Monthly Archives: January 2016

Cooking With Fats

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Composition of The Mediterranean Diet

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Roughly 50 Essential Factors

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Cinnamon And Insulin Resistance

Chromium appears to potentiate the effects of insulin is some way and this improves insulin sensitivity. If it is true that chromium is effective at improving insulin sensitivity, and by extension, reversing insulin resistance, it would be logical to assume … Continue reading

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Chromium And Insulin Resistance

Chromium is a trace mineral in human nutrition. That means it is essential for health in microgram amounts. Meat fish, cheese and poultry are considered good animal sources of chromium, and spinach, chocolate and pepper also are said to contain … Continue reading

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Vitamin E and Insulin Resistance

Vitamin E is a generic name for a group of compounds that all have the same activity as alpha tocopherol. Vitamin E is only produced in plants and is usually associated with unsaturated fatty acids, the plant using the vitamin … Continue reading

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Whole Food Antioxidants Improve Insulin Sensitivity

Oxidative stress may be a cause of insulin resistance. This explains the benefits of antioxidants at improving insulin resistance, that has been reported in some studies. Antioxidants are beneficial because they can quench the free radicals that are the cause … Continue reading

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Fish, Fish Oils and Weight Loss

Eskimos have been shown to possess lower prevalences of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes compared to non-Eskimo Native Americans. This has been suggested to be due to the higher intake of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet … Continue reading

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Dietary Nitrates and Cardiovascular Disease

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The Mediterranean Diet Improves Body Composition

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