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Fish Oil May Reduce Psychosis in High-Risk Individuals
G. Paul Amminger et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry February 2010 |
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Exercice May Not Help Everyone
Report in Telegraph
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Survival as a function of HbA1c in people with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study
Like the ACCORD Study, one more British study involving 47970 diabetics above the age of 50 years finds that low and high mean HbA1c
values are associated with increased all-cause mortality and cardiac events, meaning that both uncontrolled disease as well as intensive treatment can kill.
Craig J Currie et al., The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 27 January 2010
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Childhood Obesity Alone May Increase Risk of Later Cardiovascular Disease
Being obese by as early as 7 years of age may raise a child's risk of future heart disease and stroke, even in the absence of other
cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of
Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
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A Randomized Trial of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet vs Orlistat Plus a Low-Fat Diet for Weight Loss
A new randomized trial comparing a low-carbohydrate diet with a low-fat diet in combination with the weight-loss drug orlistat has found
that both strategies produced meaningful weight loss and the low-carb diet in addition produced significant improvements in blood pressure.
William S. Yancy Jr, et al., Published in Arch Intern Med. on Jan 25, 2010
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Projected Effect of Dietary Salt Reductions
on Future Cardiovascular Disease
Modest reductions in dietary salt could substantially reduce cardiovascular events
and medical costs and should be a public health target. Reducing dietary salt by 3 g per day is projected to reduce the annual number of
new cases of CHD by 60,000 to 120,000, stroke by 32,000 to 66,000, and myocardial
infarction by 54,000 to 99,000 and to reduce the annual number of deaths from
any cause by 44,000 to 92,000 and would save 194,000 to 392,000 quality-adjusted life-years and $10 billion
to $24 billion in health care costs annually.
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo et al., Published in N Engl J Med on Jan 20, 2010
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Higher Blood sugar Increases Cancer Risk
Abnormal glucose metabolism, independent of BMI, is associated with an increased risk of cancer overall and at several cancer sites, with stronger associations among women than among men, and for fatal cancer compared to incident cancer
Stocks T et al., Blood Glucose and Risk of Incident and Fatal Cancer in the Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer Project (Me-Can): Analysis of Six Prospective Cohorts. PLoS Med 2009;6(12): e1000201 |
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Insulin causes more deaths than high blood glucose: ACCORD Study Finds
Full Text of ACCORD Study in NEJM 2008;358(24):2545-2559 |
Full Text of the Editorial in NEJM 2008;358(24):2630-2633 |
Diabetes & Obesity: Why Conventional Medicine Makes Things Worse By Mark Hyman
in Huffingtonpost.com
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Fructose (Fruit Sugar) is a more important cause for metabolic disorders
like diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver disease, obesity
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Kimber L. Stanhope et al. Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucosesweetened,
beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese humans. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. May 2009;119(5):1332-1334 |
Child diabetes blamed on food sweetener: Report

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Sharon S Elliott et al. Fructose, weight gain, and the insulin resistance syndrome. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002;76(5):911-922
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Heather Basciano et al. Fructose, insulin resistance, and metabolic dyslipidemia. Nutrition & Metabolism 2005;2:5
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Xiaosen Ouyang et al. Fructose Consumption as a Risk Factor for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. J Hepatol. 2008;48(6):993–999
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Richard J Johnson et al. Potential role of sugar (fructose) in the epidemic of hypertension, obesity and the metabolic syndrome, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;86(4):899-90
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Michael S. Gersch et al. Fructose, but not dextrose, accelerates the progression of chronic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007;293:F1256-F1261
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Laura Gabriela Sánchez-Lozada et al. How safe is fructose for persons with or without diabetes? Am J Clin Nutr. 2008;88(5):1189-1190.
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Salt intake, stroke, and cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of prospective
studies: High salt intake is associated with significantly increased risk of stroke and total cardiovascular
disease
Full Text of Pasquale Strazzullo et al., BMJ 2009;339:b4567;
Report in medpagetoday.com
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Ancient Egyptians Too Had Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease
Abstract of Allam AH et al., JAMA, November 18, 2009;302(19);
Medpage Today Report;
Phys Org Report 
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Fructose (Fruits) and High Blood Pressure
Abstract of Carlos A. Roncal et al, Am J Nephrol;
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Mediterranean Diet May Have a Protective Role Against Depression
Abstract of Sánchez-Villegas A et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry
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Cut Down Salt Intake: ASH Position Paper - Dietary Approaches
to Lower Blood Pressure
Full Text of Lawrence J. Appel, ASH;
Medscape Article
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Mediterranean Diet Might Delay Need for Drugs in Diabetes
Full Text in Esposito K et al., Annals Int Med, 1 Sep, 2009;
Medscape Article
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Eating two eggs a day could CUT your cholesterol and help you lose weight
Surrey University Study; Reports
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2; More Reports
Lee A, Griffin B. Dietary cholesterol, eggs and coronary heart disease risk in perspective;
Gray J, Griffin B. Eggs and dietary cholesterol – dispelling the myth
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Low-carbohydrate diet has similar effects as low-fat diet in diabetes
Full Text in Davis NJ et al., Diabetes Care, July, 2009
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Exclusive Breastfeeding helps to Boost IQ, has Favourable Effects on Height, Weight and Blood Pressure: Largest Prospective Study Finds
Breastfeeding and Child Cognitive Development: New Evidence From a Large Randomized Trial;
Effects of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on child height, weight, adiposity, and blood pressure at age 6.5 y: evidence from a large randomized trial;
Effects of Prolonged and Exclusive Breastfeeding on Child Behavior and Maternal Adjustment: Evidence From a Large, Randomized Trial; Reports
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Salt a key player in resistant hypertension
Abstract in Pimenta E et al., Hypertension, 20 July, 2009;
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Caloric Restriction Delays Disease Onset and Mortality in Rhesus Monkeys
Abstract in Science, 10 July, 2009;
BBC News;
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Elevated Insulin Linked To Increased Breast Cancer Risk
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Against the grain: Tribals in
Maharashtra are happier and healthier with their traditional,
natural food
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Globalization of Food Patterns and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
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Globalization and the epidemiology of obesity
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Dietary Patterns and Risk of Mortality From Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and All Causes:
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Mediterranean Diet and Incidence of and Mortality From Coronary
Heart Disease and Stroke in Women - Circulation, Feb 2009 |
A Prospective Cohort of Women; Circulation, 2008;118:230-237 |
Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in 52 Countries
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Regular eggs 'no harm to health' See
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Chronic exposures to Bisphenol A, widely used in epoxy resins lining food and
beverage containers, may lead to diabetes and cardiovascular events. See
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Fructose in fruits can increase
obesity: A new study
reports that when fructose was consumed, absolute
lipogenesis was 2-fold greater and that an early stimulation of lipogenesis after fructose, consumed in a mixture of
sugars, augments subsequent postprandial lipemia. Acute
intake of fructose stimulates lipogenesis and may create
a metabolic milieu that enhances subsequent esterification of fatty acids flowing to the liver to elevate TG synthesis
postprandially. See Parks EJ, Skokan LE, Timlin MT, Dingfelder CS. Dietary Sugars Stimulate Fatty Acid Synthesis in Adults.
