Any time a diet regimen requires consuming only a few types of foods, it runs the risk of becoming a fad diet. The term “fad diet” refers to idiosyncratic diets that promote short-term weight loss and often are suggested as a means of detoxification and improving health. Some fad diets use the word “fast” because […]
Hunger Hormones and Fattening Foods
Researchers claim they are closer to understanding why stressed people tend to indulge in chocolate, ice cream, fried foods, and other high-calorie, high-fat comfort foods. The study found that that ghrelin — dubbed the “hunger hormone” — is involved in triggering a reaction to high stress situations. According to the researchers, this may explain certain […]
The Mood Cure
Ross, author of The Diet Cure, here offers a prescriptive plan designed to relieve a variety of ailments from seasonal disorders, stress, irritability and depression. Ross believes that many of these annoying and, in some cases, severely disabling disorders can be relieved through a change in diet and nutritional supplements. Readers are asked to first […]
Fasting in Traditional Chinese Medicine
In Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), fasting is an essential part of Taoist spiritual and medical traditions. Both TCM and Taoism hold the belief that fasting is the key to attaining superior health and longevity. In TCM, herbal preparations are sometimes used to suppress hunger during fasting as well as for their medicinal value. The tenth […]