By Al Sears, MD

Eating a bagel and cream cheese or crunching on some pretzels is addictive in much the same way, biologically, as narcotics are.

That’s because grains like wheat, barley, and rye – and milk from cows – have something in them that acts just like morphine. They’re called “exorphins.” They can make you weak and tired, and take over your body just like they’ve taken over the Western diet.

But today I’m going to show you how to stop ...

By Barry Sears

Breast cancer accounts for more than 25 percent of all female cancers. Breast cancer is also strongly linked to obesity. This means as our obesity crisis accelerates, we can expect breast cancer rates to follow. The reason that breast cancer and obesity are linked is due to cellular inflammation caused by the diet. Simply stated, this means a diet rich in refined carbohydrates, low in fruits and vegetables, and high in vegetable oils rich in omega-6 fatty ...

By Ryan Hutmacher and Sara Haas

With the season under way, you may be wondering what you can do to improve your performance during this time of intense physical activity. You’ve heard people talk about protein, but aren’t really sure where to begin. Perhaps you’re asking yourself how much protein you need, where to find good sources of protein, or whether or not to invest in one of those big canisters of protein powder. You may end ...

According to its publicist, sugar is a health food. After all, it contains zero fat, provides instant energy, and makes almost any food taste better. But these attributes are all trumped by a physiological fact: Sugar makes you fat. That may seem like a given, but by understanding why, you can minimize sugar’s harmful effects and create a leaner, healthier body.

Eating sugar is like flipping a switch that tells your body to store fat. And sugar is everywhere–not just ...

INFLAMMATION REDUCES PERFORMANCE, so how can diet affect a rider’s ability to recover more effectively?

It would seem that anti-inflammatory diets have taken the cycling world by storm. The Garmin-Slipstream team have been using these plans to improve their recovery from hard training bouts and to allow their bodies to endure the successive days of hard riding required of them. Indeed Dr. Matthew Rabin, the team’s chiropractor and general recovery miracle worker, has been busy testing levels of inflammation from ...