Tag: diabetes
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…
HUMAN STUDY: Vitamin B3 ups muscle/bone mass/strength, lowers fat, improves glucose control
The study is epidemiological and it did not distinguish between the various forms of vitamin B3 available…
A single 15min exposure to red light boosts mitochondria and lowers blood glucose
A human study, which makes it that much more important. While the findings are not very surprising,…
Diabetic kidney damage driven by high fat & low glucose oxidation, glycine can treat it
This is yet another study that calls into serious doubt the main dogma of diabetic pathology provided…
Obesity linked to mitochondrial dysfunction in GI tract, treatable by fat restriction
I think the claim that obesity can be caused by lower metabolism is not something contentious, even…
Optimal vitamin D intake may be at least 2,000 IU daily
As most people supplementing with vitamins know, the daily RDA for vitamin D has been set at…
Cortisol stimulates its own synthesis (peripherally), drives obesity/diabetes/CVD
Synthetic/bioidentical glucocorticoids (GC) are perhaps the most widely used steroids clinically. In addition, the HPA axis, culminating…