Tag: obesity

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GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc) are nothing but “depression in a syringe”

So, this is what medicine’s final destination looks like. When life sucks so bad that the majority…

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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…

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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…

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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”…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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Endurance exercise causes (peripheral) hyper-cortisol state

A few months ago I did a post on a pair of studies showing that while cortisol…

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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…