All About Diabetes and Health
In this post, I'll examine the possible relationship between meat intake and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, and it is strongly linked to lifestyle factors.N...
In the last post, I explained that the body treats polyphenols as potentially harmful foreign chemicals, or "xenobiotics". How ca...
What are Polyphenols? Polyphenols are a diverse class of molecules containing multiple phenol rings. They are synthesized in large amounts ...
I've been avoiding most gluten, particularly wheat, for over a year now. I never had obvious symptoms that I could clearly link to eati...
Hi, Gluten-Free January participants. Matt, Janine and I have collected about 200 survey responses at this point. So far, the results are ...
In the past week, I've been rooting through the USDA's 2010 Dietary Guidelines ( 1 ). Here are a few of my thoughts. Positive One o...
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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 commonly measured to assess cardiovascular risk. When we think ab...
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, ...
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...
