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Adiponectin supplementation: Body fat loss

Adiponectin is a hormone exclusively secreted by body fat. This hormone has been recently gaining attention from researchers…

Mar 31, 2010

LDL, chylomicrons, HDL, and atherosclerosis: A lazy Sunday theory

Notes:   - This post is a joke, admittedly a weird one, which is why it is labeled “humor” and is filed under “Abstract humo…

Mar 28, 2010

A trip to Europe: Some health-related routines and observations

Every year I travel to Europe on business, normally once or twice a year. These trips usually involve meetings with engineer…

Mar 27, 2010

More on the Harvard study on saturated versus polyunsaturated fats

This is a follow up on this post , which addressed the main argument put forth in a recent BBC article. The BBC article argu…

Mar 25, 2010

BBC article's advice: Replace saturated with polyunsaturated fats

The BBC article is here . It is based on meta-analysis of eight previous studies conducted by Harvard researchers, which the…

Mar 24, 2010

PepsiCo to reduce sugar and fat in products

I guess PepsiCo is moving ahead of the competition, but in a snail pace and in a very, very politically correct way. Will th…

Mar 23, 2010

Online calculators to assess cardiovascular disease risk: No LDL needed

Researchers can build mathematical equations (sometimes referred to as structural equations) that predict health outcomes ba…

Mar 20, 2010

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