How many meals per day are most effective for keeping your blood glucose levels low?

How many meals per day are most effective for keeping your blood glucose levels low?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Elevated blood glucose levels cause tissue damage and increase inflammation. You don’t have to have diabetes to see the damaging effects of high blood glucose levels after a meal. Your body may be able to maintain fasting blood glucose within a normal range for a while even if you...
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How sleep can impact your memory?

How sleep can impact your memory?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Both the amount of time we sleep and the quality of sleep we have is very important. The following research investigated how sleep deficiency and sleep disturbance may affect the risk for dementia and all-cause mortality (Robbins R, et al., 2021). 2812 participants in the USA age 65 years...
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How important is physical activity for glucose control?

How important is physical activity for glucose control?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  We know that physical activity helps to transfer blood glucose into the cells, but you may be surprised what a difference it can make. The following research investigated that more in detail (Burns AM, et al., 2021).   The participants were 10 healthy 24-year-old men. Forearm glucose uptake was...
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Protect your nervous system.

Protect your nervous system.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  As more and more people live longer neurological problems are getting more and more common. There are however things you can do to help protect yourself. The earlier you start the better it is since prevention is always easier than treating a neurological problem. Berberine is an interesting plant...
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New research shows how many hours you need to avoid cognitive decline.

New research shows how many hours you need to avoid cognitive decline.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  This study included 28 756 individuals, half of them lived in England and the other half lived in China (Ma,Y, et al., 2020). The participants from England were 50 years old or older, and the ones from China were 45 years old or older. You may have heard that...
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What you can do to slow down bone loss.

What you can do to slow down bone loss.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Would you like to avoid getting a kyphosis of your thoracic spine which is an exaggerated outward curvature of the upper back, or if you have one, improve it? The following research showed that to be possible. This was a study were the participants either participated in 8 months...
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How can vitamin B6 affect your immunity?

How can vitamin B6 affect your immunity?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  In this study a small group of healthy elderly adults were put through a depletion phase for vitamin B6 (Maydani SN, et al., 1991). The reason was to find out how it would affect their immune system. B-6 depletion significantly decreased the percentage and total number of lymphocytes, a...
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This type of fat can help your cardiovascular system.

This type of fat can help your cardiovascular system.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  This study was conducted to evaluate the preventive effect of EPA and DHA on cardiovascular disease (Bernasconi AA, et al., 2020). EPA and DHA are the active ingredients of omega 3 fat. The research included 135,267 participants from 40 studies. The researchers found that supplementation with EPA and DHA...
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This is important for an effective immune response.

This is important for an effective immune response.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Mitochondrial disorders play a central role in many diseases. The mitochondria is the energy producing entity of the cells. These researchers explained that it is vitally important for the cells to have optimal levels of glutathione in the mitochondria to prevent cellular dysfunction (Mari M, et al., 2020). A...
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Fine tune your immune response.

Fine tune your immune response.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Glutathione is known as a major antioxidant the body is making, but it does much more than protect us from free radical damage.  Altered intracellular glutathione levels are observed in a wide range of pathologies, including several viral infections, as well as in aging (Fraternale A, et.al., 2017). This...
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This research showed an interesting and easy way to reduce mortality.

This research showed an interesting and easy way to reduce mortality.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin have both been used for many years to support joint cartilage. Especially glucosamine sulfate has shown some impressive research stopping further cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritic knees ( Reginster JY, et al. 2002, Pavelka K, et al. 2002). The following study investigated another area of interest,...
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Can cholesterol and oxidized LDL affect your joint cartilage?

Can cholesterol and oxidized LDL affect your joint cartilage?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Oxidized LDL (low density lipoprotein) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. How can a cardiovascular risk factor affect joint cartilage? The following study included 203 patients and 194 controls (Erturk C, et al., 21017). Plasma concentrations of oxidized LDL and oxidative stress markers were measured.    ...
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Recent research indicates that high blood glucose is an important risk factor for dying from the coronavirus.

Recent research indicates that high blood glucose is an important risk factor for dying from the coronavirus.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  This study included non-critically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (Carrasco-Sánchez F, et al., 2021). 11,312 patients were categorized into three groups according to their blood glucose levels: Less than 140 mg/dL, between 140-180 mg/dL and more than 180 mg/dL. Only 2128 of these patients had diabetes. This is what...
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An easy way to protect endothelial function and improve your circulation.

An easy way to protect endothelial function and improve your circulation.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  It is not only important to have adequate blood supply to the heart, but also very important to have good blood supply to every organ and tissue in the body. If we want a healthy muscle skeletal system, we need to have good micro circulation. The small blood vessels,...
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This plant extract can kill both bacteria and virus and provide a lot of other benefits.

This plant extract can kill both bacteria and virus and provide a lot of other benefits.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
This formula contains Berberine and Green Tea and was designed to support a healthy glucose metabolism and the cardiovascular system. It also exhibits anti inflammatory and antiviral activities.
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What can one avocado a day do for you?

What can one avocado a day do for you?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  It is well established that oxidized LDL cholesterol (oxidized low density lipoprotein) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This research was a randomized, crossover, controlled feeding trial (Wang L, et al., 2020). The participants were 45 men and women, aged 21-70 years. They were overweight or obese and...
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1 risk factor for cardiovascular disease you can easily control.

1 risk factor for cardiovascular disease you can easily control.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxidized LDL) plays an important role in atherosclerosis by promoting inflammation and the deposits of lipids in the arterial wall (Trpkovic A, et al., 2014). LDL is especially harmful when it gets oxidized. Glutathione is a very effective antioxidant the body is producing, but we produce...
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Important part of memory is affected by inflammation.

Important part of memory is affected by inflammation.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Working memory which is the ability to keep goal-relevant information in mind is an important part of memory, especially if you are going to accomplish your goals. This research investigated the reason for this type of memory loss in 11,546 obese people with an age range of 25-34 years...
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Can glucose levels within the normal range be harmful?

Can glucose levels within the normal range be harmful?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  The participants of this study were 266 cognitively healthy individuals without type 2 diabetes, 60-64 years of age (Cherbuin N, et al., 2012). MRI scans of their brains were recorded at the beginning of the study and 4 years later. Plasma glucose levels were found to be significantly associated...
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Analysis of 135,267 participants showed this easy strategy helped prevent cardiovascular disease.

Analysis of 135,267 participants showed this easy strategy helped prevent cardiovascular disease.

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  The following research analyzed 40 randomized controlled trials which included 135,267 participants (Bernasconi AA, et al., 2020). The researchers investigated the results of supplementation with EPA and DHA which are the active ingredients in omega 3 fish oil. They looked at cardiovascular outcomes and included myocardial infarction, coronary heart...
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