Tag: obesity
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…
High-fat, low-carb diet may cause obesity, inflammation, anxiety (by raising serotonin), even suicide
Double whammy for two popular medical dogmas. One of them is that serotonin is the “happy hormone”…
Niacinamide improves bone health and reduces fat synthesis
Two of the features of aging thought to be unavoidable are brittle bones and increased visceral fat,…
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…
Weight-loss from low-carb/keto diets is mostly water; no lasting health benefits
Just a few minutes ago I posted about a study showing that l0w-carb diets increase risk of…
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…
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…
Obesity is estrogen-driven; Chronic fasting burns mostly muscle, not fat
I wanted to do a quick post on this, as this topic is one of the most…