Saturday, July 25, 2015

Refined Sugar Worsens Blood Lipid Markers of Cardiovascular Disease

Blood lipids such as LDL and HDL cholesterol are markers of the biological processes that impact cardiovascular disease, and they are common...

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

What Properties Make a Food "Addictive"?

Although the concept of food addiction remains controversial, there's no doubt that specific foods can provoke addiction-like behaviors ...

Friday, July 3, 2015

Food Reward Friday

This week's luck winner... soy sauce!! Read more »

Friday, June 19, 2015

Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky winner... the Pizza Hut Hot Dog Bites pizza!!! Read more »

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...

Friday, May 29, 2015

Insulin Resistance Strongly Predicts Cardiovascular Disease Risk

I recently came across a very interesting paper by the research team of Gerald Reaven, an endocrinologist at Stanford.  He has long been one...

Friday, May 15, 2015

Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"... Hardee's Most American Thickburger!! Read more »