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Your Brain on Cortisol: Why Overstressed Gray Matter is Leading Us Astray in Lockdown When experience has demonstrated that an extra glass of wine or a slice of cake won't make us feel better in the long run, why do bad habits continue to compel us? Published December 25, 2020 StoryBlocks.com When it comes to vices during the pandemic, simply put, it's been difficult to say "no." Drinking an extra glass of wine here, eating half a birthday cake in one sitting there — whatever it takes to escape the constant strain of life under lockdown. That seemed reasonable in March, anyway.

Ending the Diabetes-COVID Disaster           Overview of Excess, Preventable COVID Diabetes Deaths in New York City, New York State and the Nation             When Loretta Fleming, a South Bronx public housing resident with diabetes, took local self-management classes after years of failed efforts at trying to  better control her diabetes, she was able to  reduce her A1C (a blood sugar measure) from a near lethal 11% to 6.5%.  She knew that by doing this  she was slashing her risks for kidney failure, amputation and a range of other diabetes –related complications; w...

>> so, there's a lot of -- we've heard a lot about the increase in obesity rates, crazy statistic from the film, a projection if current rates pertain, one-third of all americans will have diabetes by 2050? that's a wakeup call, isn't it? it's outrageous and really, it's about the food we're eating and the drinks we're drinking. i hope "fed up" can really get an honest conversation going in this country about it. >> so, one of the people featured is dr. robert lustig, i've been a fan, he had this youtube lecture on sugar that went kind of viral. i remember watching that. here is a clip from hi...

the senior leader much longer. after the speech he went to the white house for a meeting with president obama, who went before the cam troeras to announce tha shinseki was out. >> a few minutes ago secretary shinseki offered me is own resignation with considerable regret, i accepted. he does not want to be a dr distraction, he wants to fix the problem and make sure our vets get the care they need, that was rick's judgment on behalf of his fellow veterans. >> 150 februamembers of congres called for his resignation prosecution both parties and former va official ms. duckworth who calle...

>> reporter: this young man perhaps the most dramatic example. at 1,345 pounds, he may be the heaviest living man in the world, and he's not even 21 years old. he hasn't been able to leave his bedroom for more than two years. these pictures show the dramatic moment when he was taken out of his home using a forklift. part of it had to be demolished to bring him out. >> it's obviously an extreme case. the chances that this guy is really sick are really high. >> it's unclear how he got to be this severely obese, but dr. robert lustig, has a theory. >> i don't think he can eat himself to 45 pounds...