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The Body Fat Setpoint
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One pound of human fat contains about 3,500 calories. That represents roughly 40 slices of toast. So if you were to eat one extra slice of...
Rabbits on a High-Saturated Fat Diet Without Added Cholesterol
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I just saw another study that supports my previous post Animal Models of Atherosclerosis: LDL . The hypothesis is that in the absence of ex...
What's the Ideal Fasting Insulin Level?
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[2013 update. I'm leaving this post up for informational purposes, but I think it's difficult to determine the "ideal" in...
The Dirty Little Secret of the Diet-Heart Hypothesis
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The diet-heart hypothesis is the idea that saturated fat, and in some versions cholesterol, raises blood cholesterol and contributes to the ...
Butyric Acid: an Ancient Controller of Metabolism, Inflammation and Stress Resistance?
http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/12/butyric-acid-ancient-controller-of.html
An Interesting Finding Susceptible strains of rodents fed high-fat diets overeat, gain fat and become profoundly insulin resistant. Dr. Jia...
Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IX
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A Summary For those who didn't want to wade through the entire nerd safari, I offer a simple summary. Our ancestors had straight teeth, ...
Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VIII
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Three Case Studies in Occlusion In this post, I'll review three cultures with different degrees of malocclusion over time, and try to ex...
Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VII
http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/11/malocclusion-disease-of-civilization_24.html
Jaw Development During Adolescence Beginning at about age 11, the skull undergoes a growth spurt. This corresponds roughly with the growth ...
Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VI
http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/11/malocclusion-disease-of-civilization_17.html
Early Postnatal Face and Jaw Development The face and jaws change more from birth to age four than at any other period of development after ...
Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part V
http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/11/malocclusion-disease-of-civilization_10.html
Prenatal Development of the Face and Jaws The structures of the face and jaws take shape during the first trimester of pregnancy. The 5th t...
Impressions of Hawai'i
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I recently went to Hawai'i for the American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Waikiki, followed by a one-week vacation on Kaua'i ...
Cholesterol, Fats, Carbs, Statins and Exercise
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The following random thoughts are just that - my thoughts, not facts. However, I have provided some selected cites for most of them. If you ...
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Blood lipids such as LDL and HDL cholesterol are markers of the biological processes that impact cardiovascular disease, and they are common...
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Get ready for information overload. Books The books below are well worth reading. I benefited most from Gretchen Becker's book, and Bern...
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I live in a country that uses mmol/L (mmol per litre) as the units for measurement of blood glucose and cholesterol levels, the most common ...
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I would like to thank Steve Cooksey for pointing this out, but I cannot totally agree with him. Yes, the American Society of Nutrition (ASN...
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No, this is not an April fools joke. Not going to admit it are you? I can just about guess that at sometime, one of my readers has done thi...
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The different reports I intend to comment on may seem a bit disconnected as you read this; however, I think you will see the common thread. ...
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Warning -- Satire -- April Fool's Post Do you feel sad sometimes? Are you tired when you get up in the morning? Do you get winded runni...
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Disclaimer: The following is a guest post from a fellow reader of this blog, and a person living with type 2 diabetes as well as HIV. The t...
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Hunter-gatherers and healthy non-industrial cultures didn't know what omega-6 and omega-3 fats were. They didn't balance nutrients ...
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Refined Sugar Worsens Blood Lipid Markers of Cardiovascular Disease
Blood lipids such as LDL and HDL cholesterol are markers of the biological processes that impact cardiovascular disease, and they are commonly measured to assess cardiovascular risk. When we think ab...
What Properties Make a Food "Addictive"?
Although the concept of food addiction remains controversial, there's no doubt that specific foods can provoke addiction-like behaviors in susceptible people. Yet not all foods have this effect, ...
American Society of Nutrition, Not a Good Society
I would like to thank Steve Cooksey forpointing this out, but I cannot totally agree with him. Yes, theAmerican Society of Nutrition (ASN) has some serious conflicts ofinterest, but they are not tryi...
Do We Control or Manage Diabetes?
Another blogger and I are having adiscussion – more a disagreement in terminology between control andmanagement of diabetes. I doubt that we will change the opinion ofthe other, but there are differe...
