Just changing when you eat can has a big effect on how much you weigh. At least if you are a mouse. A new study is the first causal evidence connecting meal timing and increased weight gain. The journal Obesity on September 3 published "Circadian Timing of Food Intake Contributes to Weight Gain" online in advance of print. Only the abstract is... Read more
Considering all the supplements that most of us take, we have surprisingly little evidence that the overwhelming majority of them do anything for us. The two biggest exceptions are vitamin D and omega-3 oil, which I have written about here. Even with these well-tested supplements, the experts have little advice to give us. Now, however, a team of... Read more
Preliminary research seems to show that a little known type of cholesterol might be the biggest threat to our heart health, the most severe complication of diabetes. Even worse than LDL cholesterol is something called oxycholesterol. The 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society heard study leader Zhen-Yu Chen, Ph.D., of the... Read more
Those of us who have diabetes and don't get enough vitamin D can't process cholesterol normally. It builds up in our blood vessels, increasing our risk of heart attack and stroke.
Now, however, new research has identified how low vitamin D levels link to heart disease risk and a good way to fix the problem. The solution is simply to increase our... Read more
When we have a lot of belly fat, we are at greater risk of heart disease because of the inflammatory molecules that this fat produces. But a new study by scientists at the University of Illinois suggests that even moderate amounts of exercise can reduce the inflammation. Since people with diabetes are at an especially high risk of heart disease,... Read more
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