Insulin resistance over time leads to an increased risk of diabetes. High carbohydrate intake leads to insulin resistance. Is there a connection that indicates removing carbs from your diet might allow full recovery for a person with diabetes? A recent … Continue reading
AGE stands for Advanced Glycation End products. These end products affect every area of your body and do severe damage to your health. AGEs are formed inside our bodies and in some cooking processes. Advanced Glycation End products https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/advanced-glycation-end-product Glycation … Continue reading
Weight loss can be tricky on a good day. Carbohydrate absorption is an option to consider for weight loss. Eating excessive amounts of carbohydrates, particularly those with a high glycemic index, causes an insulin spike in the body. This increased … Continue reading
Human growth hormone (HGH) is responsible for controlling our growth and longevity. We make less every year as we age. Fasting is the easiest way to increase HGH. The longer the fast, the more HGH is produced. One action to … Continue reading
How many times have you exercised and had a beer, or other alcoholic beverage, immediately afterward? I have – many times. In some of the running clubs I have belonged to, it was tradition to have a beer (or two) … Continue reading
Intermittent fasting seems like a long journey between meals. Intermittent fasting requires fasting for twelve to eighteen hours between meals daily. I fast daily for at least sixteen hours. I just finished 87 hours of prolonged fasting. I drank only water, … Continue reading
HealthDay News reported today that 23 million American adults have diabetes. That is nearly 8% and growing annually. 21 million have type 2. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder. The body does not produce insulin to meet the body’s … Continue reading
True or False – Fats are bad for your health. Avoid them at all costs. That’s why you see so many ‘fat-free’, ‘reduced-fat’, ‘very low fat’ products. In fact, a recent check using the search term ‘fat-free’ gave me an … Continue reading
The homilist at church today made a remark that I thought could produce and interesting article. He said, “Religion is easy, faith is hard.” Easy is in the eye of the beholder, most of the time. Some people think running a … Continue reading
I spoke at a networking meeting yesterday on longevity. I presented two major causes of aging and what can be done to accelerate or decelerate the aging processes. Questions covered aging and other aspects of health and wellness. One question … Continue reading