Archive for the 'blood sugar' Category
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Good news! More evidence that the HRH Program produces better fat burning results. Researchers at the University of Tokyo studied whether taking a 20-minute break between 30 minute exercise bouts produced greater fat burning. The study results showed, beyond a doubt, that taking breaks increases fat metabolism.Â
In the HRH Program, I explain why this happens, as well as […]
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Well, this is another tragedy in the making. Avandia actually messes with genes, turning them on and off. When that is happening, there’s sure to be a host of other problems that will arise. Heart trouble, once again, appears to be at the core.
Remember, with Vioxx, we didn’t see an immediate withdrawal […]
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
This new study is critically important for understanding how depression, diabetes, and stress are related. For the first time, depresson itself, instead of depression and lifestyle factors, is shown to lead to diabetes.
The author notes that depressives produce more cortisol, the stress hormone. The cortisol urges the body to keep blood sugar high, because the […]
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Thursday, October 26th, 2006
I saw this article pop up in The Heartmath Report this morning. It’s just a little more evidence that all systems are connected to each other. Stress and insulin resistance seem especially related. Perhaps it’s because we eat more sugary foods when under stress, perhaps the cortisol has a negative effect on the cells and […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Merck Diabetes Drug Wins Federal OK - washingtonpost.com
Nearly $150 per month for this drug? Wouldn’t it make sense for an insurance company to pay that much for a gym membership for a couple of months to see if that works for prediabetes and Type II Diabetes first? Since insulin resistance is stopped in its track […]
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
The news from this morning from the NIH is that One Third of Adults with Diabetes Still Don’t Know They Have It. That’s a pretty frightening statistic, as type II diabetes is one of the world’s greatest killers. As I’ve said elsewhere, when you move from pre-diabetes to full diabetes, you are aging about twice […]
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