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"When this happened, the weight gain rates of the previously thriving children—even with the extra rations—plummeted, while weight gain levels at Bienenhaus improved. "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith," Widdowson concluded, with a quote from Proverbs. From The Lancet, 1 (1951): 316—18. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier municipal orphanages in one of the British-occupied zones of Germany had been selected for the study. Each housed about fifty boys and girls between ages four and fourteen." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"Quick Facts: A study of 7,194 men and women, ages41 and older, were studied to see what foods were linked to weight gain. After 28 months of follow-up, here is what they found: The best predictor of weight gain was the intake of soda pop. People drinking the most soda were 60% more likely to gain a significant amount of weight during the study compared to those who seldom drank soda. Other foods positively linked to weight gain were hamburgers, pizza, sausage, red meat, and sweetened fruit juices." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"Cooking affects weight gain as well. Research has found that if raw potatoes are fed to hogs they won't gain weight, but when fed cooked potatoes they gain weight. In his book Food Enzymes for Health and Longevity, Dr. Howell describes a study at Tufts School of Medicine related to weight gain and inadequate enzymes. They examined eleven overweight individuals and found lipase deficiency (lipase is needed to digest fats) in their fatty tissues as well as fatty tumors.118 The lipase content of the adipose tissues of obese individuals and in lipomas was below the population norm." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "This is because these drugs can promote weight gain and therefore elevate the risk of diabetes. The anti-psychotic Zyprexa, for example, has been implicated in causing weight gain and diabetes. With increased weight, there is increased diabetes. Little research has been done on the long-term impact of Type-2 diabetes on children, over their life span. The chronic complications that follow tend to happen ten to fifteen years after the onset." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"In other cases, there is substantial weight gain. As Dr. Goldwag notes, significant weight loss is likely to bring about "marked deprivation of the essential nutrients, including the amino acids needed to manufacture the proper proteins, as well as a deficiency in many vitamins and minerals. That in itself can then aggravate the depression." There are many straightforward solutions to at least some of the challenges associated with depression. Dr. Goldwag suggests preparing food in advance. "I recommend preparing a raw salad once a week." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Chromium picolinate supplementation attenuates body weight gain and increases insulin sensitivity in subjects with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2006 Aug; 29(8): 1826-32. McKenney J, Sica D. Prescription omega-3 fatty acids for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia. Am J Health-System Pharm 2007; 646:595-605. Medina MC et al. Dehydtoepiandrosterone increases beta-cell mass and improves the glucose-induced insulin secretion by pancreatic islets from aged rats. FEBSLett 2006 Jan 9; 580(l):285-90. Melhem MF et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "A high-whey-protein diet reduces body weight gain and alters insulin sensitivity relative to red meat in Wi-star rats. J Nutr 2004 Jun; 134(6): 1454-58. Best L et al. Curcumin induces electrical activity in rat pancreatic beta-cells by activating the volume regulated anion channel. Biochem Pharmacol2007; 73:1768-75. Boudou P et al. Hyperglycaemia acutely decreases circulating de-hydroepiandrosterone levels in healthy men. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2006 Jan; 64(l):46-52. Breithaupt-Grogler K et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Or do you INFLUENCE OF GLYCEMIC INDEX ON GLYCEMIC RESPONSE, APPETITE, AND FOOD INTAKE IN HEALTHY ADULTS High glycemic index (Gl) diets are commonly promoted as a way to enhance appetite and promote weight gain. Support for these ideas is mainly based on the results of very short term studies done under artificial settings. So a study by Brazilian researchers published in September 2005 in the peer-reviewed journal Diabetes Care put these ideas to the test. Two groups of adults consumed either only low- or only high-GI foods for eight days under carefully controlled conditions." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Not surprisingly, the study's investigators also found that increased weight gain was significantly associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease among women with diabetes. INFLAMMATION, GLYCOTOXINS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND DIABETES Glycotoxins interact with advanced glycation end product-(AGE-) binding receptors, a process that leads to a major feature of cardiovascular disease and diabetes—vascular inflammation, or inflammation of the blood vessels. Vascular inflammation begins very early in people who have insulin resistance." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"The anti-psychotic Zyprexa, for example, has been implicated in causing weight gain and diabetes. With increased weight, there is increased diabetes. Little research has been done on the long-term impact of Type-2 diabetes on children, over their life span. The chronic complications that follow tend to happen ten to fifteen years after the onset. This means that life-limiting complications such as kidney disease, heart disease, stroke, and blindness are now hitting people in the prime of their lives, in the middle of their most productive years." