Blood glucose variations in normal individuals: A chaotic mess
I love statistics. But statistics is the science that will tell you that each person in a group of 20 people ate half a chic…
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Is working standing up too expensive? It could cost you as little as $10
Spending too much time sitting down is clearly unnatural, particularly if you sit down on very comfortable chairs . Sitting …
What is a reasonable vitamin D level?
The figure and table below are from Vieth (1999); one of the most widely cited articles on vitamin D. The figure shows the g…
Cortisol response to stress is much more elevated with ingestion of glucose than with protein or fat
Cortisol is a hormone that does a number of different things; a jack of all trades among hormones, so to speak. It tells the…
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 …
Blood glucose control before age 55 may increase your chances of living beyond 90
I have recently read an interesting study by Yashin and colleagues (2009) at Duke University’s Center for Population Health …
Vitamin D levels: Sunlight, age, and toxicity
Calcidiol is a pre-hormone that is produced based on vitamin D3 in the liver. Blood concentration of calcidiol is considered…
How much vitamin D? Vitamin D Council's recommendations
Since my recent post on problems related to vitamin D deficiency and excess I received several questions. I have also parti…
Growth hormone: The fountain of youth
Growth hormone, also known as human growth hormone, seems to be implicated in a number of metabolic conditions associated wi…
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