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Glucagon, Dietary Protein, and Low-Carbohydrate Diets
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7:00 PM
Glucagon is a hormone that plays an important role in blood glucose control. Like insulin, it's secreted by the pancreas, though it...
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diet
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liver
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low-carb
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overweight
Is Sugar Fattening?
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7:00 PM
Buckle your seat belts, ladies and gentlemen-- we're going on a long ride through the scientific literature on sugar and body fatness. ...
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diet
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Food reward
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Hadza
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hyperphagia
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hypertension
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Kitava
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liver
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metabolic syndrome
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overweight
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San
The Brain Controls Insulin Action
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7:00 PM
Insulin regulates blood glucose primarily by two mechanisms: Suppressing glucose production by the liver Enhancing glucose uptake by other ...
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diabetes
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liver
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metabolic syndrome
Choline and Fatty Liver
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7:30 PM
I've been writing about non-alcoholic fatty liver disorder (NAFLD) since the early days of this blog, because it's an alarmingly com...
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diet
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disease
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liver
Copper in Food
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7:00 PM
Sources of Copper It isn't hard to get enough copper-- unless you eat an industrial diet. I've compiled a chart showing the copper ...
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cardiovascular disease
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diet
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liver
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minerals
Fatty Liver: It's not Just for Grown-ups Anymore
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9:00 AM
The epidemic of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of my favorite topics on this blog, due to the liver's role as the body...
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diet
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disease
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fats
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liver
Peripheral vs. Ectopic Fat
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7:49 PM
I went to an interesting presentation the other day by Dr. George Ioannou of the University of Washington, on obesity and liver disease. He...
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dementia
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diabetes
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disease
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fats
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liver
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metabolic syndrome
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overweight
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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9:14 PM
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is milder form of NASH , in which the liver becomes enlarged and accumulates fat. Ready for a shoc...
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fats
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liver
How to Fatten Your Liver
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9:39 PM
Steatohepatitis is a condition in which the liver becomes inflamed and accumulates fat. It was formerly found almost exclusively in alcohol...
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fats
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liver
Real Food VI: Liver
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1:14 PM
Liver was a highly regarded food among many hunter-gatherer and traditional agricultural societies. It's not surprising once you realiz...
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real food
More Liver
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9:14 PM
It's time to celebrate your liver. It's a hard-working organ and it deserves some credit. One of the liver's most important ove...
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The Liver: Your Metabolic Gatekeeper
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7:05 PM
As I've been learning more about the different blood markers of metabolic dysfunction, something suddenly occurred to me. Most of them ...
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diabetes
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liver
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