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Book Review: Sugar Nation – The Hidden Truth Behind America’s Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It
I recently read Sugar Nation, by Jeff O’Connell, published in 2011. Per Amazon.com’s rating system, I give it five stars (“I love it”). ♦ ♦ ♦ With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control predicting that one of every three citizens … Continue reading
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What About Triglycerides?
Circulation recently published the American Heart Association Scientific Statement: Triglycerides and Cardiovascular Disease. I’ve not read the full document, but here are a few tidbits I’ll share: Triglycerides (TGs) are not direclty atherogenic; they are a biomarker for cardiovascular risk … Continue reading
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Egyptian Mummies with Atherosclerosis in the News Again
Remember about a year ago the report that hardening-of-the-arteries was found in Egyptian mummies? The heart arteries were also involved. Princess Ahmose-Meryet-Amon is officially the first person in history diagnosed with coronary heart disease. This finding is noteworthy in view … Continue reading
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Diabetic Drug Pioglitazone Linked to Bladder Cancer
A recent report in Diabetes Care (doi 10.2337/dc10-2412) suggests a link between pioglitzone and the development of bladder cancer. This is preliminary, not definitive proof. Further study may erase all concern about bladder cancer. The only other diabetic drug in … Continue reading
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Mediterranean Diet Linked to Fewer Strokes on MRI Scans
The Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of strokes seen on brain MRI scans, according to a study earlier this year in Annals of Neurology. Brain researchers at various U.S. institutions studied a multi-ethnic population in upper Manhattan (the WHICAP cohort). … Continue reading
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Two-Minute Online Diabetes and Prediabetes Risk Test
In the U.S., 24 million people have diabetes, mostly type 2. That’s one in 10 adults. The number for those over 60 is two in 10. Fifty-seven million have prediabetes; that’s one of every three adults. Most of them are … Continue reading
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Eat Natural Food
Michael Pollan is credited with the aphorism, “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Bill Gottlieb interviewed me recently on the topic of prediabetes for a book due out later this year (Bottom Line’s Breakthroughs in Natural Healing 2012). Bill had … Continue reading
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Carbohydrates Can Kill
I did a phone interview yesterday with Dr. Robert K. Su, author of Carbohydrates Can Kill. It should be available in podcast form at Dr. Su’s website within the next three months. Dr. Su is on a mission to educate the … Continue reading
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Greater Risk of Death in Diabetics with Lower Salt Intake
Have you noticed the national push for lower salt consumption? It’s driven by the idea that lower consumption will reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death, supposedly mediated through lower blood pressure. The latest issue of Diabetes Care … Continue reading
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