Traditional Okinawan Diet: Sweet Potatoes
This is incredible. Almost 70% of the calories in the traditional Okinawan diet came from sweet potatoes. That according to an extensive investigation of six...
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Fructose and pancreatic cancer.
Fructose tends to be metabolized differently than glucose. Perhaps the most important difference is that fructose tends to be metabolized in the liver, while glucose...
Beneficial Role of Bitter Melon Supplementation in Obesity and Related Complications in Metabolic Syndrome
Bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) is widely used for the treatment of diabetes. Recent research reports suggest that bitter melon extracts may ameliorate high fat...
Blood Glucose Response to Cooking – Beauregard Sweet Potato.
An analysis of interaction between cooking method (steamed, baked, raw) and part (skin vs. flesh) using a comparison of means revealed that glycemic index values...
H2O2 -Induced Oxidative Stress.
Oxidative stress in living cells is defined as the imbalance between the oxidants generated by cellular respiration and metabolism, and the cell’s antioxidant defense system...
The Okinawan diet.
The Okinawa Longevity diet is plant-based: 98 percent vegetarian and 96 percent vegan. A whopping 85% carbs. Okinawans eat huge amounts of Starch, and Grain....
Bitter Gourd Tea Goya-Cha for Enhanced Fat Blocking Benefits.
Bitter melon, also known as karela or bitter gourd, is a unique fruit-vegetable that can be used as food or remedy. Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) is...
Sweet potato for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is among the most nutritious subtropical and tropical vegetables. It is also used in traditional medicine practices for type 2 diabetes...
Phytic acid.
Phytase is the enzyme that neutralizes phytic acid and liberates the phosphorus. This enzyme co-exists in plant foods that contain phytic acid. Ruminant animals such...
PHYTASE enzymes break down phytate.
WHAT IS PHYTASE AND WHAT DOES IT DO? ♦ Phytase is any type of phosphatase enzyme that breaks down phytic acid (chemicallycalled dephosphorylation, produces...