently.

A growing body of research suggests there may be a powerful connection between the foods you eat and your risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, via similar pathways that cause type 2 diabetes. Some have even re-named Alzheimer's as "type 3 diabetes." >