What Purpose Does Insulin Have and What Is Its Effect on The Body?
Are you wondering what purpose insulin has and what role it plays in the body? These are important questions to ask as this directly affects how we treat diabetes.Without fully understanding these details about insulin, it would be impossible to accurately treat diabetes. Let alone move towards improving it or reversing it.If you have diabetes,…
Healthy Lifestyle May Attenuate Diabetes-Associated Risk for Hypertension
Jessica Nye, PhD Credit: Getty Images The investigators reported that the risk for hypertension was decreased in patients with diabetes who demonstrated an optimal healthy lifestyle profile, including maintaining a normal weight and participating in regular activity. A cross-sectional study found that diabetes was an independent predictor for hypertension but that a healthy lifestyle attenuated some…
What is The Starchivore Diet and Why We Are Starchivores
If you are curious about the starchivore diet, you are in the right place. This is a unique diet that is a spin-off of the traditional plant-based diet. This is a great option for anyone, whether you have diabetes or just want to feel better in your body. It is a sustainable diet that allows…
Try Different Plank Variations to Spice Up Your Workout
by Stephanie Vlach, MS Add some fun challenges to your core workouts with these variations on the basic plank. Forearm plank, side plank, plank with hip dips—all are group exercise favorites. The plank is one of the most familiar and effective choices for core work, and it’s an easy addition. However, how many times can you program that…
Thru a Zen lens – Another way to look at Cholesterol
Your Nutritional Moment of Zen A Cholesterol Family Photo Album: It all starts with a 17-carbon, four ring structure (three 6’s and one 5), add an OH (hydroxyl) group to make it a sterol, then layer on a couple of methyl (CH3) groups to the rings plus the carbon side chain at the top and…
The Function of Fat – Part III, In Search of that 10%…
Your Nutritional Moment of Zen But first, some “Fun” Facts about Fat: Where to Find Your (Omega-3) Fat: First though, I want to remind you that 10% max of your caloric intake should be fat, so regarding the list below, more and more is definitely not better and better. Very small amounts are all you…
The Function of Fat – Part II, Too much of a good thing…
Your Nutritional Moment of Zen (Editor’s Note: A bit late this week due to homework! Had to research and write a paper on “The Joys of Having a Hysterectomy”. FYI – There aren’t very many…) Last week we looked at the important roles of fat in our bodies. You may recall there are a bunch.…
The Function of Fat (In Humans…)
Your Nutritional Moment of Zen We have a love / hate relationship with fat: Nobody wants to be fat, so we try to avoid foods with lots of fat for that reason, while at the same time we crave foods that have lots of fat in them (ice cream, eggs, butter, cheese, steak, birthday cake,…
Yoga Workout: The 5 Essential Pieces You’ll Need
When you first start practicing yoga, your biggest challenge might not be mastering the poses or finding a studio that feels like home. Rather, it’s figuring out what type of clothing to wear when practicing yoga so that you don’t freeze in a room with an indoor temperature of 50 degrees. As you grow more…
There Is Power in Protein for Older Adults
by Matthew Kadey, MS, RD Study finds the formula to keep muscle while losing body fat Many older adults could benefit from dropping a few pounds of body fat. With weight loss, though, there are often reductions in bone strength and lean body mass, thereby raising the risk of mobility issues and injury from falls. New research shows…
