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    David Mendosa

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    posted 11/08/2007, comments (21)

    Eat High-Carb Low-GI Breakfast, Think Better

    Who would have thought that we can think better after eating whole grain barley for breakfast?We knew that barley kernels cause our blood glucose levels to rise much less than any other grain. Whole pearl barley has a glycemic index of 25; the next lowest whole grain tested, rye kernels, has a GI of 34.Now, however, Anne Nilsson shows in her Ph.D.... Read moreChevron
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    Good Vibrations for Better Bones?

    Can mild vibrations make you thinner, with stronger bones? They apparently can if you're a mouse.   Clinton T. Rubin at the State University of New York at Stony Brook put mice on a vibrating platform for 15 minutes a day, five days a week, for 15 weeks and reported that the "buzzed" mice had 27 percent less fat and... Read moreChevron
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    posted 11/07/2007, comments (0)

    Blood pressure an indicator for type 2 diabetes in women

    The European Heart Journal just released a study of 38,172 women without diabetes or cardiovascular disease by Harvard researchers to determine if over the course of 10 years whether a link exists between blood pressure and blood pressure progression and type 2 diabetes development. During the 10 years of the study, 1,672 women developed... Read moreChevron
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    posted 11/05/2007, comments (21)

    The Trouble with Diet Soda

    Most of us probably assume that if your only beverage choices were diet or regular soda, the diet variety would be better. After all, drinks made with non-nutritive sweeteners do give us fewer calories.But recent studies indicate that drinking diet soda can lead to our gaining weight. They can raise the A1C levels of those of us who have diabetes.... Read moreChevron
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    posted 10/30/2007, comments (11)

    Good Calories, Bad Calories II

    In a previous blog I discussed the historical perspective that Gary Taubes gives in his new book Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease. Now I'd like to discuss the fascinating way of looking at weight gain, hunger, and exercise that Taubes, a science journalist, came to believe... Read moreChevron
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