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This is a very helpful study which establishes via a good protocol that people on low-carbohydrate diets can experience a significant rise in their cholesterol levels. Across a population, there may not be a significant rise of LDL cholesterol on average. However, at the individual level, there may be changes that significantly concern patients and …
This paper, written by european researchers, describes a newer way to estimate insulin sensitivity (or it’s unhealthy opposite, insulin resistance) using commonly obtained lab values. Here’s the equation they came up with: The novel formula for SPISE was computed as follows: SPISE = 600 X HDL-0.185/(TG0.2 x BMI1.338, with fasting HDL-C (mg/dL), fasting TG concentrations …
This is a retrospective look back at the health of 27,392 people in Japan to see when the earliest signs of diabetes of pre-diabetes were present among those who became diabetic or pre-diabetic. And, it turns out the signs were present more than 10 years before they were diagnosed, with a better estimate being 20 …
Answer: No. This is true across multiple venues and pieces of scholarship. See this video clip from June, 2018’s #Food4Thought18 in this blog post: Photo Friday: Narrative Art and Exploding Myths in the era of Diabetes Reversal Zoe Harcombe, PhD (@ZoeHarcombe) is an international expert on the data and science and scientific techniques connected to …
Continue reading “Just Read: US dietary guidelines: is saturated fat a nutrient of concern?”
This is an excellent review paper recommended to me by Mark Cucuzzella, MD, that demystifies a lot of what we were never taught about fat in the diet. As I mentioned previously on this blog multiple times, saturated fat has been exonerated multiple times in recent months, most dramatically in this exchange at Food for …
Continue reading “Just Read: Saturated Fat: Part of a Healthy Diet”
This is a study done using data from Kaiser Permanente, performed by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (@KPCHR), looking at the relationship between triglyceride levels and cardiovascular disease in a group of patients who had their LDL’s controlled (values of 40 to 100 mg/dl). H/T @MacroFour for the link. I believe the paper …
Federal Commission for Nutrition. Vegan diets: review of nutritional benefits and risks. Expert report of the FCN [Internet]. Bern: Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office 2018. Available from: https://www.eek.admin.ch/eek/de/home/pub/ernaehrungsbezogene-und-gesundheitliche-vor–und-nachteile-einer.html (scroll down for English version) In the #FMRevolution, there’s no limit to ideas of interest when it comes to health… First (#Food4Thought18), now this. The Swiss …
This was bound to happen, and h/t Zoe Harcombe (@ZoeHarcombe) to alerting us to this new study looking at the measurements coming from continuous glucose monitors in a 30-57 subjects all various states of metabolic health. New technology shows early signs of metabolic unhealth In the slide above, the challenges to glucose regulation can be …
This post is a visual representation of the story I posted previously (see: A Different Take- My Conversation With the Author: Diabetes Remission Data from Kaiser Permanente Shows that Patients are Right to Have Hope. I needed to create a visual version for a set of slides I’m producing. Even then, it’s a little difficult …
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace I don’t consider myself a corporate fool and this post is not about corporate foolery (hint, read the book…), it’s really the opposite. This work is a find recommendation the most recent Innovation Learning Network (@ILNmuse) in person meeting, which for me continues …