Tag: obesity
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…
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…
Higher doses of vitamin D, other steroids, may be needed in obese people
The title, at least in regards to vitamin D, is something Ray commented quite a few times…
Inhibiting dopamine breakdown reverses obesity WITHOUT caloric restriction
Yet another study showing that the dogma we have been fed for decades – eat less and…
Androgens, glucocorticoids are antagonistic – former inhibit, latter promote fat gain
As most of my readers know, androgenic steroids are considered extremely dangerous by medicine and are in…
Serotonin (5-HT) drives diabetes and liver disease, blocking it is therapeutic
After more than a decade of doing research in bioenergetics, I have come to the conclusion that…
Aspirin reduces risk of developing diabetes
Not sure if my readers have noticed it, but Big Pharma has drastically increased their bashing of…