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Partners Executive Director Dr. David
Weed presented the last in a ten-week series on "How to Lose Weight Without Going Hungry"
as part of the Greater
Fall River Fitness Challenge. The series is offered to Challenge
participants who are attempting to lose weight in the Challenge through
exercise, though research is clear that exercise is not a good for
long-term weight loss. Low
carbohydrate, high fat diets, on the other hand, have repeatedly
been demonstrated to lead to significant weight loss, especially
when compared to low-fat, calorie-restricted approaches. In this session, Dr. Weed
talks about the toxic
effects of sugar on the liver and its effects on the development
of Type 2 diabetes. Click here for
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(Top row)
Participants look over low-carb
recipes before Dr. Weed begins his presentation, based largely on
the work of Science Author Gary Taubes and his book, The
Case Against Sugar, in which he details how we have come to
believe that sugar is not harmful but fat is. (Row two) Dr. Weed
describes the rapid
increase in sugar consumption in America over the past fifty years
that has paralleled the rise in obesity and diabetes. (Row three) Dr.
Weed describes research that has shown how high
fructose corn syrup causes fatty liver disease in adolescents who
drink a lot of soda and then details
the history of sugar consumption over the centuries. (Rows four
through six) Dr. Weed demonstrates how to make a low
sugar birthday cake from watermelon using whipped cream, coconut
flakes, almonds, strawberries and blueberries that has one tenth the
sugar of a typical cake.
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video of the presentation.