New genetic research has discovered that people missing a small portion of their DNA, about 30 genes, will become morbidly obese. The missing DNA was not found in any people of normal weight.
The affected people tended to be normal weight as toddlers, became overweight during their childhood, and then became severely obese as... Read more
Traditionally, treatment of type 2 diabetes went something like this:
You're diagnosed and told to "watch your sugar," or you're told to lose weight and come back in a month, or three months. When you do, usually little has changed, because watching your sugar or trying to lose weight when you've been trying to lose weight for decades but... Read more
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which your body's own antibodies, for some unknown reason, attack your beta cells, destroying them and your ability to produce insulin. Insulin resistance (IR) is not involved.
Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which, for some unknown reason, you have IR coupled with defective beta cells... Read more
Are we addicted to salt? Does that salt addiction cause obesity?
An interesting article in the journal Medical Hypotheses suggests that both are true.
Medical Hypotheses is a journal designed "to provide a forum for the presentation and criticism of ideas in medicine and the related biomedical sciences." In other words, it... Read more
Cranberries. What would Thanksgiving be without them. It's delicious on the day itself, and it's also delicious with the leftover turkey we all eat for the next few days.
Unfortunately, the easy cranberry sauce, the stuff that comes in cans, is loaded with sugar. So what can we do?
Use our creativity, of course. If you have a... Read more
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