Inspiration

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I find it inspirational to read the success stories that others post in the various forums I read. Some are spectacular, some seem ordinary ...

Butter, Margarine and Heart Disease

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Shortly after World War II, margarine replaced butter in the U.S. food supply. Margarine consumption exceeded butter in the 1950s. By 1975...

The Fundamentals

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I heard an interview of Michael Pollan yesterday on Talk of the Nation . He made some important points about nutrition that bear repeating....

Smoking and Diabetes

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So, you're a smoker and you've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. And you're sick of people telling you to quit? Yeah, I know....

U.S. Weight, Lifestyle and Diet Trends, 1970- 2007

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For this post, I compiled statistics on U.S. weight, health and lifestyle trends, and graphed them as consistently as possible. They span t...

Peripheral vs. Ectopic Fat

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I went to an interesting presentation the other day by Dr. George Ioannou of the University of Washington, on obesity and liver disease. He...

Polyunsaturated Fat Intake: What About Humans?

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Now we know how to raise a healthy pig or rat: balance omega-6 linoleic acid (LA) and omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (LNA) and keep both relat...

Polyunsaturated Fat Intake: Effects on the Heart and Brain

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I'm revisiting the topic of the omega-6/omega-3 balance and total polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) intake because of some interesting studies ...

The Diabetes Diet Wars

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So, you’re a type 2 diabetic and you want to know what to eat? It seems such a simple question. After all, scientists all around the world h...

Health is Multi-Factorial

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Thanks to commenter Brock for pointing me to this very interesting paper , "Effects of fish oil on hypertension, plasma lipids, and tu...

Real Food X: Roasted Marrow Bones

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Bone marrow is a food that has been prized throughout history-- from hunter-gatherer tribes to haute cuisine chefs. It's not hard to un...

Miracles and Wonders

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What an interesting world we live in. As Paul Simon wrote, these are the days of miracles and wonders. When I was diagnosed with type 2 back...

Turning Points

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There are turning points in all our lives. Some we only recognize in hindsight, while others are immediately obvious. My life changed comple...

Vitamin K2 in Marrow

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I'm always on the lookout for foods rich in vitamin K2 MK-4 , because it's so important and so rare in the modern food system. I hea...

Snacks

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One of the most common questions from newly diagnosed type 2s is "what can I eat as a snack". What follows are just a few ideas ba...

Experts

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One of the most difficult things about incurable conditions, like type 2 diabetes, and how to treat them is the variety of opinions availabl...

Google Flu Trends

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I just discovered a wonderful new tool from Google.org, Google Flu Trends . Google.org is the philanthropic branch of Google. Flu Trends ...

Can Vitamin K2 Reverse Arterial Calcification?

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It certainly can in rats . In April 2007, Dr. Cees Vermeer and his group published a paper on the effect of vitamin K on arterial calcifica...

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