Humans on a Cafeteria Diet
http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2011/09/humans-on-cafeteria-diet.html
In the 1970s, as the modern obesity epidemic was just getting started, investigators were searching for new animal models of diet-induced ob...
Primal Docs
http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2011/09/primal-docs.html
Chris Armstrong, creator of the website Celiac Handbook , has designed a new non-commercial website called Primal Docs to help people conne...
Fat Tissue Insulin Sensitivity and Obesity
http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2011/09/fat-tissue-insulin-sensitivity-and.html
In this post, I'll discuss a few more facts pertaining to the idea that elevated insulin promotes the accumulation of fat mass. Insuli...
Hyperinsulinemia: Cause or Effect of Obesity?
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Is Elevated Insulin the Cause or Effect of Obesity? The carbohydrate hypothesis, in its most popular current incarnation, states that elevat...
Catered Paleo Dinner with Yours Truly
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Gil Butler, organizer of the Western Washington Paleo Enthusiasts group, has organized a catered "paleo" dinner on Sunday, October...
Book Review: The End of Overeating
http://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-review-end-of-overeating.html
The End of Overeating was written based on the personal journey of Dr. David A. Kessler (MD) to understand the obesity epidemic, and treat ...
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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...
