“[N]o long-term trials exist on the effect of red wine specifically on all-cause mortality [that is, that red wine reduces the risk of death]” writes Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, the author of Malignant Medical Myths: Why Medical Treatment Causes 200,000 Deaths in the USA each Year, and How to Protect Yourself.

One to three alcoholic drinks per day has a slight protective effect against cardiovascular disease, but this does not extend to other causes of death Kauffman notes.

Alcohol use was associated with a weight gain of 0.4 pounds over 4 years according to a study by Harvard researchers.

Seventy-four percent (74%) of alcoholics were found to be sober and emotionally stable 3.5 years after going through the Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA founded by Joan Mathews Larson PhD who treats drug and alcohol problems as well as anxiety and depression with a nutritional approach.

This compares to about a 5% success with “Talk Therapy” based programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

She opened the Center in 1980 after her son had committed suicide in the 1970’s after returning home from a hospital-based “Talk Therapy” program. She thought there must be a better way.

Her treatments are all based on scientific research.

I am posting this because in the past few weeks, US actor Charlie Sheen, star of the Number 1 show on television, “Two an One-Half Men”, who has had a problem with drugs and alcohol, has been all over television.

Addiction specialist, Drew Pinsky, MD—“Dr. Drew”—the doctor on the US television program “Celebrity Rehab”, has also been on several television shows saying that Charlie Sheen needs to go into rehab—a Talk Therapy-based rehabilitation.

I disagree. As Joan Mathews Larson, PhD notes, addiction problems are the result of biochemical glitches.

Biochemical glitches cannot be “talked away”. They cannot be solved with Talk Therapy.

Hopefully someone will tell Dr. Drew and Charlie Sheen about Joan Mathews Larson, PhD and her very successful treatment for drug and alcohol problems.

There needs to be a paradigm shift in the treatment of addiction problems, away from Talk Therapy, and to where it is recognize it as biochemical problem that requires nutritional therapies to solve.

The more alcohol a person consumes, the more likely they are to be obese, however, for a given level of alcohol intake, people who frequently consume small amounts of alcohol are less likely to be overweight according to a study from researchers at the Centre for Alcohol Research at the National Institute of Public Health in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Men who consume 3 or more drinks per day—21 or more drinks per week—have larger waists and more belly fat than men who are light drinkers or those who do not drink at all according to a new study from Royal Free and University College Medical School in London, England.

Alcohol intake lowers the hunger-stimulating hormone grehlin according to a recent study.

The more alcohol a person consumes, the heavier they tend to be, however, the more frequently a person consumes alcohol, the leaner they tend to be according to a study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Women who consume 60 grams of alcohol per week—the amount found in about six beers or six glasses of wine—are 2.4 times more likely to regain lost weight according to a recent study.

Women who consume alcohol weighed 3-6 pounds less than those who do not drink according to a 1998 study from France.

Non-drinking women weighed 150 pounds compared to 147 pounds for light drinkers and 144 pounds moderate-to-heavy drinkers.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) of these three groups was 26.6, 25.7, 25.3, respectively.

Men who consume alcohol weighed 4-5 pounds more than men who do not drink according to a 1998 study from France.

Non-drinking men weighed 173 pounds compared to 177 pounds for light drinkers and 178 pounds moderate-to-heavy drinkers.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) of these three groups was 26.4, 26.7 and 26.9 respectively.

Drug and alcohol problems are the result of biochemical glitches. They are not caused by a lack of will power and cannot be solved with talk therapy. Prescription drugs such as Prozac cannot correct these problems either. I believe the exact same thing is true for anxiety and depression.

In this audio clip, you will hear Dr. Julian Whitaker describe the research of American biochemist, Dr. Roger Williams.

He found that “alcoholic” rats could be cured of their desire for alcohol with large doses of nutrients.

You will then hear Dr. Whitaker interview Joan Mathews Larson, PhD whose son committed suicide about 30 years ago after returning from talk therapy.

Dr. Larson committed her life to finding a better way, and came across the research of Dr. Roger Williams.

Women who consumed 30 grams of alcohol per day or more (2 or 3 drinks) were 27 percent less likely to become overweight, and 71% less likely to become obese during a 12.9 year follow-up according to a new study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

“It is emotional disorders then, rather than depressive disorders specifically or mental disorders generally, that appear to have a connection with obesity,” according to a study by researchers at the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Otago University in Wellington South, New Zealand. They found that post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety were more common among obese people than depression.

Alcohol abuse or dependence is not more common among obese people than non-obese people according to a study by researchers at the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Otago University in Wellington South, New Zealand. In fact, people who are obese are 10 percent less likely to have a problem with alcohol than non-obese people. Data from the U.S. shows that alcohol problems are 40 percent less common among obese people than non-obese people.

Obesity shortens the lifespan of men by an average of 5 years and of women by 10 years according to a study from the National Institute of Public Health in Denmark.

How long have you heard that protein and carbohydrates provide 4 calories per gram of food, and fat provides 9 calories per gram? Probably forever. But these numbers are bogus according to a recent paper by Dr. Geoffrey Livesey.

“[P]hentermine plus 5-HTP is effective in reducing alcohol intake and suppressing alcohol withdrawal seizures [in rats],” according to a study from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Light to moderate drinking is not associated with weight gain in women, however, heavy drinking is according to a study from researchers at the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London, England.

Light to moderate drinking is associated with a 20 to 58 percent reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes in women according to a study from researchers at the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London, England.

The one-fifth of people eating the most reduced-fat dairy products, fruit, and fiber weighed less than the one-fith eating the least according to a new study from researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

When people were asked how much alcohol they had to drink one week ago, they underreported the amount by 44 percent according to a study from National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark. This underreporting “is very clear already after 2-3 days,” the authors wrote.

Drinking alcohol increases calorie intake according to one study.

Although alcohol increases calorie intake, drinkers are leaner than non-drinkers according to one study.

COMBINING HIGH FAT FOODS AND ALCOHOL may lead to overeating more than either one alone.