Paleo is Going Mainstream
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2010/01/paleo-is-going-mainstream.html
There was an article on the modern "Paleolithic" lifestyle in the New York Times today. I thought it was a pretty fair treatment ...
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The Body Fat Setpoint
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/12/the-body-fat-setpoint.html
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
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/12/rabbits-on-high-saturated-fat-diet.html
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?
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-ideal-fasting-insulin-level.html
[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
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/12/the-dirty-little-secret-of-diet-heart.html
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?
https://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
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2009/12/malocclusion-disease-of-civilization.html
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, ...
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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 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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Although the concept of food addiction remains controversial, there's no doubt that specific foods can provoke addiction-like behaviors ...
