Archive for April, 2007

ScienceDaily: Depression May Trigger Diabetes In Older Adults

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 […]

Another New Diabetes Predictor Test…

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

that you probably don’t need.
As the link above will show, there’s another new test people can spend $500 on to find out if they’re genetically predisposed to Type II Diabetes. It “helps explain” the genetic link that makes one more susceptible to the insulin resistance that causes Diabetes. So, two questions here. […]

Weight Gain (Not Weight Loss) Associated with Dieting

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

ScienceDaily: Dieting Does Not Work, Researchers Report
Want to lose weight? Whatever you do, don’t go on a diet. According to this study, the vast majority of people who go on diets end up weighing more after two years than they did before the diet. In fact, they found the number one predictor of weight gain […]