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What Is A Calorie?

November 05, 2020

What Is A Calorie?

A calorie in physics is the energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 °C. The...
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Real Fat From Real Food Does Not Make You Fat

November 05, 2020

Real Fat From Real Food Does Not Make You Fat

Full-fat dairy may protect against obesity. A 2014 study concluded: “Participants in the highest tertile of whole-fat dairy intakes (milk,...
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Real Fat From Real Food Does Not Make You Fat

November 05, 2020

Real Fat From Real Food Does Not Make You Fat

Full-fat dairy may protect against obesity. A 2014 study concluded: “Participants in the highest tertile of whole-fat dairy intakes (milk,...
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Refined Grains: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

November 05, 2020

Refined Grains: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Important Points: whole grains refined grains Western dietary pattern diabetes obesity Refined Grains: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly Flour...
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Is our gut flora determined randomly?

November 05, 2020

Is our gut flora determined randomly?

Important Points: Gut Bacteria Environmental conditions Is our gut flora determined randomly? With our growing understanding of the gut-brain axis,...
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Is Diabetes linked to bacteria invading your colon?

October 29, 2020

Is Diabetes linked to bacteria invading your colon?

Important Points: Gut bacteria Microbiota Type 2 Diabetes Is Diabetes linked to bacteria invading your colon? The gut has been...
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What Is A Nutritional Calorie?

October 24, 2020

What Is A Nutritional Calorie?

Calories in food and calories as measured in physics are not the same. Nutritional calories exclude non-digestible components, excluding dietary...
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Reducing Dietary Saturated Fats

October 24, 2020

Reducing Dietary Saturated Fats

Reducing dietary saturated fats does not reduce cardiovascular events and death. Improvements in cardiovascular outcomes are independent of direct cholesterol...
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A Meta-Analysis Including Almost 10,000 Patients…

October 22, 2020

A Meta-Analysis Including Almost 10,000 Patients…

A meta-analysis including almost 10,000 patients confirmed that high intake of Ω-6 oils (from vegetable oils/margarines) increases the risk of...
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Insulin Resistance Is The Key, Not The LDL.

October 22, 2020

Insulin Resistance Is The Key, Not The LDL.

Total and LDL cholesterol are a poor marker of cardiovascular health. The cholesterol profile of elevated triglycerides and low HDL...
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Prediabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes.

October 22, 2020

Prediabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes.

Treating the root cause of the disease, instead of the symptom is the key. Eliminate all refined carbohydrates to reverse...
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Refined Carbohydrates

October 22, 2020

Refined Carbohydrates

Refined carbohydrates are known to increase blood glucose levels, increase requirements for medications and result in weight gain. It is...
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Why Did We Think Vegetable Oil Was Healthy?

October 17, 2020

Why Did We Think Vegetable Oil Was Healthy?

Older data was confounded by the inclusion of Ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake. This misrepresented the health benefits of Ω–6....
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Insulin Resistance and Chronic Pain

October 15, 2020

Insulin Resistance and Chronic Pain

Important Points: Fibromyalgia Chronic pain hemoglobin A1c insulin resistance Insulin Resistance and Chronic Pain An estimated 10 million adults in the United...
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Eat Less To Lose Weight Fails

October 14, 2020

Eat Less To Lose Weight Fails

A calorie is a calorie only if it is incinerated in a bomb calorimeter, and the heat given off measured....
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Eat Less Doesn’t Work.

October 12, 2020

Eat Less Doesn’t Work.

Eat less doesn’t work. The current caloric reduction strategies promoted for weight loss are ineffective. Using the standard calorie reduction...
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Inflammation and Cancer

October 08, 2020

Inflammation and Cancer

Important Points: Inflammation Tumor Cancer risk Immune reaction Inflammation and Cancer Our body’s immune system forms a defensive shield that...
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Obesity Is Symptom Of Nutrient Accumulation.

October 06, 2020

Obesity Is Symptom Of Nutrient Accumulation.

It is wrongly assumed that excessive caloric intake is the root cause of obesity. A calorie of food energy has...
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