The Warburg Effect
Cancer cells consume and use nutrients differently than their healthy counterparts. Cells need to generate energy to keep living, but cancer cells have an increased demand for energy in order to grow and multiply quickly, specifically glucose. 90 years ago, German physiologist and physician Otto Warburg knew that normal cells use oxygen to turn food […]
Refined Grain Consumption: Not Bad After All?
We have heard a lot about the harmful effects of refined grains on our health. Interestingly, recent research seems to point in a different direction, exonerating them from the label they have held for so long. Are refined grains not so bad after all? What are the facts? In this article, we will take a […]
Ketogenic Diet To A T2DM Patient
The very mention of a ketogenic diet can throw some physicians into a tailspin. As physicians, we are taught about diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially life-threatening medical emergency. We are not routinely taught about nutritional ketosis, the default human state of existence. Our brain requires either glucose or ketones as a primary fuel source. Ketones are […]
Are You Pre-Diabetic? How Can You Tell?
Of all the chronic diseases currently known to mankind, diabetes is the most common. The onset of diabetes starts years before it becomes full-blown and starts affecting one’s health. How can you know if you are on the path to being a full-blown diabetic? What can you do to arrest and reverse this process? In […]
Does Chronic Over Nutrition Play A Role In Metabolic Inflammation?
We have been looking at metabolic inflammation and its role in the development of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases. Does overnutrition contribute to metabolic inflammation? How? Some background on overnutrition…. It is estimated that by 2020, two-thirds of the global burden of the disease will be due to chronic non-communicable diseases, most of which are associated […]
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
The most common endocrine dysfunction of women – affects 10-20% of women. A life-long disease with enormous medical, emotional and financial consequences. High risk for diabetes and metabolic syndrome & 80% are overweight/obese. PCOS is the result of hyperinsulinemia * The effects of insulin on the ovary Theca cells results in release of testosterone * […]
What’s On Your Plate? Does Overeating Cause Diabetes
We live in the modern-day age of convenience where everything is available to us at the touch of a button. A study published in the Journal of Translational Medicine proves that obesity and Type 2 diabetes are even more closely linked to high-calorie diets than was initially thought. According to the findings of the research, […]
Metabolic Syndrome Info Graphic Needed
Risk factors, the following factors increase your chances of developing insulin resistance metabolic inflammation: Ethnicity may be a genetic factor or a lifestyle factor. All of these diseases are increased when you develop Insulin Resistance & Metabolic Inflammation Prevention: A healthy lifestyle prevents conditions that cause metabolic syndrome: Eat only when really hungry, don’t snack. […]
Chronic Pain and Dopamine
Patients with chronic pain have a signaling mechanism, whether induced by medications or their endogenous pain, that causes them to seek out dopaminergic stimulation, to relieve their pain. Some of these dopaminergic stimulation can be substituted by dietary intake. Excessive nonnutritive dietary intake leads to obesity and visceral adipose tissue accumulation, which is inflammatory. Excessive […]
Autism Connection?
Soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes but could also affect neurological conditions such as: maternal-child bonding autism Alzheimer’s disease anxiety depression A previous study published in 2015 suggested that soybean oil-induced obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, and fatty liver in mice. A more recent 2020 study published in the journal Endocrinology, compared mice […]