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Many of you are already aware of the recent study that examined atherosclerosis in 137 ancient mummies from four different cultures ( 1 ).  ...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, disease, diseases of civilization

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A friend of mine came down with a nasty flu recently.  I checked Google Flu Trends , and found that flu activity is currently at "inten...

Labels: disease

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Some of you may have heard of an ambitious new nutrition research foundation called the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI).  In this post,...

Labels: diet, disease, low-carb, overweight

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In the lab, we work hard to design experiments that help us understand the natural world.  But sometimes, nature sets up experiments for us,...

Labels: diabetes, diet, disease, exercise, hyperphagia, overweight

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My colleagues Drs. Mario Kratz, Ton Baars, and I just published a paper in the European Journal of Nutrition titled " The Relationship ...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, diet, disease, fats, metabolic syndrome, overweight, yogurt

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In the comments of the last post, we've been discussing the relationship between body fatness and diabetes risk.  I think this is really...

Labels: diabetes, diet, disease, overweight

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Aitor Calero writes for the popular Spanish cooking and nutrition blog, Directo al Paladar ("straight to the palate").  We did a ...

Labels: diet, disease, Food reward, gluten, low-carb, overweight

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Otzi's Diet Otzi's digestive tract contains the remains of three meals.  They were composed of cooked grains (wheat bread and whea...

Labels: diet, disease, diseases of civilization, evolution, infection, native diet

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This is Otzi, or at least a reconstruction of what he might have looked like.  5,300 years ago, he laid down on a glacier near the border be...

Labels: diet, disease, genetics, native diet

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CarbSane just posted an interesting new study that fits in nicely with what we're discussing here.  It's part of the US Coronary Ar...

Labels: diabetes, diet, disease, Food reward, metabolic syndrome, overweight

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I recently attended a lecture by Dr. Arya M. Sharma here at the University of Washington. Dr. Sharma is a Canadian clinician who specializ...

Labels: disease, overweight

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A few people have sent me a new study claiming to demonstrate that half a tablespoon of safflower oil a day improves insulin sensitivity, in...

Labels: diabetes, disease, fats, research bloopers

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I've noticed everyone around me getting sick lately (I seem to have become mostly immune to colds and the flu in the last couple of year...

Labels: disease, infection

Posted by Admin | 7:46 PM

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition characterized by the frequent occurrence of abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, bloating a...

Labels: celiac, diet, disease, gluten

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Introduction Having access to embargoed news from the Annals of Internal Medicine is really fun. I get to report on important studies at th...

Labels: diabetes, diet, disease, fats

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I've been writing about non-alcoholic fatty liver disorder (NAFLD) since the early days of this blog, because it's an alarmingly com...

Labels: diet, disease, liver

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The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diet, disease, fats

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The China study was an observational study that collected a massive amount of information about diet and health in 65 different rural region...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, diet, disease, diseases of civilization

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A Fatal Case of Nutritionism The concept of 'nutritionism' was developed by Dr. Gyorgy Scrinis and popularized by the food writer Mi...

Labels: cancer, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diet, disease, fat-soluble vitamins, fats, hypertension

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About two months ago, I did an interview with Jimmy Moore of the Livin' la Vida Low Carb internet empire. I hardly remember what we ta...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, diet, disease, low-carb, overweight