The Biggest Natural Disaster in US History is Upon Us. Save Yourself and Your Loved Ones.

Enough with the costly research studies that provide shocking headlines such as this one:  “2 out of 3 very obese kids already have Heart Disease Risk Factors.”

Study after study confirms that the majority of Americans (from our children through our elders) have become the fattest, sickest people in the history of time.  We “require” the most prescription medications as our health care costs have skyrocketed into the trillions of dollars/year.  We are fueling trillion dollar businesses…with our declining health and ultimately paying with our lives.


We don’t need more studies to point this out.  We get it.

What we need is for our government, medical associations,  universities, medical community,  and our children’s schools….to educate the population and focus attention on a health issue that over 60% of Americans have…along with the diet and activity program that can start solving our weight and weight related health epidemics….starting TODAY.


This is a fact:  The majority of those who become overweight, obese,  those who go on to a diagnosis of pre diabetes or type 2 diabetes, who have nutrition-related cardiovascular disease ….all these people…have a quiet underlying metabolic problem that most are not aware of.

They don’t realize that the diet recommendations that are agreed upon by the government, medical associations, schools, food manufacturers to promote weight loss, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and prevent diabetes is the very diet prescription that PROMOTES WEIGHT GAIN, OBESITY, AND DIABETES.


The name of this underlying metabolic condition is “metabolic syndrome.”  It has also been called Syndrome X.  I call it “Metabolism B.”  Why Met B?  To make it simple.  It’s that easy to distinguish if a person has what has been known as normal metabolism (Met A) or is suffering from lack of knowledge regarding another “type” of metabolism (Met B).  It’s that simple.  Really, it is.

A person has Met A or Met B.  About 40% of people have Met A.  About 60% of people have the genetic predisposition to Met B. Met B is progressive.  And Met B is the type of metabolism that, if uncontrolled, leads to overweight, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, triglycerides, hypertension, and some cancers  (including breast cancer).

Uncontrolled Met B is fueling the epidemics of obesity and diabetes, has cranked up the US’s dependence on pharmaceuticals/prescriptions, and is leading our country into staggering medical debt.


There is a solution for the millions of people with metabolic syndrome.  The solution does not require medication.  It requires 3 things:  Knowledge of the problem, factual information about how to control  the problem, and making good lifestyle choices while leading a “liveable” lifestyle that matches this metabolism.

Metabolic syndrome (Met B)  is genetic and progressive. A child is born with the genes for metabolic syndrome, and then the "stressors" of life...inactivity, stress, and  high carb intake push the button and the child progresses to have midline fat deposits, overweight/obesity, high cholesterol , hypertension, and even type 2 diabetes as a child. His/her parents are most likely living with the same metabolic disturbance.


Unfortunately, the medical community (in the 1960's) decided to treat metabolic syndrome with a low calorie, low fat, low cholesterol diet.  I’m not even going to ponder why this avenue was chosen, but I do know that we were "told" by the medical establishment that our cholesterol, blood pressure, weight, and blood sugar were the result of excess calories, excess saturated fat, excess cholesterol,  and inactivity.

Food companies went into high gear concocting low calorie, low fat everything: low fat mayonnaise, ice cream, salad dressings,  sugar free candy, cookies, cakes, low calorie frozen foods,  fat free potato chips.  A  food pyramid was designed to focus on low calorie, low fat carbohydrate foods like grains, fruit, non fat milk, juice, cereal, yogurt, breads, legumes…. (all carbohydrate foods at the base of that pyramid).

After the the high profile promotion of the low calorie, low fat, low cholesterol diet as the way to prevent overweight, heart disease, and diabetes…. the epidemics of obesity and diabetes took off!


Truth be known, this low fat, low calorie diet is about 50-55% carbohydrate (sometimes more).   For the millions with Met B, this style diet is a recipe for disaster.  Why?  The root underlying metabolic flaw for those with the genes for metabolic syndrome is INSULIN IMBALANCE and a  diet of  low fat, low calorie carbohydrate foods  flips the switch on metabolic syndrome’s root problem….insulin over-release, insulin imbalance, and insulin resistance.

Think about it….the low fat, low cholesterol, low calorie diet is really a HIGH CARB DIET.  The majority of people who will struggle with weight and weight related health issues cannot tolerate a high carbohydrate diet.  It will force them to over release the fat gain hormone insulin release making them fatter on their body and in their blood.  The longer they remain on a low fat, high carb diet, the fatter and sicker they will get.  In other words, the harder they try “to lose weight and get healthy”…the sicker they become….the more medication they will require…the more doctors visits (specialists, too) will be needed!


