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Cardiovascular Disease
- The Five Top Cardioprotective Nutrients
- High Quality Diets Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
- Trans Fats and Cardiovascular Disease
- Do High Fat Diets Protect From Cardiovascular Disease?
- Walnuts And Cardiovascular Disease
- The Five Top Cardioprotective Nutrients
- Abdominal Obesity And Cardiovascular Disease
- Garlic Is The King of Cardioprotection
- Is Fructose A Cause Of Cardiovascular Disease?
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- Lipoprotein(a) and Cardiovascular Disease
- Omega-3 Fish Oils For Cardiovascular Disease
- Tocotrienols For Cardiovascular Health
- The Maasai, Genetics, Eggs and Cholesterol
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- Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Disease
- A New Paradigm For Cardiovascular Disease
- Five Ways To Avoid Cardiovascular Disease
- Metabolic Poisons: Cardiovascular Disease
- Beans and Oats: Cholesterol Control
- Aspirin: Does It Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?
- Vitamin C Lowers Blood Pressure
- Does Exercise Protect From Cardiovascular Disease?
- How Does Alcohol Prevent Heart Attacks?
- Niacin and Cholesterol Levels
- Cayenne Pepper Protects From Cardiovascular Disease
- Grapes And Walnuts: Cardioprotective
- Antioxidants In Oats: Cardioprotective?
- Fish: Cardioprotective Poison?
- Five Cardioprotective Herbs
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- Can Cardiovascular Disease Be Reversed?
- High Fat Diets: Cardioprotective?
- Glucosamine: Anti-inflammatory and Cardioprotectant?
- Olive Oil For The Heart
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- Wine And Other Alcohol
- Five Misconceptions About Cardiovascular Disease
- Bear Belly Versus Sugar Belly
- Cardiovascular Disease And Inflammation
- Berry Good Protection
- Vitamin E For Cardiovascular Health
- Coenzyme Q10, Statins and Cardiovascular Disease
- Carotenoids And Heart Health
- The Acai Berry: Cardiovascular Superfood?
- Spices For Cardioprotection
- Wine: Cardioprotective. But How Much Is Too Much?
- Anthocyanins And Arteries
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- Fast Food, Weight Loss Style
- Gamma Linolenic Acid Aids Weight Loss
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- Abdominal Fat Versus Subcutaneous Fat
- Garlic: Can It Improve Body Composition?
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- Meal Preparation Aids Weight Loss
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- Methylxanthines In Tea And Coffee
- Oats cause weight loss
- Obesity Disease: Metabolic Dysfunction
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- Gain Weight To Lose Fat
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- Weight Loss Is Simple
- What Do We Mean By Weight Loss?
- Is Fibre Calorie Free?
- To Get Lean Lift Big
- Vitamin D, Iron and The Dopamine Connection
- Why Being Fat Can Seriously Damage Your Health
- The Bland Diet
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- So You Don’t Like Green Tea?
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- The Multiple Health Effects of Plant Foods
- Red Wine Versus White Wine
- When Protein Turns Bad
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- The Glycaemic Index and Disease
- Ponderings on Whey Protein Digestion
- Some Notes on Sweeteners
- Thoughts on Fibre
- Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
- Some Thoughts on Cooking Fats
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- Is Obesity a Fibre Deficiency?
- Choline, Betaine and Phosphatidylcholine: Fat Loss Trio
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Category Archives: Obesity
The Fruit Obesity Paradox
Fruit has been shown to have anti-obesity effects in humans and animals. This is paradoxical because the main sugar in most fruits, fructose, is an obesogenic compound. In fact consuming the juice of fruits has been shown to cause rapid … Continue reading
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25-Hydroxyvitamin D in the Obese
Vitamin D is an important steroid hormone in human nutrition. Vitamin D can be synthesised in the skin or consumed in the diet. Once present in the blood, vitamin D is hydroxylated to 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the liver. The circulating … Continue reading
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Energy Flux and Weight Gain
Weight gain and obesity are complex and multifactorial phenomena. There is not a single cause for weight gain, but generally a number of factors are known to contribute to its development. The development of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome … Continue reading
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More on the Fat Sugar Seesaw: alcohol
The fat sugar seesaw is a phenomenon whereby as the sugar content of the diet increases, the fat content of the diet decreases and vice versa. In other words some people consume high fat low sugar diets and some people … Continue reading
The Sugar Fat Seesaw
A reciprocal relationship between intakes of sugar and fat may exist. Such a relationship between these two macronutrients has been termed the sugar fat seesaw. The reciprocal relationship between sugar and fat is most evident when the fat and sugar … Continue reading
United States Obesity Rates Increasing, Sugar Consumption Decreasing
Consumption of sugar may be a primary driver of obesity. There is a clear metabolic pathway that shows the ability of sugar to cause the development of insulin resistance and the accumulation of body fat. Animals models and human clinical … Continue reading
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Do Food Taxes Lower Intakes of Unhealthy Foods?
Obesity is a real concern in Western nations with prevalence increasing over the last 20 years. In Australia for example, the prevalence of obesity has increased 3-fold since 1980. Obesity is a serious concern because it increases the risk of … Continue reading
Fruit Juice: Just As Bad As Soft Drinks?
Sugar sweetened soft drinks are increasingly being considered as detrimental to the health. In particular sugar sweetened soft drinks may increase insulin resistance that subsequently leads to the development of obesity. The sugar in soft drinks usually comprised of either … Continue reading
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Would A Sugar Tax Work?
Nutritionally, sugar is sucrose. Sucrose is a disaccharide consisting of fructose and glucose. Evidence suggests that high intakes of refined crystalline sucrose are detrimental to the health and a leading cause of obesity. As a result the United Kingdom government … Continue reading
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Is Sugar Addictive?
Addictions is defined as a phenomenon that required four components. Bingeing, withdrawal, craving and cross sensitization must be present in varying degrees, and these behavioural characteristics have been linked to physical changes in the neurological circuitry of the brain and … Continue reading