Just a short note to let you know that it may be a while before I can finish the diabesity series. I was invited to join a holistic center here in Berkeley, CA and I'll be starting my practice sooner than expected. I have a million things to do before I begin in October, and I don't have much time to write. I may be able to slip an article in here and ...
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In the last article we discussed the complex relationship between body weight and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We learned that although obesity is strongly associated with T2DM, a subset of "metabolically healthy obese" (MHO) people have normal blood sugar and insulin sensitivity and don't ever develop diabetes.
In this article we're going to talk about the mirror reflection of the MHO: the "metabolically unhealthy nonobese" (MUN). These are lean people with either full-fledged type 2 ...
In the last article we learned that type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is characterized by chronic inflammation. We also learned that while inflammation often precedes the development of obesity and T2DM, obesity and T2DM contribute to inflammation - creating a vicious cycle of metabolic damage.
In this article we're going to review the complex and sometimes murky relationship between body weight and type 2 diabetes. There's a strong association between obesity and T2DM in the scientific ...
In the previous article in this series, I argued that diabesity is an autoimmune, inflammatory disorder. In this article, we're going to review the evidence linking inflammation to obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and learn why inflammation may be the single-most important mechanism driving the diabesity epidemic.
The inflammation-diabesity connection is a hot topic in the scientific literature. A Pubmed search for "inflammation diabetes obesity" turns up more than 1,800 articles. The association between ...
I read a lot about health and nutrition. I mean a lot. Sometimes several books a week, along with papers from the scientific literature. I'm a total research nerd. I admit it.
One complaint I've had for a long time is that there hasn't been a single book I can recommend without reservation to friends and family that reflects my views on nutrition. There are certainly some great books out there, but ...
I imagine some of you have heard about the new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine claiming that low-carb, meat-based diets raise the risk of heart attacks, other cardiovascular events and death. With headlines in the media like "Low carb, high meat diet has high risks" and "Low-carb diets might be deadly", you might be (understandably) concerned.
Well, as they say in NYC, "fuggedah-bout-it."
As many preposterous and poorly designed studies as I read (and ...
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