There is a ready and available solution to this disaster.  Obesity and weight (insulin)related health issues triggered by obesity is our greatest “natural disaster.”  It is very easy to determine if a person has Metabolism A (they can maintain health and wellness on the traditional low fat, low cholesterol, low calorie diet) or Metabolism B (they can attain and maintain health and wellness on a program designed for their special metabolic needs).  The answer is found in routine labwork.  It’s not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of fact if you have Met A or Met B.

For the 60% of the population suffering from overweight, obesity, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, diabetes, the solution is available today


I have spent over 15 years researching, developing, designing, and writing  and releasing the health and wellness program that will turn around the epidemics of obesity and diabetes.  I personally worked with over 6000 patients and have the data to prove that its success.  The program has been available to the public since April, 2009.  It has been reviewed by Harvard’s Nutrition Committee and the New England Journal of Medicine.  It is now followed around the world and is licensed in 7 languages.  It works.

I am saddened that the AMA, ADA, and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is not strongly recommending the core lifestyle program behind The Metabolism Miracle and now The Diabetes Miracle.  They know that it works.


 If research money for finding the answer to the obesity/diabetes epidemics  should go anywhere, it should go into a large scale study that will prove that this program is the answer we’ve been looking for so that we can provide this information to the US and the world.

For those who  don’t want to wait for the government, medical institutions, universities, etc.  to decide to share this information (it will significantly reduce the need for medications and health care dollars)….you can start improving your health today.

The results will be objective…. In black and white.  The program will predict the target range of fat pounds lost every 8 weeks, the inches lost that will match the fat pounds lost.  You will see major marked improvement in your blood glucose, total cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol, blood pressure, triglycerides,  and vitamin D. Your energy will skyrocket.  Your medication requirements will dramatically decrease.   All this will become evident within 8 weeks…and the program keeps on working.

When you reach your desired weight, are on as little medication as possible, have normal lab work, and love the way you look and feel, there is a maintenance “way of life” that keeps you there.


The cost?  The cost of a paperback book…under 11 dollars… The Metabolism Miracle by Diane Kress, RD CDE  (also on Kindle or in hardcover)    http://www.amazon.com/The-Metabolism-Miracle-Control-Permanently/dp/0738213861/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

Need support?  For 20 cents/day there is a support site where I personally answer your questions , there are videos, recipes, tips, Forums, 24/7 chat with other Met B’s, and the best support you have ever seen for a lifestyle.  Miracle-Ville.com  is the place where those following the Metabolism Miracle lifestyle can meet for support, information, and one on one help.  20 cents/day.    www.miracle-ville.com.


We can do this on our own.  We don’t have to wait to be spoon fed the information twenty five years from now when the government and medical associations agree that the Metabolism Miracle is the answer. By that time, hundreds of millions more will die and suffer from the ramifications of uncontrolled metabolic syndrome.

Let’s make history now.

Another Dr. Oz “Magic Pill”….Green Coffee Bean Extract

Another Dr. Oz Show topic makes “The Whistle Blog.”   What is he promoting now?  Well, not surprisingly, another dietary supplement.  This time the “miracle pill” and “magic pill”  (he used these two adjectives to describe the supplement)  is GREEN COFFEE EXTRACT.  Let’s talk reality about this “amazing discovery.”


Green coffee beans are coffee beans before they are roasted. Once roasted, they turn the characteristic brown color of coffee.  Green coffee beans are a very good source of chlorogenic acid.

Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is one of the most abundant polyphenols and antioxidants in the human diet.  Major food sources include coffee, blueberries, grapes, apples, sunflower seeds, broccoli, spinach, lettuce, Chinese parsley, eggplant.

Although it is present in many commonly consumed foods, it is considered a poorly absorbed dietary polyphenol.

On Dr. Oz’s program promoting green coffee bean extract, he spoke of the “staggering study” that showed proof of CGA’s miracle weight loss ability.

The “Staggering Study”:

****The study was funded by Applied Food Sciences, which makes the green coffee antioxidant supplement.

The findings were presented at “The American Chemical Society” in San Diego?????

