Running on Empty
In 1971, a 27-year-old, 456-pound man went to the University of Dundee’s department of medicine in Scotland looking for help. Patient A.B., as doctors referred...
Ketogenic Diet
Branched-chain amino acids in metabolic signalling and insulin resistance
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are important nutrient signals that have direct and indirect effects. Frequently, BCAAs have been reported to mediate antiobesity effects, especially in...
Ketogenic Diets Have “Profound Effect on Brain Function,” Studies Find
Image: ketodietapp.com by DEREK BERES Ketogenic diets are this year’s weight-loss silver bullet. While we should approach every diet with a healthy dose of skepticism, the more...
Глюкагон, инсулин, глюкоза и развитие диабета 2 типа
при диабете повышен уровень глюкозы не потому что инсулин не действует, но также и главным образом потому, что глюкагон слишком высок. Идея заключается в том,...
Fasting Mimicking Diet Restores Insulin Production in Pancreatic Islets from People with T1D and in Mice Models of Type 1 and 2 Diabetes (T1D and T2D)
New research by a group of scientists at the University of Southern California led by Dr. Valter Longo tested a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) for...
FGF21 – a liver hormone linking sugar cravings and cardiovascular disease.
On Christmas Eve the media carried reports that scientists had identified a hormone, produced by the liver, that switches off sugar cravings, and which might...
Top 10 Natural Cancer Treatments
Cancer may arise from numerous physical problems including the lack of oxygen to cells, a weakened immune system, excessive acidity and the toxic accumulation of...
Dysfunctional mitochondrial bioenergetics and the pathogenesis of hepatic disorders
Mitochondrial ROS Production and Defense Estimates indicate that approximately 0.2–0.5% of the oxygen consumed by the mitochondrion is converted into ROS, a number that is...
Препараты, которые воздействуют на различные механизмы старения
1) Известно, что старение характеризуется накоплением “клеточного мусора” (неправильно свернутых белков, дефектных митохондрий и т. д.). За удаление внутриклеточного мусора отвечает особый механизм – аутофагия....
Кофе с жирами полезно.
Для приготовления полезного напитка подойдет слабо обжаренный кофе, не должно быть подгоревших зерен. Не стоит размалывать кофе впрок, так как при хранении он будет терять...