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About the Author: Sherrill Sellman, ND, is a naturopathic doctor (Board Certified in Integrative Medicine), an educator, a women's natural health expert and psychotherapist as well as an international lecturer, the host of two weekly radio shows, the senior editor and contributing writer to numerous health publications and a journalist in the field of women's health. She is a regular contributor to NEXUS, most recently with her article "An Effective Solution to the Obesity Epidemic" (17/04). See the review of her new book, The Promise of hCG, in this edition. For more information, visit the websites http://www.whatwomenmustknow.com and http://www. fatlossaustralia. com.au. Dr Sellman can be contacted by email at drsellman@whatwomen mustknow.com. There appears to be a causal link between obesity and About the Author: the type of microflora that inhabit the intestines. The Sherrill Sellman, ND, is a naturopathic doctor (Board difference in the structure of the microbial ecology of Certified in Integrative Medicine), an educator, a women's our digestive tract may create greater susceptibility to | natural health expert and psychotherapist as well as an obesity. Our western diet, rich in fat and sugar, packs a __ international lecturer, the host of two weekly radio shows, double whammy to people's expanding girth. As wellas the senior editor and contributing writer to numerous providing more calories than we can burn through __ health publications and a journalist in the field of women's exercise, junk food encourages the growth of the gu health. She is a regular contributor to NEXUS, most bacteria that process food more efficiently, adding recently with her article "An Effective Solution to the urther to this energy excess. Obesity Epidemic" (17/04). See the review of her new book, Scientists took mice raised in a germ-free [he Promise of hCG, in this edition. For more information, environment—mice which had no native gut bacteria o visit the websites http://www.whatwomenmustknow.com heir own—and transplanted human intestinal bacteria and http://www. fatlossaustralia. com.au. Dr Sellman can be into their digestive tracts. When these "humanised" contacted by email at drsellman@whatwomen mice were placed on a high-fat, high-sugar die mustknow.com. designed to mimic those common in western societies, he contents of their gut bacteria changed drastically, Endnotes : iterally overnight. Switching from a low-fat, plan I. Cai, Jinnan, "The world is fat", 23 December 2010, polysaccharide-rich diet to a high-fat, high-sugar, http://tinyurl.com/2emh43r ; — ; "western" diet shifted the structure of the gut microflora. 2+ Popkin, Barry M., "The World is Fat", Scientific American, within a single day. The mice September 2007, pp. 88-95 showed an increase in types of 3. France 24, "Obesity: China's bacteria linked to obesity and growing epidemic’, YouTube, http://tinyurl.com/3dgewox ase increased [helt body fat The difference in the 4, Miller, EK., "Fat China: transplanted microbes from the structure of the microbial Special Report’, 6 January ther wonmttee mice me ecology of our digestive h tp-//tinyurl.com/3mmanbf . co 5. Cai, op. cit. animals aso put on werent tract Wt create greater 6. Raji, C.A., RM. Thompson et susceptibility to obesity. al., "Brain structure and Another intriguing revelation has been the obesity—gut connection. When an organism is out of balance, the imbalance 2009 is reflected everywhere. Obese people have altered 7, alzheimer's Weekly, "Obesity Ages a Brain by 16 intestinal flora which predispose them to being obese. years", 30 August — 6 September 2009, Junk food diets alter healthy gut flora, resulting in more _http-//tinyurl.com/3djq67g obese tendencies. 8. Cazettes, V. et al., "Obesity-mediated inflammation Your food choices have an instantaneous effect on the may damage the brain circuit that regulates food balance of gut flora. Feed your digestive system healthy, intake", Brain Research 2011 Feb 10; 1373:101-109 nutritious food and you will be adding yet another 9, Kanaya, A.M. et al., "Total and Regional Adiposity successful piece to your weight loss puzzle. You can and Cognitive Change in Older Adults: The Health, also add probiotic supplements to help support and Aging, and Body Composition study", Archives of Neurology obesity", Human Brain Mapping 2010 Mar; 31(3):353-364, published online on 6 August enhance healthy intestinal flora. 2009 Mar; 66(3):329-35, http://tinyurl.com/6306wef 10. Whitmer, R.A. et al., "Central obesity and increased Solving the Puzzle tisk of dementia more than three decades later", With more than one billion overweight adults who are Neurology 2008 Sep 30; 71(14):1057-1064 part of the global community and at least 300 million 11. Debette, S. et al., "Visceral fat is associated with obese adults, the world is facing an unparalleled obesity —_ lower brain volume in healthy middle-aged adults", epidemic. To help rescue a world drowning in fat, it is | Annals of Neurology 2010 Aug; 68(2):136-144 necessary to embrace new paradigms. It is a problem ‘12. Anan, F. et al., "Abdominal visceral fat that requires many new perspectives and an integrated accumulation is associated with hippocampus volume approach. Maintaining a healthy brain, ensuring in non-dementia patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus’, optimal vitamin D levels, committing to regenerative — Neuroimage 2010 Jan 1, 49(1):57-62 sleep and supporting the growth of healthy intestinal 13. Anan, F. et al., "Visceral fat accumulation is a ecology of our digestive tract may create greater susceptibility to obesity. Solving the Puzzle With more than one billion overweight adults who are part of the global community and at least 300 million obese adults, the world is facing an unparalleled obesity epidemic. To help rescue a world drowning in fat, it is necessary to embrace new paradigms. It is a problem that requires many new perspectives and an integrated approach. Maintaining a healthy brain, ensuring optimal vitamin D levels, committing to regenerative sleep and supporting the growth of healthy intestinal flora are some of the new pieces that are helping to solve the weight loss puzzle. 00 22 * NEXUS JUNE - JULY 2011 The difference in the structure of the microbial Continued on page 81 www.nexusmagazine.com