Number of participants in the “staggering study?”   16

Length of the study? 12 weeks

Did  the study represent adults of all ages?  The participants were 22-46 years of age

Location of the study? Although the study is presented as being conducted by the University of Scranton, the study was actually conducted in India.  The study was led by Joe Vinson, professor of chemistry at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.

Quote from Joe Vinson, professor of chemistry at the University of Scranton, “We don’t think it’s the caffeine in it.”

What was the weight status of study participants….”they were obese.”  “They did not change their diet during the course of the study...  average 2400 calories/day. They WERE physically active burning over 400 calories/day with exercise”.*  

***Please note that 2400 calories/day with a 400 calorie exercise burn is not a typical intake for an obese adult. A 2400 calorie dietary intake with 400 calories of exercise burn is typically a weight loss diet for an obese adult.”

Another Vinson quote: Vinson can’t say for sure why the coffee bean extract seems to help weight loss.  He suspects “one explanation is the unroasted beans’ chlorogenic acid.”

The Whistle Conclusion:

There does not appear to be any strong evidence that taking green coffee bean extract.   Dr. Oz’s guest recommends 800mg twice a day (nice income for Applied Food Sciences, the company who funded this study).  I’ve read that caution should be used in consuming green coffee bean extracts as they may contain high levels of caffeine as well.

I’ve also read some information about a 2006 study in which green coffee bean extract in a very low dose (140 mg) administered to hypertensive subjects resulted in a significant reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels, without any observed side effects.  Dr. Oz’s guest presenter recommended 1600mg/day.

When the dust settles and all is said and done, green coffee extract may be a great antioxidant like the antioxidants in many other fruits and vegetables.  Does there appear to be any reason to start using it regularly at this point?  No.  Was this a staggering study?  No.  Is green coffee extract a “miracle pill” or “magic pill” (Dr. Oz quotes).  No 

Study Results: Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency.

http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/ed-linked-to-vitamin-d/vitamin-deficiency/vitamin-d/

Yes, there IS a link between ED and Vitamin D deficiency….but the underlying cause of both conditions is most likely rooted in a hormonal imbalance.  Balance this hormone, and improve ED and Vitamin D!


You can read about the study at the link I provided….but let’s put this situation in chronological order so it will make sense to you.  Having erectile dysfunction is devastating to many men and their partners,  finding out they are also deficient in Vitamin D, probably not so much.  But it is so important that men with ED understand what is most likely happening behind the scenes in their bodies that has resulted in their ED, low Vitamin D, hypertension, high cholesterol, belly fat, and blood sugar impairment.  All these conditions, and more, are related to the imbalance of one hormone.  Balance that hormone, and overall health improves…quickly.


The treatment for this cause of ED/Vitamin D deficiency is not in popping Viagra or a vitamin D supplement.  These pills “medicate” the problem…Viagra may enable an erection and vitamin D supplements will improve Vitamin D status…but neither TREATS the underlying cause of the problem. 


The imbalanced hormone in millions of men who struggle with weight is the fat gain hormone INSULIN.  When insulin levels are out of balance,  blood sugar roller- coasters and gradually damages blood vessels and nerve endings.   Insulin and vacillating blood sugar not only leads to ED and Vitamin D deficiency but also contributes to hypertension, high cholesterol, belly fat, and impaired blood sugar.  Problems with memory, focus, concentration, libido, irritability are also perpetuated.  So much depends on normal insulin and normal blood sugar.  

Normal insulin release and resultant normal blood sugar 24/7  is what protects Vitamin D levels, vascular health, and proper “firing” of nerve endings.  Taking an extra Vitamin D supplement is needed if you are deficient in Vitamin D, but the reason your Vitamin D was low in the first place as well as the underlying reason for your ED can be in  your metabolism….and there is an excellent chance if you are a man with ED, you have uncontrolled Metabolism B….also known as metabolic syndrome….


This is the way it is:

Insulin imbalance is at the root of  Met B /metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome (with its progressive increases in belly fat/visceral fat, blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, and blood sugar) is genetic and its progression is linked to stressors like physical inactivity, a high carbohydrate diet, stress (emotional/physical), illness/surgery, certain blood sugar altering medications (like prednisone, cortisone, certain anti-depressants, certain beta blockers). 


Over 55% of men who struggle with weight have the genetic predisposition to metabolic syndrome…they are riding on the Metabolism B train. If proper diet and lifestyle changes are not made, in time, millions WILL end up with hypertension, midline adiposity, ED, overweight/obesity, hyperlipidemia, pre diabetes or type 2 diabetes and low levels of Vitamin D.


