Tag: diabetes
Daily low-dose aspirin halves diabetes incidence
The commercials on TV are filled with all kinds of drugs targeting (pre)diabetes, obesity and insulin resistance….
GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic/Wegovy/Mounjaro) may cause diabetic retinopathy, a condition they are supposed to prevent
It was obvious from the very beginning that GLP-1 agonist drugs are not a panacea but a…
Depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder may be metabolic diseases, driven by insulin resistance
A fascinating study that not only proves again that metabolism is at the core of conditions that…
Almost half of weight loss from GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc) is muscle mass
Just minutes after posting about the terrible effects of metformin on muscle mass, the study below pops…
Top diabetes drug Metformin causes muscle atrophy by activating AMPK/myostatin
The drug metformin probably needs no introduction here. It is one of the oldest and most widely…
Vitamin D lowers blood pressure in older people with obesity
Years ago, I posted about a study which concluded that vitamin D is as effective as pharma…
Some cases of “diabetes” II may be just deficiency of (active) vitamin B6
Despite the widespread food fortification with vitamins in many “developed” countries, the fortification mostly revolves around iron,…
Males eating a low-carb diet father children with metabolic syndrome and diabesity
A really interesting study, which covers two very controversial topics in a single experiment. First, whether environmental…
Higher testosterone (T) levels protect against diabetes in males
Another study that contradicts the pervasive dogma that higher T levels are a nightmare for aging males,…
Endurance exercise causes (peripheral) hyper-cortisol state
A few months ago I did a post on a pair of studies showing that while cortisol…