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The Shocking Truth about High Fructose Corn Syrup (Video)

By Dr. Edward Group, DC
Updated Feb 29, 2016

Is high fructose corn syrup one of the most shocking ingredients found in your food? Watch this video and decide for yourself. (Recognize the narrator??) High Fructose Corn Syrup - Facts and Alternate Solutions - With Dr. Group, DCLength: 4 minutes High fructose corn syrup is one of the most controversial ingredients used by the food industry. Emerging science is confirming the negative health effects of high fructose corn syrup on the cardiovascular system, liver, and brain. [1] Unfortunately, avoiding this toxic ingredient has become incredibly difficult to do. Food […]

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New Approach to Management of Overeating in Children

By Dr. Edward Group, DC
Updated Mar 5, 2014

Obesity has been called a plague of the modern Western World. Each year in the United States alone, obesity is directly or indirectly responsible for billions of dollars of preventable medical treatment, and billions more are lost due to its negative impact on workplace output [1]. (more…)

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Common Sense Approach Best to Maintain Healthy Body Weight in Children

By Dr. Edward Group, DC
Updated May 3, 2013

“Watching Less TV, Being More Active and Sleeping More Is Linked to a Healthy Body Weight in Young Children,” a multinational European investigation into the connection between early lifestyle habits and body weight, suggest that a common sense approach to staying healthy still works best for most kids [1]. (more…)

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U.S. Population Continues To Struggle With Obesity

By Dr. Edward Group, DC
Updated May 2, 2013

Results of an investigation presented last year at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) annual Scientific Session shows if current trends continue, the overwhelming majority of American adults will be overweight, if not obese, by the year 2020 [1]. More than half will also suffer from either type-2 diabetes, or related pre-diabetic conditions. (more…)

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