J. Nutr. June 2008;138:1039-1046
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Low-Carb and Mediterranean Diets
Better than Low-Fat for Weight Loss, Lipid Changes at 2 Years:
Mediterranean and
low-carbohydrate diets may be effective alternatives to
low-fat diets, offering more favorable effects on lipids
(with the low-carbohydrate diet) and on glycemic control
(with the Mediterranean diet). See Shai I, Schwarzfuchs D, Henkin Y, et al. Weight loss with a
low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or low-fat diet. N Engl J Med.
2008;359:229-241
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Insulin Induced
Hypoglycemia Kills: Mark Santos, a 25-year-old truck driver, was killed when he
apparently could not control the truck he was driving, resulting in a fatal crash. Jordan Santos, his brother, said that Mark
was a diabetic who sometimes had trouble remembering what he did when his blood sugar levels were low. Mark was likely in a
hypoglycemic state when he lost control of the vehicle, according to his brother
See Video:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/canada-truck-crash/917237579
The so called Human
Insulin tends to cause hypoglycemia without warning and this tragic
incident is a grim reminder of this fact. See
Hypoglycemia and Human Insulin | Low blood sugar may impair diabetics' driving: New
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Modern day food
causes all the ills: The highly processed, calorie-dense, nutrient-depleted diet
frequently leads to exaggerated supraphysiological post-prandial
spikes in blood glucose and lipids. This post-prandial dysmetabolism
induces immediate oxidant stress, which increases in direct
proportion to the increases in glucose and triglycerides after a
meal. The transient increase in free radicals acutely triggers
atherogenic changes including inflammation, endothelial dysfunction,
hypercoagulability, and sympathetic hyperactivity. To attenuate the
increase in glucose, triglycerides, and inflammation after a meal,
a diet rich in minimally processed, high-fiber, plant-based foods,
including vegetables and fruits, whole grains, legumes, and nuts is
recommended. Other dietary interventions that can significantly
ameliorate postprandial dysmetabolism include intake of lean
protein, vinegar, fish oil, tea, and cinnamon. Additional benefits
may result from calorie restriction, weight loss and exercise.
See O’Keefe JH, Gheewala NM, O’Keefe
JO. Dietary Strategies for Improving Post-Prandial Glucose,
Lipids, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Health. J
Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 51:249-255 Abstract at
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/3/249 |
Anti-Inflammatory" Diet May Improve Postprandial Glucose,
Cardiovascular Health
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Low carbohydrate and high
monounsaturated fat diets help weight loss and offer metabolic
benefits Brehm BJ, D'Alessio DA. Weight Loss and Metabolic
Benefits With Diets of Varying Fat and Carbohydrate Content:
Separating the Wheat From the Chaff Nature Clinical Practice
Endocrinology & Metabolism Available at
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569321
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Rely on internal cues of meal cessation to keep off obesity Wansink B, Payne CR, Chandon P.
Internal and External Cues of Meal Cessation: The French Paradox Redux?
Obesity 2007;15:2920-2924. Available at
http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/full/15/12/2920
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Fructose Worsens Gout: Consumption of soft drinks sweetened with sugar and fructose is strongly
associated with an increased risk for gout, according to the results of a
prospective cohort study reported in the February 1 Online First issue of the BMJ. This
was a 12-year follow-up study of 46,393 health professionals without a previous history of
gout and the goal was to assess the relationship between consumption
of sugar-sweetened soft drinks and fructose and the risk for
incident gout. See Sweet Soft Drinks, Fructose Linked to Increased Risk for Gout.
Available at
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569656
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Calcium Supplements Increase Vascular Events?
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More than half of the world's
population is overweight See
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Exenatide, the new drug for
diabetes, may cause pancreatitis See
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Diet And Asthma: Mediterranean Diet May
Be Protective See
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Salt Restriction Reduces
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Cancers Linked To HRT (Once Promoted
For Prevention Of Osteoporosis In Post Menopausal Women) See
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Milk Is Not Necessary See
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Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health
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Hyperinsulinemic diseases
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Pathophysiology of Insulin
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Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects:
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