The 2013 Ancestral Health Symposium will be held in Atlanta, GA, August 14-17. Last year was a great conference, and I look forward to more informative talks and networking. Tickets go fast, so reserve yours now if you plan to attend!This year, I'll be speaking on insulin and obesity. My talk will be titled "Insulin and Obesity: Reconciling Conflicting Evidence". In this talk, I'll present the evidence for and against the idea that elevated insulin contributes to the development of obesity. One hypothesis states that...
Kamis, 02 Mei 2013
Minggu, 28 April 2013
Food Variety, Calorie Intake, and Weight Gain
Let's kick off this post with a quote from a 2001 review paper (1):Increased variety in the food supply may contribute to the development and maintenance of obesity. Thirty-nine studies examining dietary variety, energy intake, and body composition are reviewed. Animal and human studies show that food consumption increases when there is more variety in a meal or diet and that greater dietary variety is associated with increased body weight and fat.This may seem counterintuitive, since variety in the diet is generally seen as a good thing. In...
Jumat, 26 April 2013
Senin, 22 April 2013
Book Review: Salt, Sugar, Fat
Michael Moss is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist who has made a career writing about the US food system. In his latest book, Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, he attempts to explain how the processed food industry has been so successful at increasing its control over US "stomach share". Although the book doesn't focus on the obesity epidemic, the relevance is obvious. Salt, Sugar, Fat is required reading for anyone who wants to understand why obesity is becoming more common in the US and throughout the world. Read more...
Jumat, 19 April 2013
Selasa, 02 April 2013
Glucagon, Dietary Protein, and Low-Carbohydrate Diets
Glucagon is a hormone that plays an important role in blood glucose control. Like insulin, it's secreted by the pancreas, though it's secreted by a different cell population than insulin (alpha vs. beta cells). In some ways, glucagon opposes insulin. However, the role of glucagon in metabolism is frequently misunderstood in diet-health circles. The liver normally stores glucose in the form of glycogen and releases it into the bloodstream as needed. It can also manufacture glucose from glycerol, lactate, and certain amino acids. Glucagon's...
Coronary heart disease and chicken roll fats
Studies carried out on some Americans, Eastern people, and Mideastern and found that fried food including chicken rolls have a relation with heart disease and that may not including the risk of developing an existing heart disease for people who suffering from cardiovascular diseases.Because of quantity of saturated fats in chicken rolls it may be considered as a non healthy food, however most of daily meals in Mediterranean’s and most Americans of fried foods and including chicken sandwiches and chicken pastries and chicken rolls as...
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