Show 989: The Mediterranean Zone Diet (Archive)

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The Zone diet popularized by Dr. Barry Sears was one of the earliest to emphasize the importance of balancing protein, fat and carbohydrate consumption at every meal. Dr. Sears pioneered the idea that the food we eat is more powerful than any drug in controlling the activity of multiple hormones in our bodies. Many studies […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.3	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.8	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:29.7	Dr. Barry Sears pioneered the concept that food affects hormones like insulin.
0:35.1	Can the Mediterranean diet improve blood sugar control?
0:39.1	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:46.9	The Zone Diet was one of the first to reduce carbohydrates while promoting healthy fats and moderate
0:55.1	protein consumption. Dr. Sears has also turned his attention to inflammation as an underlying
1:01.2	contributor to many of our most damaging chronic diseases. The Mediterranean diet has substantial
1:07.2	scientific support. But what is a true Mediterranean diet?
1:12.1	Various regions around the Mediterranean have different favored foods.
1:16.6	Which ones are most helpful?
1:18.4	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, Dr. Barry Sears provides new insights on the Mediterranean Zone.
1:25.3	First, this news.
1:29.1	In the People's pharmacy health headlines,
1:32.6	the evidence that sunscreens prevent cancer may not be as strong as people would like to believe.
1:38.5	That's the conclusion from a Cochrane review.
1:41.5	The Cochrane Collaboration is an impartial volunteer group of scientists who
1:45.6	analyze research evidence on medical interventions according to strict criteria. The authors looked
1:52.3	for randomized controlled trials of sunscreen to prevent basal or squamous cell carcinoma.
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