What goes around, comes around. Or something like that. I've never been good with popular sayings.
But trends in nutrition, especially nutrition for people with diabetes, seem to go in cycles. At the beginning of the 20th century, low-carb was the dogma for people with diabetes. Then after the 1950s it slowly switched to high-carb, low-fat. Now many people are returning to the low-carb approach.
But with each swing in trends, much old knowledge is lost, and scientists seem to reinvent the...
Everybody does it...or at least that's what I told myself. I'd gotten away with doing it for several months: purposefully letting my... Read more »
In 1973, the late Dr. Robert Atkins published his first book entitled “Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution: the high calorie way to stay thin... Read more »
For the past 3 or 4 years, my internist has done a C-reactive protein test on me. My most recent high-sensitivity CRP was 3.1, which she... Read more »
It's normal that your blood contains a certain level of triglycerides. But, if you eat too many calories, regardless of the source, your... Read more »
Pregnancy Tracker: 21 weeks, 3 days Size of the Baby: 10.5 ounces Biggest Obstacle: I'm tired because we're moving this weekend! ... Read more »
Many Americans have higher-than-recommended levels of the blood fats called triglycerides, and most aren't making the lifestyle changes necessary to... Read more »
Genetic researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that high blood levels of lipoprotein(a), a fat-carrying molecule, can lead to the... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
of ComplicationsHigh Blood Pressure and Heart DiseaseAll patients with diabetes and high blood pressure should adopt lifestyle changes. These include... Read more »
Researchers have found that osteoarthritis (OA) patients with the highest levels of a protein known as vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) are... Read more »
A study of more than 700 residents of Anniston, Alabama has found that people with higher levels of chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls... Read more »
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