As metabolic syndrome causes inflammation, nerve irritation, and vascular damage…it is no surprise that men with low levels of vitamin D are prone to ED and vice versa. 


There you have it


The medication bill in the US for this insulin related metabolic mess is in the trillions…medications for ED,  blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, diabetes, depression, GERD, PCOS, osteopenia, osteoporosis, cancers of the breast, prostate, colon, pancreas, ovarian, and skin, ADD/ADHD, and Alzheimer’s disease are all medications necessary as long as metabolic syndrome and insulin imbalance/resistance is not contained.


Ironically, there is a very inexpensive solution to this problem and it has existed for all to use since April, 2009. The research/development/trials/data collection/fine tuning had preceded the publication of the program by 13 years and to date data has been collected on over 6000 patients. It is now licensed for publication in 7 languages and has a world-wide following. The Metabolism Miracle became a New York Times Bestseller and was the #1 diet book in the UK in 2010. Haven’t heard of it? Not surprising as our medical community is very tight lipped about this scientifically based and medically sound lifestyle program.


Despite The Metabolism Miracle and The Diabetes Miracle’s tremendous objective success in long term weight loss, decreases in body fat, decreases and/or elimination of medications, improved health- based on labwork, decreased inflammation, improved nerve functioning, weight loss, fat loss, and improved quality of life based on subjective data collection….The AMA, ADA, and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics have not yet studied this program. Harvard’s Nutrition Committee and the New England Journal of Medicine asked for book copies, but failed to comment.


It’s time to do a large scale research study comparing the core program in The Metabolism Miracle/The Diabetes Miracle to any other diet/lifestyle program. When the results are released, (and the results will prove that this program is the missing link to ending the obesity/diabetes epidemics), it will change the way obesity, diabetes, and weight related health issues are treated.


If you are a male with ED, a woman whose partner has ED, or a person who identifies with the other health conditions tied to uncontrolled Metabolism B,  get familiar with The Metabolism Miracle.  It can change your life.  http://www.themetabolismmiracle.com/

The "Real" Skinny on the Long Term Results of Obesity Surgery!

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Imagine finding yourself 150# OVER weight.  Your desired weight is 150# and you weigh 300#.  You’ve tried everything throughout the years to lose weight, and to no avail.  Diet after diet fails and you ultimately gain even more weight after the diet du jour ends.

You run into an acquaintance you haven’t seen after a year and are stunned to see that she has lost close to 100#.  What?  You find out that she has had gastric bypass surgery.  She looks and feels great.  You are mesmerized.  If she can “do it”…you can “do it, too.” 

You find that there are two main types of obesity surgery: Gastric banding and Gastric bypass.  You want to have one of the procedures done, but you want to know which will be most effective.  This is what researchers from Bristol University are seeking to pinpoint and are beginning a research study involving 700 participants. 

Read on to discover some very interesting “insider” information on obesity surgery…and then vote with your conclusions!

Which type of obesity surgery is best?  If the study organizers are really interested in assessing the results of the surgeries, I truly believe they have the time line set one year too soon. 

 I have worked with gastric bypass/banding patients on a one-on-one basis for over 15 years.  I counsel them before and after the procedure.  I have kept data on thousands of patients.  I can conclude that the outcome line should be set at the end of year 4 post surgery.  Why?  By the end of the 4th year, more than 50% of patients will experience weight regain...and some have regained all their lost weight, are back on all their previous medications, and return to the exact health picture the surgery was supposed to eliminate.

Lap band surgery

An inflatable silicone band is placed around the top portion of the stomach minimizing stomach capacity to 1/2 cup. ( A normal stomach can hold 6-8 cups.  Banding does not rewire the GI tract.  Stomach acid is still present in the bottom portion of the stomach.  The band is supposed to minimize over-eating.  If the patient eats one bite over the "cap", he will vomit up the contents of the pouch...and in this motion, acid will also pass through the pouch and into the esophagus.  The band causes a feeling of extreme fullness after eating just 1/2 cup of food (think of the feeling after Thanksgiving dinner).  One more bite and....out it comes.  The surgeons I worked with called this procedure "extreme behavioral modification." 

