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...
Senin, 01 April 2013
Are Animal Crackers Paleo?
Every child loves animal crackers, those sweet and crunchy animal-shaped biscuits. But are they compatible with a Paleo diet? Some people might think they already know the answer, but consider this: our ancestors evolved on the African savanna, eating the plants and animals found there. Inside each box of animal crackers is an assortment of tiny savanna creatures such as giraffes and elephants.To get to the bottom of this, I interviewed Robert...
Minggu, 31 Maret 2013
Coronary heart disease and sweet potatoes and salad
Since the 6% of coronary heart disease deaths in women are caused by obesity and 16% of coronary heart diseases deaths in men are due to high blood pressure, according to BBC, use potatoes as a diet and save money spent for weight loss products and potatoes skin as a natural heart remedy and stop spend on drugs of heart diseases.You can make safe diet with potatoes because Potatoes possess great nutritional ingredients that help your health becomes better, Potatoes can drop your blood pressure by 4 % after only one Month, if your eat potatoes as...
Sabtu, 30 Maret 2013
Coronary heart disease and Onions (rings, juice) benefits
Scientific studies approved that Onions especially red Onions make a decreasing level of blood cholesterol especially bad cholesterol (LDL), thus will inhibit hardening of the arteries, enhances flexibility of blood vessels and make easy blood streaming, So a few Onion rings every day can lower your blood pressure and prevent you from heart attack or stroke risk factorsMaking your diet including a few Onion rings every morning can help prevent cardiovascular disorders involving thrombosis: that due to natural platelets inhibitors that involved...
Coronary heart disease and NABISCO Products
Nabisco Snacks, Cookies, biscuits, and Crackers is a best diet solutions, in addition to their cardiovascular benefits, with a lot of fibers and relatively low fats and calories, its prevent obesity, and thus healthy heart and slim body.Nabisco is an American company called National Biscuit Company, it is a manufacturer of cookies and snacks, allIts products include Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuit, Wheat Thins, Social Tea, Nutter Butter, Peek Freans, Chicken in a Biskit, used...
Jumat, 29 Maret 2013
Coronary heart disease Brussels sprouts remedy
Brussels sprout is a fiber rich food however it contain as low as of total fats, the matter makes Brussels sprout a great heart friend food and a good medication in coronary heart diseasesLets know first what is the Brussels sprout?The Brussels sprout is a cultivar in the Gemmifera group of cabbages (Brassica oleracea), grown for its edible buds. The leafy green vegetables are typically 2.5–4 cm (0.98–1.6 in) in diameter and look like miniature cabbages. The Brussels sprout has long been...
Coronary heart disease and danish pastry risks
Danish pastry may be considered as a heat attack risk factor, its ingredients full of fat and with low fiber content in food, this make danish pastry in the list of risky foods that could cause coronary artery disease.Lets know what is Danish pastry products and contents:From Wikipedia:Danish pastry such as croissants, danishes are made of laminated yeast-leavened dough's, creating a layered texture similar to a puff pastry.In industrial production, other fats are also commonly used, such as hydrogenated sunflower...
Kamis, 28 Maret 2013
Coronary heart disease and mushrooms crimini benefits
Mushrooms crimini is a commonly eaten mushroom, sometime called the "white button" mushroom which have a great Cardiovascular Benefits of mushrooms crimini to Prevent coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, some of mushroom benefits in reducing heart risks including:Great Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Benefits, where mushrooms crimini contains GSH which considers a central antioxidant in many cellular activities. Research studies on laboratory approved that mushrooms have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients included...
Coronary heart disease and grapefruit juice interactions
Grapefruit juice has a magic ability to help your Heart medication to be increased in your blood and enhancing pharmaceuticals metabolism for heart medications and prevent coronary heart disease with help of calcium channel blockers that lowering blood hypertension, although grapefruit juice does not affect medication such as diltiazem but still Grapefruit juice affect some medications such as:amlodipine, felodipine, isradipine, lacidipine, lercanidipine, nicardipine, nifedipine, nimodipine, verapamil, and...
