Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

Biochemistry-based arguments can be very misleading. Yet, biochemistry can be extremely useful in the elucidation of diet and lifestyle effe...

Labels: adiponectin, evolution, interleukin-10, interleukin-6, leptin, resistin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

My interview with Jimmy Moore should be up on the day that this post becomes available. (I usually write my posts on weekends and schedule ...

Labels: adiponectin, Atkins, carbohydrates, fish, growth hormone, insulin, Jimmy Moore, low carb, my experience

Posted by Admin | 7:37 AM

The term “diabetes” is used to describe a wide range of diseases of glucose metabolism; diseases with a wide range of causes. The diseases i...

Labels: adiponectin, body fat, diabetes, insulin, leptin, lipotoxicity, tired pancreas theory

Posted by Admin | 9:46 AM

The photos below, from Wikipedia, show two patterns of abdominal fat deposition. The one on the left is predominantly of subcutaneous abdomi...

Labels: adiponectin, body fat, leptin, research, tumor necrosis factor-alpha

Posted by Admin | 5:55 PM

Several bacteria feed on lactose, the sugar found in milk, producing cheese for us as a byproduct of their feeding. This is why traditionall...

Labels: adiponectin, body fat, cheese, metabolic syndrome, research, visceral fat

Posted by Admin | 5:59 PM

Adiponectin is a hormone exclusively secreted by body fat. This hormone has been recently gaining attention from researchers because of some...

Labels: adiponectin, body fat, diseases of civilization, leptin, research

Posted by Admin | 6:03 PM

This is one of those interesting studies where the authors start with some pre-conceived assumptions and end up concluding something else, s...

Labels: adiponectin, inflammation, research, saturated fat, tumor necrosis factor-alpha

Posted by Admin | 5:37 PM

Humans, like many animals, evolved to be episodic eaters and spend most of their time fasting. Body fat is the main store of energy in the h...

Labels: adiponectin, body fat, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, inflammation, research

Posted by Admin | 10:48 AM

Body fat is not an inert deposit of energy. It can be seen as a distributed endocrine organ. Body fat cells, or adipocytes, secrete a number...

Labels: adiponectin, body fat, fasting, glycogen depletion, inflammation, intermittent fasting, leptin, obesity, research, resistin