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Dr. Wallach starts the show discussing a recent news article concerning dieting.  The article outlines six popular diet strategies and critques the diet's success rates.  Then outlines his own strategies for weight loss asserting that the other diets don't address the root cause of cravings.

Pearls of Wisdom

Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss two recent research studies concerning obesity.  The first study found that the state of Mississippi is the first in the U.S. to break the 30% mark for adult obesity.  The second study found that mothers with untreated gestational diabetes were twice as likely to give birth to children who will later have weight issues.

Callers

• Brenda is a diabetic with questions concern her diet, cataracts and post-menopausal symptoms.
• Clay has questions about juicing for someone who is trying to control sugar intake.
• Martha's husband was recently diagnosed with high cholesterol levels and she asks Dr. Wallach about the actual numbers.

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Monologue

Pharmacist Benjamin Fuchs fills in for Dr. Wallach. Ben starts the show discussing blood sugar issues. Outlining the importance of chromium and vanadium in stabalizing blood sugar in the body.

Pearls of Wisdom

Doug Winfrey and Ben Fuchs discuss a recent research study from the University of California at Irvine. The study found that mice given a diet supplemented with DHA (docosahexaenoic acid had lower levels of beta amyloid proteins usually associated with Alzheimer's lesions.

Callers

• Melissa's doctor recommended she give flouride drops to her 5 month old baby.
• Lew's daughter is suffering from chronic bronchitis.
• Adaline has questions regarding prenatal vitamins.

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Monologue

Dr. Wallach just back from continuing education to maintain his medical license relates a conversation with a medical doctor.  The doctor was exclaiming that the medical industry was in a poor state because the government announced that Medicare will no longer pay to correct medical mistakes.  Doc applaudes this decision contending that is something he has been wanting for 43 years.

Pearls of Wisdom

Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a recent news article concerning maternal death rates.  The article states that in 2003 the maternal death rates rose above 10 per 100,000 births since 1977.  Experts are blaming maternal obesity and an increase in Caesarean sections.  Twenty nine percent of all births in the U.S. last year were by C-section.

Callers

• Ledi's brother has been diagnosed with a tumor in his pituitary gland.
• Chris has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and his wife has just been diagnosed with Lyme's disease.
• David is currently on chemo-therapy for lymphoma.

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Nurse Joanne Conaway fills in for Dr. Wallach.  Joanne starts the show talking about a move start pasteurizing almonds rather than allowing them to be eaten raw.  Joanne contends that this process will kill off all of the good nutrients in the nuts.  This whole issue the result of 5 deaths from salmonella.  She comments that although the deaths are unfortunate pharmaceutical drugs kill thousands each year and they are still on the market.

Pearls of Wisdom

Doug Winfrey and Joanne Conaway discuss a recent research study that found caffeine from coffee and tea helped older women maintain mental acuity but the same result did not hold true for men.  In the study the women who drank three cups or more daily of coffee or tea were less likely to suffer a decline in verbal skills compared to those who drank a cup or less.

Callers

• Pam has questions concerning carpal tunnel syndrome.
• Diana's son has been diagnosed with Turret's syndrome.
• Harold has two questions the first concerns Joanne's opinion of fasting.  Second he has questions concerning pre-cancerous lesions on his face.