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Meat, Fried Foods, And Diet Soda Linked to Metabolic Syndrome
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have shown that adults who eat too much meat, fried foods, and diet soda increase their risk of developing metabolic syndrome by 25%. Metabolic syndrome is a group of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors including larger waist size, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, low levels of high-density [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #3
Tip #3
Fish Oil Rules
by Dr. John Berardi I consider fish oil to be an essential supplement for fat loss. Data from the University of Western Ontario shows that fish oil supplementation increases lean [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #2
Tip #2
The Sunday Ritual
by Dr. John Berardi To ensure that good foods will be available when you need them, use the Sunday Ritual. This is performed by setting aside three hours every Sunday to write out your menu for the week, shop for the week, and prepare your meals for the week. Cook all the [...]
Prevent Diabetes With A Low-Carb Diet
A study to be published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has shown that low-carb diets may help prevent diabetes.
The researchers examined the association between low-carb diets and the risk of diabetes among 85,059 women participating in the Nurse’s Health Study. The data included 20 years of follow-up.
Women who most closely followed a low-carb [...]
Caffeine Increases Blood Sugar For Diabetics
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center performed this study on type 2 diabetics and found that caffeine caused sugar levels to rise and exaggerated the rise in glucose after meals.
They used a new glucose monitor that is embedded under abdominal skin and allows continuous monitoring of glucose levels over a 72 hour period. Participants [...]
Beetroot Juice Puts the “Beet”down on High Blood Pressure
Researchers at Barts and The London School of Medicine have revealed that drinking 16oz. of beetroot juice per day can significantly reduce blood pressure. It was shown that the nitrate, not the antioxidants, in the beetroot juice caused the decrease in blood pressure.
I don’t have a blood pressure problem; however, if I did, I [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #1
I plan to post one nutrition tip each week for the next 27 weeks. We will start things off with a tip about pasta.
Tip #1
Eat Pasta… Carefully
by Dr. John Berardi
As a God-fearing Italian, I have to admit that I love pasta. But, as [...]
High-Protein, Low-Fat, Low-Carb Diets Fight Hunger
A new study to be published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) suggests that high-protein, low-fat, and low-carbohydrate diets suppress hunger most effectively.
The study examined the relative ability of different nutrient types to suppress the appetite-stimulating hormone, ghrelin. Circulating ghrelin levels increase shortly before meals and then decrease rapidly after [...]
Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D?
The UC Berkeley Wellness Letter recently featured an article on Vitamin D.
Vitamin D plays an important role by working with calcium to keep bones strong. Several studies have also investigated its potential to reduce the risk of a variety of ailments including cancer, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, hypertension, and age-related muscle weakness.
Vitamin D is manufactured [...]
Tips to Help Lower Triglyceride Levels
Triglyceride levels above 200 milligrams per deciliter of blood are considered High by the American Heart Association. The February 2008 Harvard Heart Letter recommends lifestyle changes to promote healthy triglyceride levels.
They offer the following tips to help:
Beware of bad fats. Cut back on saturated fat (found in red meat and
full-fat dairy foods) and [...]
