Drinking Coca-Cola is as American as apple pie, football and fireworks on the 4th of July. Unfortunately, the negative health effects of drinking Coca-Cola are often sidestepped or even ignored since it has become so commonplace in American culture. I was actually surprised at the limited information I found when hunting for academically sound journal […]
Tag: metabolic syndrome
Do You Have Metabolic Syndrome?
A new study has revealed shocking figures about metabolic syndrome in the United States. Previous data from the 1999–2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicated that approximately 34 percent of American adults have metabolic syndrome. The latest study, published in May 2015 in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined more recent […]
It Only Takes This Much Junk Food to Make Your Body React
You may want to skip that fatty double cheeseburger and fries. Recent research suggests that just one junk food meal may trigger metabolic disease signals in your body. A study in The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology found that a short period of overindulgence may trigger the beginnings of metabolic […]



