ARE YOU SALT SENSITIVE?
Not everyone gets high blood pressure from taking in too much salt. The people who are most likely to get high blood pressure from taking in too much salt are those whose cells do not respond well to insulin.
Tag: "INSULIN RESISTANCE"
THE SEROTONIN CONNECTION–OBESITY-DIABETES-ADDICTION
NEURO-TRANSMITTERS Top of Form The Serotonin Connection By Jurriaan Plesman, BA(Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr FROM THE HYPOGLYCEMIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION (IN AUSTRALIA) Published on Dr.Pinna.com November 25, 2012 Dr. Pinna says… This excellent article gives the reader a clear and comprehensive insight into the many [...]
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Nov 25, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
DR. MERCOLA–”WHAT IS BLOOD PRESSURE?”
OBESITY AND BLOOD PRESSURE Foundational Lifestyle Strategies to Maintain Healthy Blood Pressure By Dr. Mercola According to CDC director Thomas Frieden1, high blood pressure is public healthy enemy No. 2. The CDC says 36 million people in the U.S. have uncontrolled high blood pressure, and of that number, 14 million don’t even [...]
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Sep 19, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
DYING EARLY BECAUSE YOU’RE FAT
Obesity health risk cause ‘found’ Scientists believe they may have uncovered a key reason why obese people have a raised risk of health complications such as type 2 diabetes. They blame a specific protein – pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) – which is secreted by fat cells. The Australian and US research on mice suggests blocking [...]
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Jun 17, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
DR. MERCOLA: CHRONIC INFLAMATION
DR. MERCOLA AND CHRONIC INFLAMATION Story at-a-glance Chronic inflammation is the source of many diseases, including cancer, obesity, and heart disease, which essentially makes it the leading cause of death in the U.S. High insulin levels promote inflammation and speed up your body’s aging processes, and insulin resistance is a hallmark of [...]
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Jun 06, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
CAN DIET PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S DEMENTIA?
Diet Intervention and Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Original study written by Bayer-Carter JL, Green PS, Montine TJ et al, Arch Neurol. 2011;68:743-752 Summary Insulin resistance may be an important mechanism underlying brain aging, with associated risk factors including obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and hypercholesterolemia. The goal of this [...]
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Jul 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
DR MIRKIN “CONTROLLING DIABETES”
Dear Dr. Mirkin: Does intense exercise control diabetics’ blood sugar better than casual exercise? Dr. Mirkin: Yes! “Insulin-insensitive” means that a diabetic has plenty of insulin, but lacks the ability to respond adequately to insulin that their body produces so blood sugar levels remain higher than normal. Twenty-two insulin-insensitive diabetic women participated in a supervised [...]
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Sep 13, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
