• Weight Loss

    Posted on November 30th, 2009

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    Feel Hungry All the Time?

    In the old days, your “appetite control system” was in better shape.

    Today we have all sorts of additives and genetically modified “anti-nutrients” that interfere with our body’s hunger signals.

    By your “appetite control system,” I mean a complex set of chemical interactions between your brain, nervous system, metabolic hormones, special cells and your immune system. These days, too many additives in your food get in the way of these delicate signals.

  • Nutrition

    Posted on May 30th, 2008

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    Overfed but Malnourished?

    Dear Reader,
    Most of us think of malnourishment as something that happens to starving people in Africa or third-world countries, not here in America. But, my research shows that many here are indeed overfed yet under-nourished.
    How can that happen in the land of plenty?
    For one thing, we are eating too many of what some of us [...]