Extensive physical disabilities have been demonstrated including diabetes [4], heart disease [5], stroke [6], excessive fat, [7], infection [8], cancer [9], joint and bone disease [10], and inflammation [11]. The physical problems are extensive.
A variety of mental illnesses are also present in processed food consumption. These include ADD [12], Alzheimer’s [13], dementia [14], binge-eating disorder [15], and addiction [16].
Emotional issues add to the misery manifesting as depression [17, 18], irritability [19], and anxiety [20].
Behavioral problems are present as poor impulse control/disruptive behavior [21], fatigue [22], poor quality of life [23], and sleep disorders [24].
In spite of the extensive pathology, attempts to treating overeating of processed foods have not helped, and in some cases, have made diseases worse. The failure of weight-loss schemes is measured at 95% and above [25, 26]. Wieght-loss surgery patients exhibit slow weight regain [27, 28] and a tendency to develop alcoholism [29]. Pharmaceuticals add to the distress with side effects such as weight regain [30], heart disease with fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine [31], suicide ideation with Rimonabant [32], memory loss and heightened anxiety from the most recent drugs Lorcaserine and Phentermine-topiramate [33], hypertension from Sibutramine [34], and bowel leakage from Orlistat [35].
What has worked is eliminating processed foods in favor of unprocessed foods. Cravings and the urge to overeat gradually diminish. People are able to watch many of the above-described diseases fade away.
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35. Hollywood, A. and J. Ogden, Taking Orlistat: Predicting Weight Loss over 6 Months. J Obes, 2011. 2011: p. 806896.
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