If someone close to you is struggling with managing their Type 2 diabetes, please tell them to have hope. They are not as powerless as the pharmaceutical industry would have them believe.

The food tracking app we recommend is MyNetDiary. Please review below and let us know if you need help. It’s really VERY EASY! If I can do it, you can, too.

In this podcast episode, Steven interviews "The Glucose Goddess" Jessie Inchauspé, a French biochemist and bestselling author. After breaking her back at 19, Jessie became interested in achieving optimal health. Her book, Glucose Revolution explains why blood sugar spikes are so bad for us and how to flatten those spikes to transform our health.

Dr. Tim Spector, OBE explains why counting calories doesn’t work. And why exercise isn’t the answer either.

Not only is most of the soy sold in America GMO, but if it’s not fermented, it can give you a lot of problems.

Have you ever wondered why it costs more to eat healthy food? Filmmaker Robert Kenner and Michael Pollan explain this in their film, "Food, Inc." to John Dickerson. I'm not trying to turn you off of food. But you should know that everything we eat comes at a price. 

This is a 4-minute clip that I chose to reinforce the idea that unprocessed foods, grass fed beef and free-range, insect eating chickens are your best choices.

This video explains why starving ourselves does not make us lose weight. It also shows why no quantity of high-quality, clean foods we were designed to eat will ever clog our bodies.

We’ll get through this. We’re a lot tougher than we think and as a species we’ve faced down a lot worse diseases and threats than Covid-19. Hope this helps your perspective and that you’ll act on what you can.

In this trailer from the documentary Bigger Faster Stronger you can get a sense of what lengths men and women will go to because they are never satisfied with their bodies.

So many tempting things between me and a half pound of mushrooms. Pay close attention. What do you notice as you walk into your grocery store?

What’s the difference between pleasure and happiness? How does dopamine and serotonin affect your brain? Dr. Lustig talks about his new book, The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains. It's about how industry uses the science of neuromarketing to manipulate everything from what you eat to how you spend your time.

Calorie counts on labels are difficult to measure and are often based on century-old data.

What if obesity has nothing to do with eating too much? Peter Attia, MD, President and co-Founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative, says we don't know enough about the science of weight gain, and that clinicians -- and society -- should stop blaming the victims.

Melanie Warner reports on how food science has created inexpensive products that according to the author are devoid of nutritional value, addictive, and of potential harm to one's health.

Sugar scientist and UCSF professor of health policy Laura Schmidt questions whether consumers really do have freedom of choice – and what policymakers can learn from corporations in nudging consumers toward healthier behaviors.

Once you know the truth, losing weight gets a lot easier

'Fat Head' writer/director Tom Naughton's speech about how to tell good science from bad science.

Internationally renowned natural health physician Dr. Joseph Mercola reveals the dangers and side effects of soy based foods and why you should avoid soy infant formulas.

Dr. Kaayla Daniel is the author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food. On ABC's View from the Bay she talks about the health risks of modern soy products, explains how soy does NOT prevent cancer and heart disease, and advocates real foods.

Why working out is great for health, but not for weight loss, explained in five minutes.

The big idea is to drink one ounce of water for every two pounds that you weigh. You can watch the discussion on why the doctor says that water works so well to help us heal. There are other videos that say this is impossible, but our dieters who drink at least 100 ounces of water per day lose 30% more weight than people who drink 70 ounces or less. 

As mammals, we are hardwired to store fat and reproduce when exposed to long light days and then to sleep it off or at the very least starve ... for awhile. But now we don’t sleep and we don’t starve, either; at least, we don’t starve for carbohydrates, ever. That’s why we’re fat and getting fatter. It’s endless August in our bodies and minds.