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Glucagon, Dietary Protein, and Low-Carbohydrate Diets

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Glucagon is a hormone that plays an important role in blood glucose control.  Like insulin, it's secreted by the pancreas, though it...

Is Sugar Fattening?

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Buckle your seat belts, ladies and gentlemen-- we're going on a long ride through the scientific literature on sugar and body fatness.  ...

The Brain Controls Insulin Action

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Insulin regulates blood glucose primarily by two mechanisms: Suppressing glucose production by the liver Enhancing glucose uptake by other ...

Choline and Fatty Liver

Posted by | 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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Copper in Food

Posted by | 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 ...

Fatty Liver: It's not Just for Grown-ups Anymore

Posted by | 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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Peripheral vs. Ectopic Fat

Posted by | 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...

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Posted by | 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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How to Fatten Your Liver

Posted by | 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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Real Food VI: Liver

Posted by | 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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More Liver

Posted by | 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

Posted by | 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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