Lipotoxicity: How Saturated Fat Raises Blood Sugar
The reason those eating plant-based diets have less fat buildup in their muscle cells and...
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Friday Favorites: Dietary Sources of the “Longevity Vitamin” Ergothioneine
As we age, it may be even more important to include mushrooms (or tempeh) in our diet.
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The Spillover Effect Links Obesity to Diabetes
Being obese may result in as much insulin resistance as eating a high-fat diet.
What Causes Insulin Resistance? (Older Version)
Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on...
The Problem with the Paleo Diet Argument
The Paleolithic period represents just the last two million years of human evolution. What did...
Why Prevention Is Worth a Ton of Cure
More people might be open to changing their diet and lifestyle if they knew how...
The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs
The medical profession oversells the benefits of drugs for chronic disease since so few patients...
Flaxseeds for Hypertension
Extraordinary results reported in a rare example of a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a...
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with Plants
If foods like berries and dark green leafy vegetables have been found protective against cognitive...
Turmeric Curcumin vs. Exercise for Artery Function
Those who sit most of the day and are unable to use a standing or...
Enhancing Athletic Performance with Peppermint
Study finds remarkable improvements in exercise performance drinking homemade peppermint water, but there may be...
Never Too Late to Start Eating Healthier
Since many tumors take decades to grow it’s remarkable that cancer risk can so dramatically...
Are Raisins Good Snacks for Kids?
The California Raisin Marketing Board need not have funded such misleading studies, given the healthfulness...
