General Health

What works best to keep cardiovascular risk factors low, a high fat diet, a Mediterranean diet or a high carbohydrate low fat diet?

What works best to keep cardiovascular risk factors low, a high fat diet, a Mediterranean diet or a high carbohydrate low fat diet?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
Body fat Diet Eating General Health Health Health Risk
  What works best to keep cardiovascular risk factors low, a high-fat diet, a Mediterranean diet or a high carbohydrate low-fat diet?   Research has compared these different approaches a while back, and we have had the results for a while. The reason why they’re still are questions about the...
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How does a high fat, ketogenic diet affect your muscles?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
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"   How does a high fat, ketogenic diet affect your muscles?   There is a lot of promotion and talk about the benefits of restricting carbohydrate intake and eating a high fat, ketogenic diet. When you read things like that, always ask, where is the evidence? Is there any science...
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A lesser-known benefit of a plant based diet

A lesser-known benefit of a plant based diet

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
Diet Diseases General Health Health Health Risk Insulin resistance
  You may not have heard about Trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), but this metabolite is created by the bacterial flora in the gut in response to certain food components.  This is the process.TMAO originates from a precursor, trimethylamine (TMA) that is a metabolite of mainly choline and carnitine from ingested foods...
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This function is involved in a variety conditions from viral diseases to heart disease, stroke and diabetes

This function is involved in a variety conditions from viral diseases to heart disease, stroke and diabetes

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
Cardiovascular Disease Diet Diseases General Health Green tea Health
Vascular endothelial cells line the entire circulatory system, from the heart to the smallest capillaries.   The endothelium is the inner layer of the blood vessels and is extremely important. When the endothelium is functioning normally, it helps to regulate blood clotting, assists the body’s immune response, controls the volume of...
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What type of protein is best if you want to live longer?

What type of protein is best if you want to live longer?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
Cardiovascular Disease Diet General Health Health Risk Nut consumption The Learn to Eat Plan
  Does the source of protein really matter as long as we get an adequate supply? That’s exactly what the researchers of the following study investigated.  85 013 women and 46 329 men, a total of 131342 participants were included in this research (Song M, et.al., 2016). They examined the associations of animal...
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