Rabu, 27 Maret 2013
Opera 12.14
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The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all. User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox smart location bar, affectionately known as the "Awesome Bar," learns as people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over...
Selasa, 26 Maret 2013
Coronary heart disease and sour dressing recipe
What is Sour dressing recipe? Hot salad and crispy mixture of combined salad leaves basil, mint, bean sprouts and cucumber in a large bowl and served after Placing oil, lime juice, ginger and chili in a screw-top jar, then mixed, and added to salad mixture One Plate of Sour dressing have Dietary Fibers of 2.00 gm and No Cholesterol and Fat Total is6.30 gm including Fat saturated about 1.10 gm, in addition to good Energy about 314 kJ. Full Nutrition Values of several Sour Salad Dressing or cream dressing Sweet and Sour Salad Dressing...
Coronary heart disease and milk risk factors
Milk is high cholesterol food and it considered as a risk factor for patient who suffer from cardiovascular diseases and heart inflammations, but the questions is this high fatty content could cause coronary artery disease for healthy people? The Published static’s and studies tell us that 150 (2.6%) men reported drinking more than one and a third pints a day, Some 2977 (51.6%) reported drinking between a third and one and a third pints a day and 2638 (45.8%) reported drinking less than a third of a pint a day. There were a total of 2350...
Coronary heart disease and collard greens benefits
Simple tips about Collard greens benefits in reducing risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and prevention ability of coronary artery disease and thrombosis.Due to the nutrients highly concentrated in Collard Greens it helps:The cholesterol-lowering Function as alternative of cholestamines and works as anti-inflammatory agent when it binds to bile acids it help to easily excreted from the body and help body systems work better which make Collard green a best cardiovascular support as many of cruciferous vegetable (collard greens bound 46%...
Coronary heart disease and Turnip green benefits
How Turnip prevent cardiovascular diseases and risk factors of coronary Heart Disease? Researchers have looked at a variety of cardiovascular problems—including heart attack, ischemic heart disease, and atherosclerosis that because it play a great role in increasing immunity and reduces Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and Frequency of Migraine Headaches in addition to risk factors of Type II Diabetes, al of that considers a reasons of Heart disease, and all that Benefits of Turnip because its high nutrition values and contents...
Coronary heart disease and cheese daily intake
People with high cholesterol levels in Blood serum have double the risk of coronary heart disease as live with health cholesterol levels.Before we being show you the effect of cheese on heart health or coronary artery thrombosis you should know that Low density lipoprotein - called LDL and "bad cholesterol" is the Chemical that cause heart disease when exceeds the safe limit, called thrombosis or artery clogging.Is Fatty content of Cheese can cause Coronary Heart Disease? 1 OZ of cheddar, feta, brie, Gouda and cream cheese...
Coronary heart disease and carrots benefits
Carrot small pieces considered as great source of a lot of vitamins and useful minerals for human body, such Vitamins including Vitamin A (as β-Carotene, Carotenoids), B6, C, K, in addition to Folate, Pantothenic acid and minerals like Potassium which help Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, thusCarrots Play a role in low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation to the atherosclerotic process which approved the examination of β-carotene as a possible preventive agent. Several epidemiological studies show an inverse association between serum/adipose...
Minggu, 24 Maret 2013
Neuronal Control of Appetite, Metabolism and Weight
Last week, I attended a Keystone conference, "Neuronal Control of Appetite, Metabolism and Weight", in Banff. Keystone conferences are small, focused meetings that tend to attract high quality science. This particular conference centered around my own professional research interests, and it was incredibly informative. This post is a summary of some of the most salient points.Rapid Pace of Scientific ProgressRead more...
Coronary heart disease and barley
Barley Appreciably lowering risk of developing coronary heart disease, subjects who ate two and a half servings of whole grains of barley every day experienced a 21 percent decrease in the risk of cardiovascular disease, Barley it could be an cheap alternative of expensive Heart drugs therapy.What are the daily limits of Nutrients in our food? Based on a 2000 Calorie Intake; for Adults and Children 4 or More Years of Age) Nutrient ...
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