Fructose in the form of high-fructose corn syrup is a common additive to many processed foods and drinks. It is estimated that the average American, whose diet is high in processed foods and heavily loaded with sweets, juices, and even fresh fruits, consumes daily a considerable amount of glucose. Sadly, many researchers warn that a high level of glucose in our daily menu is one of the leading causes of current epidemics of obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

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Acupuncture is probably one of the oldest types of traditional medicine, still widely practiced today and promising a drug-free approach in treating numerous health conditions. This ancient Oriental art offers relief from pains, depression, PMS, and a host of internal illnesses and even claims to help people lose weight! No wonder many overweight people are happy to know that they can eat all doughnuts they want and still lose weight with the help of a traditional Chinese healer. To make things ever easier, a number of “beauty salons” and “weight-loss businesses” now offer “acupuncture-based” ear stapling that is supposed to instantly make you lean and fit.

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Recently, the Journal of the American Medical Association has published the results of a new study examining the effects of bariatric surgery on obese people with Type 2 diabetes. According to the study, about 75 percent of obese diabetics can be cured by means of weight loss surgery. Some experts say that this new finding may become a scientific breakthrough in halting the epidemic of obesity and diabetes, which is currently sweeping throughout all industrialized world.

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Recent research link obesity, which has reached the level of epidemic in the industrialised world, to a widespread incidence of many current illnesses, including diabetes, cancer, and heart attack. A new report on the connections between body fat and various cancers has been published this week in the prestigious British medical journal Lancet.

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Everywhere, dietary gurus - medical doctors, dieticians, nutritional consultants, popular press, and other advocates of “politically correct” nutrition - parrot each other that the only sure method to lose weight successfully includes counting calories, exercising, and embracing low-fat, high-fibre dietary regime, similar to that outlined in the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. The theory of dietary calories is undoubtedly the corner-stone of the mainstream approach to weight loss. However, calorie restricting as a way to slimness has been widely criticized not only by numerous honest researchers, but also by those who have ever tried to lose weight by counting calories and restricting the amount of high-calorie foods, especially fats. The result of such diets is usually humbling - after the initial stage of modest weight loss, dieters gain back all the lost pounds plus “interest” - a famous “yo-yo effect” of low-calorie diets.

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