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The Body Fat Setpoint

admin kece Selasa, 29 Desember 2009 Add Comment diet, hyperphagia, leptin, overweight Edit

One pound of human fat contains about 3,500 calories. That represents roughly 40 slices of toast. So if you were to eat one extra slice of...

Rabbits on a High-Saturated Fat Diet Without Added Cholesterol

admin kece Jumat, 25 Desember 2009 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diet, fats Edit

I just saw another study that supports my previous post Animal Models of Atherosclerosis: LDL . The hypothesis is that in the absence of ex...

What's the Ideal Fasting Insulin Level?

admin kece Selasa, 22 Desember 2009 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, disease, Kitava, metabolic syndrome, native diet, paleolithic diet Edit

[2013 update. I'm leaving this post up for informational purposes, but I think it's difficult to determine the "ideal" in...

The Dirty Little Secret of the Diet-Heart Hypothesis

admin kece Senin, 14 Desember 2009 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diet, disease, fats Edit

The diet-heart hypothesis is the idea that saturated fat, and in some versions cholesterol, raises blood cholesterol and contributes to the ...

Butyric Acid: an Ancient Controller of Metabolism, Inflammation and Stress Resistance?

admin kece Senin, 07 Desember 2009 Add Comment diet, disease, fats, metabolic syndrome Edit

An Interesting Finding Susceptible strains of rodents fed high-fat diets overeat, gain fat and become profoundly insulin resistant. Dr. Jia...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IX

admin kece Rabu, 02 Desember 2009 Add Comment dental health, diet, diseases of civilization Edit

A Summary For those who didn't want to wade through the entire nerd safari, I offer a simple summary. Our ancestors had straight teeth, ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VIII

admin kece Sabtu, 28 November 2009 Add Comment dental health, diet, diseases of civilization, Masai, native diet Edit

Three Case Studies in Occlusion In this post, I'll review three cultures with different degrees of malocclusion over time, and try to ex...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VII

admin kece Selasa, 24 November 2009 Add Comment dental health, diet, diseases of civilization, exercise, Inuit Edit

Jaw Development During Adolescence Beginning at about age 11, the skull undergoes a growth spurt. This corresponds roughly with the growth ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VI

admin kece Selasa, 17 November 2009 Add Comment dental health, diseases of civilization, exercise Edit

Early Postnatal Face and Jaw Development The face and jaws change more from birth to age four than at any other period of development after ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part V

admin kece Selasa, 10 November 2009 Add Comment celiac, dental health, diet, diseases of civilization, fat-soluble vitamins Edit

Prenatal Development of the Face and Jaws The structures of the face and jaws take shape during the first trimester of pregnancy. The 5th t...

Impressions of Hawai'i

admin kece Selasa, 03 November 2009 Add Comment diet, native diet Edit

I recently went to Hawai'i for the American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Waikiki, followed by a one-week vacation on Kaua'i ...

Butter vs. Margarine

admin kece Rabu, 21 Oktober 2009 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, diet, disease, fats Edit

I came across an interesting study the other day, courtesy of Dr. John Briffa's blog . It's titled "Margarine Intake and Sub...