Cah Gisting 09:57 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome Edit Insulin Resistance Predicts a Variety of Age-related Diseases In the last post, I reviewed a study by Gerald Reaven's group showing that insulin resistance strongly predicts the risk of cardiovascul... Read More
Cah Gisting 14:00 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease Edit New Study Strengthens the Case that LDL Causes Heart Disease There is little remaining doubt in the scientific/medical community that high levels of LDL, so-called "bad cholesterol", cause he... Read More
Cah Gisting 09:57 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, vegetarian Edit Is Meat Unhealthy? Part III When we consider the health impacts of eating meat, cardiovascular disease is the first thing that comes to mind. Popular diet advocates of... Read More
Cah Gisting 11:36 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease Edit Corrections to the New Review Paper on Dietary Fat and Cardiovascular Risk The meta-analysis by Chowdhury et al. raised quite a furor from certain segments of researchers and the popular media. I find this reaction... Read More
Cah Gisting 15:16 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, diet Edit New Review Paper on Dietary Fat and Heart Disease Risk A new review paper on dietary fatty acids and heart disease risk was just published by Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury and colleagues in the Annals of I... Read More
Cah Gisting 05:00 Add Comment cancer, Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, disease, metabolic syndrome, overweight Edit Does "Metabolically Healthy Obesity" Exist? Obesity is strongly associated with metabolic alterations and negative health outcomes including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some ... Read More
Cah Gisting 19:00 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hyperphagia, overweight Edit Neuronal Control of Appetite, Metabolism and Weight Last week, I attended a Keystone conference, "Neuronal Control of Appetite, Metabolism and Weight", in Banff. Keystone conference... Read More
Cah Gisting 19:00 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, disease, diseases of civilization Edit Atherosclerosis in Ancient Mummies Revisited Many of you are already aware of the recent study that examined atherosclerosis in 137 ancient mummies from four different cultures ( 1 ). ... Read More
Cah Gisting 15:34 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, diet Edit Does the Mediterranean Diet Reduce Cardiovascular Risk? By now, most of you have probably heard about the recent study on the "Mediterranean diet" ( 1 ), a diet that was designed by diet... Read More