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# Coming Health Forecast: A Perfect Nutritional Storm (PR)
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/health_forecast_0817110540/
- Published: 2011-08-17T18:39:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:22:31.000Z
- Description: In a press release, Zone Diet author Barry Sears blames a “perfect nutritional storm” of cheap refined carbohydrates and vegetable oils, fed by roughly $20 billion a year in corn and soybean subsidies, for the silent inflammation he ties to diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Diet, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Press Release 

For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Dobson, DobsonPR.com203-894-9240, bd@DobsonPR.com Coming Health Forecast: A Perfect Nutritional Storm, according to Dr. Sears, Bestselling Author of The Zone New York – America is in the midst of a “Perfect Nutritional Storm,” according to Dr. Barry Sears, bestselling author of The Zone. Dr. Sears said, “Without a significant reduction of low-level chronic inflammation caused by our current diets, our health costs continue to spiral out of control.”“Health-care reform has to begin in the kitchen, because of the hormonal impact of food and how these hormones can alter gene expression. We need to reverse our current pro-inflammatory trend with anti-inflammatory diets, such as the Zone Diet. Today’s primary health-care cost drivers are diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s. All are ultimately caused by diet-induced silent inflammation,” Dr. Sears said, touching on the foundation of his latest book, “Toxic Fat.”The Perfect Nutritional Storm that Dr. Sears refers to has been caused to a great degree by government subsidies (approximately $20 billion per year) for corn and soybean crops. “The result is a glut of cheap refined carbohydrates and vegetable oils that are the most abundantly consumed items in the American diet. When those two ingredients are combined in the diet, they can increase the production of toxic fat that can activates genes in those who are genetically predisposed to become obese,” he said.Approximately 33 percent of American adults have such genes, he noted. “The Perfect Nutritional Storm can be reversed by addressing its root cause: Increased silent inflammation generated by increased toxic fat levels in Americans. The question is whether or not Americans will follow anti-inflammatory diets for a lifetime. That is not a political question, but a personal one,” he said.Dr. Sears is an international authority on the hormonal responses induced by our diet. His books have sold more than five million copies in the United States and have been translated into 22 languages. More information is available at www.zonediet.com and [www.drsears.com](http://www.drsears.com/?ref=foodconsumer.org). Media contact Brian Dobson, 203-894-9240, BD@DobsonPR.com.