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Thursday, December 10, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Insulin Resistance Predicts a Variety of Age-related Diseases
In the last post, I reviewed a study by Gerald Reaven's group showing that insulin resistance strongly predicts the risk of cardiovascul...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Is Meat Unhealthy? Part V
In this post, I'll examine the possible relationship between meat intake and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form o...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Obesity → Diabetes
A new study adds to the evidence that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in the US, and our national weight problem is ...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Metabolic Effects of a Traditional Asian High-carbohydrate Diet
A recent study supports the notion that an 'ancestral diet' focused around high-starch agricultural foods can cultivate leanness and...
Friday, September 26, 2014
Help Advance Diabetes Research
A University of Virginia researcher named Hannah Menefee contacted me recently to ask for our help. She and her colleagues are conducting a...
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