FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE BLOG
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High protein beats high carbohydrate diet for biomarkers of metabolic syndrome
Regulating insulin is the key factor metabolic syndrome, diabetes and weight loss. In accordance with that, a randomized controlled trial just published in the journal Diabetes Care offers more evidence that a higher protein (with carbohydrate) diet improves multiple biomarkers better than a high carbohydrate diet.
Sugar calories are worse for diabetes and obesity than others
Attentive clinicians who have been exhorting their patients for years to avoid excessively stimulating insulin production with sugar are heartily welcoming the superb research just published in PLoS One (Public Library of Science) that drives a stake through the heart of the mistaken notions that calories from sugar have the same effect as others, and that obesity causes diabetes.
Weight loss and insulin resistance improved by branched-chain amino acids
Weight loss and improvement in insulin resistance naturally go hand in hand, and a study just published in the journal Diabetologia confirms that consumption of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) helps both. Isoleucine, leucine and valine are already known to promote muscle growth and repair, influence brain signaling for appetite and metabolic rate, help with burn recovery, and be remedial for autism when it includes genetic mutations in BCAA pathways.
Breaks in prolonged sitting reduce cardiovascular risk and obesity
Breaks in prolonged sitting reduce cardiovascular risk and obesity
Metabolic syndrome and high blood pressure can be helped by sleep apnea treatment
Metabolic syndrome and high blood pressure can be helped by sleep apnea treatment
Dietary macronutrient composition for weight loss and weight maintenance
Dietary macronutrient composition for weight loss and weight maintenance
Hormesis: a critical principle for clinical management, weight loss and healthy aging
Hormesis: a critical principle for clinical management, weight loss and healthy aging
The advantages of intermittent versus continuous calorie restriction for long term weight loss
The advantages of intermittent versus continuous calorie restriction for long term weight loss
Inflammation caused by allergy promotes weight gain and obesity
Inflammation caused by allergy promotes weight gain and obesity
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for weight loss?
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for weight loss?
Losing weight can release pollutants into the blood
Losing weight can release pollutants into the blood
Diet induced weight loss can rapidly improve sexual function for men
Diet induced weight loss can rapidly improve sexual function for men
Both are good for weight loss, which is better for high blood pressure: higher protein or higher fat?
Both are good for weight loss, which is better for high blood pressure: higher protein or higher fat?
The brain's role in obesity and the importance of dopamine
The brain's role in obesity and the importance of dopamine
Lifestyle beats metformin for diabetes prevention
Lifestyle beats metformin for diabetes prevention
Sensible weight-loss advice in Glamour magazine? Who would have thought...
Sensible weight-loss advice in Glamour magazine? Who would have thought...
Long-term effects of a very low-carbohydrate diet and a low-fat diet on mood and cognitive function
Long-term effects of a very low-carbohydrate diet and a low-fat diet on mood and cognitive function