All About Diabetes and Health
I recently wrote an article for my local natural foods grocery store, PCC, about the "Paleolithic" diet. You can read it online h...
There are several versions of the insulin hypothesis of obesity, but the versions that are most visible to the public generally state that e...
This might seem silly... I know. I know I don't have to try hard, or go far, to ask my readers to imagine for a moment being a person wi...
In previous posts, I outlined the factors I'm aware of that can contribute to insulin resistance. In this post, first I'll list the...
Chris Highcock of the blog Conditioning Research just published a book called Hillfit , which is a conditioning book targeted at hikers/bac...
I love comedies. Satires, in particular. Some of the greatest of life lessons were buried deep within satirical works of literature, theater...
In this post, I'll explore a few miscellaneous factors that can contribute to insulin resistance: smoking, glucocorticoids/stress, cooki...
Previously in this series, we've discussed the role of cellular energy excess, inflammation, brain insulin resistance, and micronutrient...
I love observing people. People are an interesting societal experiment of contrasts, paradoxes, and dichotomies. If you are a lover of the o...
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism just published a clinical review paper written by myself and my mentor Dr. Mike Schwart...
"Well, my husband is a board certified endocrinologist, and he told me that whenever a Type 2 patient is 'good,' and gets their...
So far, we've explored three interlinked causes of insulin resistance: cellular energy excess, inflammation, and insulin resistance in t...
As discussed in previous posts, cellular energy excess and inflammation are two important and interlinked causes of insulin resistance. Con...
In the last post, I described how cellular energy excess causes insulin resistance, and how this is triggered by whole-body energy imbalance...
I really hate year end resolutions. Call me a little full of myself, perhaps, or a little 'pessimistic' if you want, but I find it b...
Insulin is an ancient hormone that influences many processes in the body. Its main role is to manage circulating concentrations of nutrient...
For those of you who haven't seen it, Tara Parker-Pope write a nice article on obesity in the latest issue of NY Times Magazine ( 1 ). ...
The room is dark... though a few sprays of light come in through the windows; beams from the outdoor lamp posts invading my thoughts. The ev...
Many of you have probably heard the news this week: High-fat diet may damage the brain Eating a high-fat diet may rapidly injure brain cells...
Last year, Matt Lentzner organized a project called Gluten Free January, in which 546 people from around the world gave up gluten for one mo...
As diabetes advocates, we spend an awful lot of time writing about our challenges, our frustrations, and the misinformation that is so rampa...