As with many things, sometimes behavioral modification causes new behaviors to surface.  Patients quickly realize that liquid and semi solid/soft foods pass right through the band and can be consumed comfortably without vomiting.  You get the picture.  Also...many small meals through the day and night (ultra grazing) can add up to LOTS of calories/day. 

In the end: success depends on following a diet and exercising WITH the band.  Success is not all that great by the end of year 4 and most patients return to their previous weight or have had the band removed.  (If you have GERD, no banding for you as the problem will worsen.)

GASTRIC BYPASS

GASTRIC BYPASS is a much different  story,  although if the researchers wait until after the 4th year post op, they will note that MANY patients who took this very significant leap have regained or are on their way to regaining their weight, medications have returned, and health issues are coming back into play.

With bypass we have the surgical trifecta:

 Part one: The stomach is stapled in 2 parts.  The top pouch is left at about 2 ounces in capacity (after 1 year will expand to about 1 cup) and the stomach acid remains in the bottom part.  This might sound like a benefit as it can no longer reach the espophagus and cause inflammation/irritation, but it also can't help digest foods.

Part two:  the small intestine's duodenum and first part of the jejunum are bypassed.  These are vital areas of digestion and absorption for many essential vitamins/minerals and ....calories.  So, in bypassing this part of the intestine, the person will never absorb nutrition to its fullest.  If vitamins/minerals are not religiously taken, serious vitamin/mineral deficiencies will occur.

Part three:  the intestine that is left is reattached to the bottom of the 2 ounce pouch.  Food passes from the stomach pouch (without the pre-digestion from acid) into a lower portion of the intestine (without begin broken down by many enzymes and with nutrition still intact...never to be absorbed). 

I'm sure you can see how MAJOR this "permanent" surgery is.



Carnie Wilson before gastric bypass, after gastric bypass, and now

Check on these patients AFTER the 4th years and you will find that more than half who initially lost weight are steadily regaining or have already regained their weight, are back on meds, are becoming the person they were prior to the rewire.

I'm sure it's obvious that in terms of weight loss, the gastric bypass is going to come out "on top" in comparing gastric banding vs gastric bypass. The band is just a band around the stomach making it difficult to eat over 1/2 cup without vomiting. The bypass involves a total rewiring of the GI tract PLUS minimizes the amount of food that can be ingested.

What I was shocked to find was that even after the gastric bypass, after the 4th years, more than half the patients were well on their way to regaining weight or had already regained their lost weight. Remember, they are "rewired". How and why does this happen?

My belief is that after the stomach pouch stretches to its new maximum (at about the one year mark post surgery), it can accommodate enough carbohydrate to stimulate the pancreas to return to over-releasing the fat gain hormone insulin. MANY patients who become morbidly obese have underlying insulin imbalance. When their pouch is at the 2 ounce mark, and they are encouraged to eat mostly protein and veggies, they do not suffer from over insulin release. After about a year, there is enough room in the stomach to accommodate protein AND significant portions of carb foods and therein lies the problem. It becomes possible to eat bread, pasta, potatoes, cereals, snack crackers...and in fact...it's comfortable once again

I feel very sorry for patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery and all it entails, who watch themselves lose over 100 pounds, get off many medications, look and feel great...only to watch while the pounds creep back on....for what seems to be "no reason".

Ultimately, I have to tell these patients that they will need to once again "diet." The diet will be the core program from the Metabolism Miracle or Diabetes Miracle.  I now tell patients contemplating gastric bypass that they might consider opting for living the Metabolism Miracle lifestyle before having surgery.  Several patients lost significant weight and did not opt to have the surgery.  They are now at their desired weight.  In either case…whether they have the surgery or not…over 50% will need to live the core program from Metabolism Miracle to maintain weight loss.  Surgeons are NOT telling their patients this! 

I would love to get the word out to these patients that if they have metabolism B,  gastric bypass surgery will help them lose a large amount of weight in a short period of time and get off many medications. They will look and feel great. But one year after the surgery, they will need to begin following The Metabolism Miracle program and make this their lifestyle. In this way, they will get where they need to be...and stay there.

What I have seen happen is that because they were never fore-warned, they are blamed for regaining weight.  The surgeon states he/she “has no idea why they are regaining” as the surgery was done correctly.  The patient is back to feeling like a failure, when he was really not informed.

I hope this article INFORMS and helps those who have had the procedure and are now regaining to understand why and to realize that there is a way to stop the gain.

For more information on Metabolism B: www.themetabolismmiracle.com.

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