Postprandial glucose levels, HbA1c, and arterial stiffness: Compared to glucose, lipids are not even on the radar screen
Postprandial glucose levels are the levels of blood glucose after meals. In Western urban environments, the main contributor…
May 2010
Oven roasted meat: Pork tenderloin
This cut of pork is the equivalent in the pig of the filet mignon in cattle. It is just as soft, and lean too. A 100 g port…
Intermittent fasting, engineered foods, leptin, and ghrelin
Engineered foods are designed by smart people, and the goal is not usually to make you healthy; the goal is to sell as many …
Atheism is a recent Neolithic invention: Ancestral humans were spiritual people
For the sake of simplicity, this post treats “atheism” as synonymous with “non-spiritualism”. Technically, one can be spirit…
Cheese’s vitamin K2 content, pasteurization, and beneficial enzymes: Comments by Jack C.
The text below is all from commenter Jack C.’s notes on this post summarizing research on cheese. My additions are within “…
Cheese consumption, visceral fat, and adiponectin levels
Several bacteria feed on lactose, the sugar found in milk, producing cheese for us as a byproduct of their feeding. This is …
Intermittent fasting as a form of liberation
I have been doing a lot of reading over the years on isolated hunter-gatherer populations; see three references at the end o…
Is heavy physical activity a major trigger of death by sudden cardiac arrest? Not in Oregon
The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-t…
Long distance running causes heart disease, unless it doesn’t
Regardless of type of exercise, disease markers are generally associated with intensity of exertion over time. This associat…
Niacin and its effects on growth hormone, glucagon, cortisol, blood lipids, mental disorders, and fasting glucose levels
Niacin is a very interesting vitamin. It is also known as vitamin B 3 , or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose …
Obesity protects against disease, unless you eat butter
Notes: - This post is a joke, a weird parody of academic research, which is why it is labeled “humor” and is being filed und…
