Tag: obesity
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…
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…