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Howell describes a study at Tufts School of Medicine related to weight gain and inadequate enzymes. They examined eleven overweight individuals and found lipase deficiency (lipase is needed to digest fats) in their fatty tissues as well as fatty tumors.118 The lipase content of the adipose tissues of obese individuals and in lipomas was below the population norm.119 Generally speaking, the amount of amylase (needed to digest carbohydrates) in diabetics is about 50 percent of normal." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"SHARON'S weight gain AND PAIN When Sharon, forty-five, came to see me, she told me that she'd had three years of pain and stiffness in her knees, shoulders, and hands. One doctor had told her she had osteoarthritis in her knees and treated her with several nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, but since she had stopped taking Vioxx, her pain had increased. Along with the other symptoms, she'd gained 10 pounds and felt anxious and tired. She rarely slept well. She weighed 180 pounds." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Without any other changes in diet or exercise, a person taking in an extra 135 calories per day gains more than 1 pound each month (3500 extra calories lead to 1 pound of weight gain). The result is perfectly predictable: the percentage of obese adults doubled between the early 1970s and 2000, and during the same period, the percentage of obese children and adolescents increased by a factor of almost four. Dr. Julie L." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Her symptoms included mood swings, irritability, water retention, craving sweets and weight gain. She had always thought that PMS was normal, that this was what women (and their hapless partners) had to live with—a misconception held by too many women. Her lab work revealed that she did have a fairly low fasting blood sugar level. To handle the hypoglycemia, I prescribed a specific diet and supplement program." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The results reinforce other data showing that new polycarbonate bottles leach small amounts of BPA, which in animal tests has been shown to cause "abnormalities in the mammary and prostate glands and the female eggs of laboratory animals" as well as accelerating puberty and adding to weight gain. What's even scarier: Every year, we produce 6 billion pounds of BPA, which is also found in some hard plastic water coolers, water bottles, microwave-safe dishes, even inside the linings of tin cans. We're exposed to it around the clock." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"When the thyroid slows down, so does your metabolism—leading to weight gain and low energy. As the toxins accumulate, they eventually eke out in unexpected ways. You begin to experience health problems, from minor ones like allergies and endless colds, to migraines and infertility, to full-throttle illnesses such as incurable cancer and dementia. Avoiding the fat-soluble toxins may sound like a solution, but that's difficult to do today. We have considerable exposure to fat-soluble, carbon-containing, toxic chemicals used as solvents, glues, and paints." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "When it was discovered more than twenty years ago that my own battle with weight gain and poor health was the result of a poorly functioning digestive system, I knew I had to make a change. I promised myself that I would do whatever was necessary to regain control of my body and my health, and it was during that personal healing process that I discovered the natural remedies that would become the foundation for my recovery. Since then, I have made it my personal mission to educate others about the importance of proper digestion." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "As fat builds up in the liver and other organs, metabolism (conversion of food to energy) slows down, resulting in weight gain (especially in the belly) and unsightly cellulite deposits. Because a toxic liver is not filtering properly, it is unable to rid the bloodstream of undigested food particles that have arrived there via a leaky gut, giving rise to an autoimmune response. (Leaky gut syndrome is a condition in which one's intestinal lining becomes semi-permeable; spaces develop between the cells of the gut wall—permitting bacteria, toxins, and food to leak through." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "It's important to understand that several factors contribute to weight gain, two of which are the combination of toxins and a faulty diet. Both of these can create a condition in the body by which you become insulin resistant—your cells become desensitized to insulin, making them ineffective at driving blood sugar (glucose) into your cells. Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas in response to a meal; its job is to unlock your tissues and escort glucose out of the blood into the tissue cells for use as energy." