Research: Healthy lifestyle is the answer!
Healthy lifestyle leads to a significant reduction in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Nearly everyone is looking for a way to live more healthily. Now as…
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Research: Bacteria may help reduce obesity
Bacteria supplementation appears to help with weight loss and metabolic syndrome Bacteria People have long looked for a magical weight loss cure. Anything that could…
Question: Can insulin cause weight gain?
Elevated insulin and metabolic syndrome can result in weight gain. Insulin Obesity and metabolic syndrome are parts of the same illness. To understand the spectrum…
Research: Reduction in carbohydrates improves metabolic syndrome.
Independent of weight loss, carbohydrate restrictions can help improve metabolic syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome We have all heard about the evils of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome…
Research: Does chromium picolinate improve weight loss?
The evidence does not support chromium supplements for weight loss.
Chromium picolinate has long been touted as a miracle supplement for weight loss and blood sugar stabilization. It has been suggested as a supplement for diabetic type 2 patients because this metabolic syndrome should improve with blood sugar stabilization and weight loss.
Research: High-protein diet improves weight loss and metabolic syndrome
A high-protein diet may be the answer for weight loss and metabolic syndrome.
The high protein lifestyle has been recommended for weight loss for years. Some argue that fat and protein from meat is the cause of obesity. Many are beginning to suggest that we should avoid protein and in particular meat because it makes us unhealthy. I would argue that the answer is a more balanced meal. Multiple studies have shown that protein-enriched diets can lead to greater weight loss and improvements in the markers of metabolic syndrome than standard protein diets.
Research: Metabolically Healthy Obese May Be Real
Obesity in the absence of metabolic disease may not increase health risks. I have many patients who feel that if their blood pressure, blood sugar, and…
Research: More weight loss equals even lower risk of metabolic syndrome
Research: More weight loss equals an even lower risk of metabolic syndrome – Higher amounts of weight loss appears to lead to an even lower risk of metabolic syndrome. Although 5-10% weight loss should be the goal, we should continue to suggest more weight loss in certain groups that could use large amounts of weight loss. I would recommend that you use this as motivation if you are at a high risk for metabolic syndrome.
Research: Weight change may increase risk of mortality.
Weight change may increase the risk of mortality in metabolically challenged adults. Obesity is directly tied to multiple metabolic abnormalities. Not only is weight gain…
The Myth of the Diet-Heart Hypothesis: The Saturated Fat Fabrication
Plain and simple: Cholesterol and saturated fat are not your enemies. I am a child of the late 70s and mid-80s. I started college in…