Regardless of type of exercise, disease markers are generally associated with intensity of exertion over time. This association follows a J-...
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Looking for a good orthodontist? My recommendation is Dr. Meat
The figure below is one of many in Weston Price’s outstanding book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration showing evidence of teeth crowding a...
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Niacin and its effects on growth hormone, glucagon, cortisol, blood lipids, mental disorders, and fasting glucose levels
Niacin is a very interesting vitamin. It is also known as vitamin B 3 , or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose deficiency leads...
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Want to make coffee less acidic? Add cream to it
The table below is from a 2008 article by Ehlen and colleagues ( ), showing the amount of erosion caused by various types of beverages, when...
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Strength training plus fasting regularly, and becoming diabetic!? No, it is just compensatory adaptation at work
compensatory adaptation,
cortisol,
diabetes,
glucose,
glycation,
glycogen depletion,
growth hormone,
HbA1c,
insulin,
intermittent fasting,
research
One common outcome of doing glycogen-depleting exercise (e.g., strength training, sprinting) in combination with intermittent fasting is an ...
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Blood glucose variations in normal individuals: A chaotic mess
I love statistics. But statistics is the science that will tell you that each person in a group of 20 people ate half a chicken per week ove...
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Blood glucose control before age 55 may increase your chances of living beyond 90
I have recently read an interesting study by Yashin and colleagues (2009) at Duke University’s Center for Population Health and Aging. (The ...
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Alcohol consumption, gender, and type 2 diabetes: Strange … but true
Let me start this post with a warning about spirits (hard liquor). Taken on an empty stomach, they cause an acute suppression of liver glyco...
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There are more geniuses among men than among women, and more idiots too
Deary and colleagues (2007) conducted an interesting study on differences in intelligence scores among men and women. In the context of this...
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Heavy physical activity may significantly reduce heart disease deaths, especially after age 45
The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-type activities...
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Low bone mineral content in older Eskimos: Meat-eating or shrinking?
Mazess & Mather (1974) is probably the most widely cited article summarizing evidence that bone mineral content in older North Alaskan E...
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Insulin responses to foods rich in carbohydrates and protein
Insulin is often presented as a hormone that is at the core of the diseases of civilization, particularly because of the insulin response el...
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Your mind as an anabolic steroid
The figure below, taken from Wilmore et al. (2007), is based on a classic 1972 study conducted by Ariel and Saville . The study demonstrated...
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Long-term adherence to Dr. Kwaśniewski’s Optimal Diet: Healthy with high LDL cholesterol
Atkins,
cardiovascular disease,
cholesterol,
free fatty acid,
HOMA,
Kwaśniewski,
low carb,
Optimal Diet,
research,
saturated fat
This is a study (Grieb, P. et al., 2008; full reference at the end of this post) that I read a few years ago, right after it came out, and a...
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