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?

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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

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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

http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/10/cholesterol-fats-carbs-statins-and_30.html

The following random thoughts are just that - my thoughts, not facts. However, I have provided some selected cites for most of them. If you ...

Butter vs. Margarine

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I came across an interesting  study the other day, courtesy of Dr. John Briffa's blog . It's titled "Margarine Intake and Sub...

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