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"In one study, 500 milligrams a day of vitamin B6 relieved the breast tenderness, headaches, and weight gain associated with water retention in 215 women. If you'd like to try B6 for hormone-related fluid retention, take 50 milligrams four times a day for the five days before your period begins, Dr. Pratt suggests. In addition, take a supplement containing the rest of the B vitamins. "These nutrients interact and tend to work better as a team than individually," she says. Look for a supplement that contains a total of about 50 milligrams of most of the other B vitamins." - Gale Maleskey, Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to weight gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Get the book.) "To avoid weight gain, be sure to take the high calorie content of oil into account when figuring your daily calorie intake. ?Grind whole seeds in your electric coffee grinder and sprinkle them on cereal, add them to smoothies, or mix them with yogurt or oatmeal, says Dr. Morris. ?You can store whole seeds in a cool, dry pantry for up to one year. Use any ground flaxseed immediately or keep it in the freezer, says Dr. Morris. Here's an easy- way to remember the best sources of this essential B vitamin: think "foliage." - Gale Maleskey, Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to weight gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Get the book.) "Baylor Sports Medicine Institute in Houston, says short-term creatine use leads to muscle strains, cramping, and dehydration and to weight gain that's mostly the result of water retention. "I think it works, but there are adverse effects. Maybe not when you run tests in a laboratory or a university setting, but when you get into field conditions, there are some problems," says Dr. Bryan, who is also director of medical services for the Houston Astros baseball team. Dr. Bryan voices another concern—that athletes will neglect good nutritional habits while taking creatine." - Gale Maleskey, Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to weight gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Get the book.) "At the end of the study, the creatine group had greater gains in weight-lifting volume, sprint performance, and weight gain. In another study, researchers at Pennsylvania State University investigated the influence of creatine supplementation on muscle performance during repeated sets of high-intensity resistance exercise. In this study, 14 men were randomly assigned to a creatine or a placebo group. Both groups performed bench presses and jump squats before and after taking either 25 grams of creatine or a placebo." - Gale Maleskey, Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to weight gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Get the book.)

"Alternatively, some people feel weak and small in life, and weight gain actually makes them feel larger and more powerful. Others of us are so stressed at a subconscious level, we eat for emotional reasons. And for some of us, an upbringing characterized by too much junk food and too little exercise ends up establishing a repetition compulsion in the subconscious mind that insists on maintaining the unhealthy pattern, no matter what. These are just a few of the myriad ways in which your subconscious might be working against you in your efforts to lose weight." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "If excessive weight gain has been a problem for you, you will want to include this method as part of the customized treatment approach that I will help you develop in subsequent chapters. Use of These Methods Rely on one or more of these three methods to the degree that they fit your objectives and deliver the desired healing effect. Virtually everyone will benefit from Induction Gamma-II for removing illness from the body. Experiment with this, customize it to suit your learning style, and incorporate it in your treatment plan if it feels right for you." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "All this lost love and lack of self-esteem caused significant depression, along with excessive weight gain and circulatory problems that threatened his life. As we worked with the methods in this book, he came to understand that his story behind the story was compelling him to love and respect himself. His depression cleared. His health improved, but as part of his quest to make justice for himself, he decided that he really wanted to have a nice, big house to enjoy with his family. His desire was not entirely superficial." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"The symptoms of low thyroid include weakness, dry coarse skin, slow speech, coarse hair, hair loss, weight gain, difficulty breathing, problems with menstruation, nervousness, heart palpitations, brittle nails, and severe chronic fatigue and depression. "Now if you get somebody with a constellation of symptoms like that, they're going to be sick and tired of feeling sick and tired." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Synthetic progesterone acts conversely and is associated with fluid retention, acne, weight gain, and migraine. Synthetic progesterones and their metabolites predispose to inflammation in blood vessels, and counteract beneficial effects of estradiol in the brain and heart. Natural progesterone does not. • Synthetic progesterone increases heart-disease risk factors. It increases CRP and LDL (bad cholesterol), and reduces HDL (good cholesterol). Natural progesterone does not." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"After administration of the fish oil—enriched supplement, patients had significant weight gain at both three (average 1 kg) and seven weeks (average 2 kg). Dietary intake increased significantly by almost 400 calories per day. Performance status and appetite were significantly improved after three weeks. In contrast to previous studies, this study suggests that an EPA-enriched supplement may not only slow or stop cachexia; it may even reverse wasting in advanced pancreatic and, perhaps other cancers." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

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