Get it? Blood sugar!
In our previous two posts, we took a high-level look at the hormonal effects of fasting, along with some of the benefits of these hormonal changes. Today, we’ll take a quick look at the effects on inflammation and blood.
Inflammation
Inflammation comes in many forms. It might be something you feel [...]
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Last week, we discussed how to incorporate a bit of the drink into your healthful diet. One of the key takeaways from that discussion was “moderation.” That is to say, a little bit of alcohol isn’t harmful and is possibly even beneficial, but once you cross a threshold of 1 [...]
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Here’s something from a few weeks ago: Increased glucose level is a strong risk factor for colorectal cancer (study abstract)
In particular, study subjects who had even modestly impaired fasting glucose (an early sign of insulin resistance, itself a precursor of diabetes) had an especially large increased risk of recurrence of the types of polyps that [...]
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Swedish Study Shows More Cancer in People With Higher Blood Sugar, Regardless of Diabetes
But when researchers looked at specific types of cancer, they found that both men and women with the highest blood sugar levels were more likely to have pancreatic cancer, urinary tract cancer, and malignant melanoma (the most deadly type of skin cancer) [...]
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New fat, same old problem with an added twist?
Study shows a new fat replacement for trans fat raises blood sugar in humans
One day we may learn that we cannot best that which Mother Nature has provided us. Whether through divine intervention, evolution, or some combination of the above, that which is found in nature [...]
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