FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE BLOG
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Skipping breakfast worsens blood glucose and insulin later
Skipping breakfast worsens blood glucose and impairs the insulin response for the rest of the day.
Prediabetes increases cancer risk
Prediabetes, elevated levels of blood sugar that are still 'within' the normal range, increases cancer risk among its mob of other afflictions as further validated by a meta-analysis just published in Diabetologia.
Magnesium supplementation improves insulin resistance
Insulin resistance is benefited by magnesium supplementation according to mounting evidence. A study published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism documents significant improvements in insulin resistance by supplementation even when the subjects' magnesium levels appeared normal.
Cognitive decline: major overlooked causes
Cognitive decline is fueled by that have not received adequate attention but have great practical, clinical significance.
Dementia risk increased by higher blood sugar before diabetes
Our results suggest that higher glucose levels may be a risk factor for dementia, even among persons without diabetes.
Insulin resistance is a risk factor for breast cancer even with normal fasting glucose and insulin
Well before fasting glucose and insulin rise out of the normal range, background surges of insulin associated with decreased insulin receptor sensitivity do harm throughout the body and, as confirmed by a study just published in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research shows, promote breast cancer.
Breaks in prolonged sitting reduce cardiovascular risk and obesity
Breaks in prolonged sitting reduce cardiovascular risk and obesity
Elevated blood sugar is associated with colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women
Elevated blood sugar is associated with colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women
Elevated fasting blood sugar is a risk factor for prostate enlargement
Elevated fasting blood sugar is a risk factor for prostate enlargement
Most US doctors are still not paying proper attention to blood sugar
Most US doctors are still not paying proper attention to blood sugar
Elevated blood sugar increases risk of cancer
Elevated blood sugar increases risk of cancer
Blood sugar and the brain in learning and behavioral disorders
Blood sugar and the brain in learning and behavioral disorders
Cancer cells have a 'sweet tooth' for fructose too
Cancer cells have a 'sweet tooth' for fructose too
Kidney damage can occur before diabetes sets in
Kidney damage can occur before diabetes sets in
Fructose even worse than glucose for fat and insulin
Fructose even worse than glucose for fat and insulin