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Stan Gardner M.D.
Stan Gardner M.D.
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Our Intestinal Bacteria and Weight Gain

May 26th, 2009 · 7:08 AM

Our Germs, Ourselves
Forbes reports that our bodies have 100 trillion bacteria in the intestinal tract. Recent studies imply that the type of bacteria in the gut may decide whether food is burned as energy or stored as fat. Obese people had a different

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Sugar: What’s in it and What it Does (+ Survey)

March 24th, 2009 · 4:08 AM

Sugar Shock
In 1976, the sugar industry discovered it was cheaper to make sugar from corn than from beets or cane.  Since then, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has replaced sucrose as a sweetener in most soft drinks, baked goods, and processed foods.  Among other consequences, fructose has been implicated in

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