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FDA Is Urged To Toughen Rules on Salt
Washington Post
Nov. 30, 2007
A consumer group is prodding the FDA to regulate salt as a food additive, arguing that excessive salt consumption by Americans may be responsible for more than 100,000 deaths a year. Read
Putting the Pinch on Salt
ABC News Medical Unit
Nov. 29, 2007
Medical groups are at odds over the proper solution to the sodium problem. Read
Is Salt the Next Trans Fat?
EatingWell.com
2007
A recent study suggests that a low sodium diet may reduce the risk of heart disease by as much as 25 to 30 percent. Read
Salt Intake Linked With Obesity, Shortened Life-Span
Medical News Today
November 4, 2006
Study in Finland shows the powerful beneficial health effects of comprehensive salt reduction. Read
Gout Is on the Rise
Dr. McDougall Newsletter
June 2006
Over the past 20 years the incidence of gout — a debilitating arthritis caused by eating rich food — has doubled in the USA. Read
Protein Overload
Dr. McDougall Newsletter
January 2004
Yes, a little protein is good, but more is not better. Read
People – Not Their Words – Tell "The Carbohydrate Story"
Dr. McDougall Newsletter
April 2004
Has the world gone mad condemning carbohydrates? Read
Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults
1985-2000
Today, approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese. Read
Table the Salt
Real Simple
March 2006
Chefs love it; doctors don’t. How, and why, to cut back on salt. Read
How to Help the Volume Eater—The Person with a Binge Eating Disorder
Dr. McDougall Newsletter
November 2005
Binge eating disorder is a nearly impossible condition to treat by standard medical care. Serious changes in eating behavior are the only real hope for these extreme personalities. Read
Pass (on) the Salt
Herald-Sun
March 27, 2005
A nutrition watchdog group has decided that most of us need a refresher course on sodium, and dieticians agree. Between eating out and buying just about any non-raw food item at the supermarket, we're swimming in sodium. Read
Evidence Finally Links Dietary Fat, Sodium to Stroke
Internal Medicine News
March 1, 2005
For the first time, physicians have evidence independently linking high dietary levels of fat and sodium to an increased risk of ischemic stroke, based on findings from an epidemiologic study in New York. Read
Obesity due primarily to lack of activity rather than overeating
Today in Cardiology
February 2005
The obesity epidemic in the United States is more likely due to decreased activity rather than increased food intake, and strategies to combat obesity should reflect that. Read
Beagle study shows value of diet, exercise in stalling mental decline
Herald-Sun
January 26, 2005
Perhaps people can learn some new tricks from old dogs in warding off the mental decline that comes with aging. Those tricks include good diet, exercise and plenty of mental stimulation. Read
Adherence to Diet, Not Type of Diet, Most Important for Losing Weight
JAMA
January 5, 2005
Adherence to diet for one year, not the specific diet plan, is the most important determinant of weight loss and reduction of cardiovascular risk, according to the results of a randomized trial published in the Jan. 5 issue of JAMA. Read
Real Simple
December 2004/January 2005
For motivation to work out, even a dog helps (when Rover has to be walked, he has to be walked). Amazingly, so can automated “buddies.” Women who received weekly phone calls and mailings reminding them to work out increased their exercise by 37 minutes a week – 12 minutes more than those who received instructions alone and did not get reminders, according to research published in the American Journal of Health Behavior in 2003.
New study finds low-fat beats low-carb
New York Times
November 16, 2004
Regardless of how they shed pounds in the first place, big losers stayed that way by limiting fat rather than carbohydrates, according to new research that could add fuel to the backlash against low-carb diets. Read
Duke study says sex life sags with obesity
Herald-Sun
November 15, 2004
Size matters -- but Duke University Medical Center researchers can't pinpoint yet why obese people in their preliminary study reported sexual problems as much as 25 times more than people who aren't obese. Read
The Deadly Sins and Diabetes
North Carolina Medical Journal
March/April 2003
Over the past 20 years, the death rate attributable to diabetes has increased by over 30 percent in this country, while that due to cardiovascular disease, stroke, even cancer, has declined. The rise in death rate is largely due to the marked increase in prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Download PDF
Experts Weigh In on the Carb Debate
2001 - 2003
Read what the American Heart Association, American College of Preventive Medicine, American Diabetes Association and U.S. Department of Agriculture have said about low-carb diets. Read
Mediterranean Diet Looks Good For Alzheimer's
The Mediterranean diet, high in monounsaturated fat and low in meat and dairy products, appears to reduce the risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a study of a New York City population, and the more strictly it is adhered to, the stronger its preventive effect. Read
Buddha and the Low-Carb Craze
VegNews
July/August
What would the Buddha say about low-carb diets? He would certainly recognize an obvious correlation that seems to elude many, namely that since foods contain only three basic constituents -- carbohydrates, fats, and proteins -- low-carb diets must be high in protein and/or fat. Read
Pseudotumor Cerebri Treated by Rice/Reduction Diet
Archives of Internal Medicine
May 1974
This report of nine patients treated with a rice/reduction diet demonstrates that pseudotumor cerebri (bening intracranial hypertension) can be reversed by salt restriction and weight reduction with diet alone. Download PDF
Want more reading? Check out the bibliography from "The Rice Diet Solution" for other medical references. Download PDF
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