The China Study on Wheat
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2010/09/the-china-study-on-wheat.html
Denise Minger has just put up another great China Study post that's worth reading if you haven't already. Denise has been busy app...
Saturated Fat, Glycemic Index and Insulin Sensitivity: More Evidence
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2010/08/saturated-fat-glycemic-index-and.html
Insulin is a hormone that drives glucose and other nutrients from the bloodstream into cells, among other things. A loss of sensitivity to ...
Tropical Plant Fats: Coconut Oil, Part II
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2010/08/tropical-plant-fats-coconut-oil-part-ii.html
Heart Disease: Animal Studies Although humans aren't rats, animal studies are useful because they can be tightly controlled and experime...
Tropical Plant Fats: Coconut Oil, Part I
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2010/08/tropical-plant-fats-coconut-oil-part-i.html
Traditional Uses for Coconut Coconut palms are used for a variety of purposes throughout the tropics. Here are a few quotes from the book P...
Can a Statin Neutralize the Cardiovascular Risk of Unhealthy Dietary Choices?
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2010/08/can-statin-neutralize-cardiovascular.html
The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
Privacy On Forums And The Web
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2010/08/privacy-on-forums-and-web_10.html
I've been wandering around the internet since Netscape and Internet Explorer first appeared. I've seen it grow and change. Lat...
Saturated Fat Consumption Still isn't Associated with Heart Attack Risk
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2010/08/saturated-fat-consumption-still-isn.html
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition just published the results of a major Japanese study on saturated fat intake and cardiovascular d...
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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 ...
