Should we stop consuming saturated fat?
“Why are my older patients, after a lifetime of eating eggs, meat and butter, in excellent health?” Dr. Kate Shanahan Among other things, saturated fat...
“Why are my older patients, after a lifetime of eating eggs, meat and butter, in excellent health?” Dr. Kate Shanahan Among other things, saturated fat...
Introduction: In the first half of the last century, the consumption of processed foods in USA grew in parallel with the incidence of heart attacks....
"People should be informed of the dangers of consuming vegetable oils" Dr. David M Diamond and Dr. Uffe Ravnskov As we mentioned in the introduction...
Besides the link between sugar consumption and a shorter life (1), the link with cancer should get more attention. It is well known that a...
Introduction: Patients with cardiovascular disease, or those who are at risk, tend to have impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance (1,2,3). These factors can be...
The Reward mechanism: When it comes to energy needs, the hypothalamus (a small region of the brain) is the one that regulates intake; however, this...
Composition: Sucrose or table sugar, is a disaccharide (two monosaccharides) synthesized by plants thanks to photosynthesis. The monosaccharides that make up sugar are glucose and...
Everything suggests that nature developed some level of insulin resistance as a protective mechanism against food shortages, but what evolution could not foresee, are the...
Growing Mode and Recycling Mode, are made up concepts to compare biology with the so popular smartphones, that even if they are not really comparable,...