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02/11/2024

If you take young, healthy people and split them into two groups, half on a fat-rich diet and the other half on a carb-rich diet, within just two days, glucose intolerance skyrockets in the fatty diet group. In response to the same sugar water challenge, those who had been taking in a lot of fat ended up with twice the blood sugar. As the amount of fat in the diet goes up, our blood sugar spikes.

Insulin is the key that unlocks the door to our cells to let blood sugar enter and be used or stored as energy. If there was no insulin, blood sugar would be stuck out in the bloodstream, banging on the doors to our cells but unable to get inside. So, with nowhere to go, sugar levels would rise and rise. That’s what happens in type 1 diabetes: The cells in the pancreas that make insulin get destroyed, and, without insulin, sugar in the blood can’t get out of the blood and into our cells, and, therefore, blood sugar rises.

What if there’s enough insulin being produced, but the insulin doesn’t work (as in cases of type 2 diabetes)? When insulin is present, but something is gumming up the lock to open the cell wall, not allowing it to work properly, that’s called insulin resistance. Our cells become resistant to the effect of insulin.

What’s causing this? Fat in the bloodstream can build up inside our muscle cells and create toxic, fatty, breakdown products and free radicals that can block the signaling pathway process. So, no matter how much insulin we have in our blood, it isn’t able to open the glucose gates, and blood sugar levels build up.

This mechanism, by which fat (specifically saturated fat) induces insulin resistance, wasn’t known until fancy MRI techniques were developed to see what was happening inside people’s muscles as fat was infused into their bloodstream.

Insulin doesn’t work as well on a high-fat diet, like a ketogenic one. Our bodies are insulin-resistant. As the amount of fat in our diet gets lower and lower, insulin works better and better. Watch the video "What Causes Insulin Resistance?" on NutritionFacts.org to learn more: https://buff.ly/33o2uwF.

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22/10/2024

🩷 The Let’s Beat Breast Cancer campaign is an annual campaign pioneered by the Physicians Committee to show how a healthful diet and lifestyle can help reduce your breast cancer risk.

🩷 This campaign centers around four steps:

1. Choose Plant-Based Foods
2. Exercise Regularly
3. Limit Alcohol
4. Maintain a Healthy Weight

03/09/2024

Can exercise halt cognitive decline? Researchers took a group of people with mild cognitive impairment (for example, those starting to be forgetful or regularly repeating themselves) and had them engage in aerobic exercise for 45 to 60 minutes a day, four days a week, for six months, while the control group simply stretched for the same time periods.

They found that, in the control group, cognitive function appeared to continue to decline. However, the exercising group not only didn’t get worse, but they seemed to get better. The exercisers answered more test questions correctly at the end of the six month study, indicating their memory had improved. Indeed, aerobic exercise may actually reverse age-related shrinkage in the memory centers of the brain and help improve cerebral blood flow, improve memory performance, and help preserve brain tissue. Learn more at https://buff.ly/4bxi3Wm.

The Daily Dozen Checklist is a simple tool that can help you build healthful habits that include some of the healthiest of healthy foods. I recommend 90 minutes of moderate exercise or 40 minutes of vigorous exercise everyday. Learn more here: https://buff.ly/311l9nc.

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02/08/2024

We used to know fiber only for its role in bulking up stool and improving regular bowel movements. However, our understanding of fiber has expanded. Gut flora digest fiber and use it to make short-chain fatty acids, which have a number of health-promoting effects, such as inhibiting the growth of bad bacteria, increasing absorption of minerals (specifically, calcium), improving insulin sensitivity, and lowering colon cancer risk.

While fiber has a number of health benefits, some of the effects associated with the intake of dietary fiber in plants may actually be due to the presence of these polyphenols, a class of phytonutrients. So, it isn’t enough to just add a fiber supplement; we lose out on the benefits of eating the whole fruit when we just drink juice.

Watch the video "Juicing Removes More Than Just Fiber” https://buff.ly/3REZZCl and “How to Become a F***l Transplant Super Donor“ at https://buff.ly/3S7hGcH to learn more.

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23/07/2024

There is compelling evidence to recommend eating nuts at least three times a week to maximize your chances of living longer and healthier lives. Raw nuts are preferred over salted or toasted ones, and whole or chopped nuts over nut butters.

Interventional trials have shown that eating nuts improves artery function, and nuts may also improve blood sugar control, lower cholesterol, suppress inflammation, reduce oxidative stress, and feed our friendly gut flora. Watch the video "Do the Health Benefits of Peanut Butter Include Longevity?" at https://buff.ly/49SXJxL to learn more.

My Daily Dozen recommends at least one serving of nuts or other seeds every day. A quarter cup of nuts is considered a serving. Learn more about the Daily Dozen at https://buff.ly/311l9nc.

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10/07/2024

More than 1.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States each year.

The more naturally colorful your diet is, the more likely it is to have an abundance of cancer-fighting compounds. The pigments that give fruits and vegetables their bright colors—like beta-carotene in sweet potatoes or lycopene in tomatoes—help you fight cancer.

Plant foods also contain fiber, which helps remove excess hormones that could lead to breast and prostate cancer. Fiber also quickly removes waste from the digestive system, which helps prevent colorectal cancer.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and there is an urgent need for a new direction in battling this disease. That’s why the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has created materials specifically for cancer prevention and survival.

Check the comments below for a link to our digital resource on cancer!

25/06/2024

Hibiscus really shines when it comes to high blood pressure. We’re still not sure why it works, but hibiscus appears to boost nitric oxide production, which may help our arteries relax and dilate better. A review recognized that the daily consumption of hibiscus tea may indeed significantly lower blood pressures in people with hypertension.

Within an hour of drinking hibiscus tea, the antioxidant power of your bloodstream shoots up as your system absorbs the tea’s phytonutrients. It’s one of the most healthful drinks, which is why it’s included in Beverages in my Daily Dozen checklist. After drinking hibiscus tea, be sure to rinse your mouth with water to keep the natural acids from softening your tooth enamel. Given the extraordinary manganese content in hibiscus tea, I don’t recommend drinking more than a quart a day.

Watch the video “Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension” at https://buff.ly/4ainWpq to learn more.

Learn more about hibiscus tea at https://buff.ly/3xWPvS2.

For more on the Daily Dozen, see https://buff.ly/311l9nc.

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21/06/2024

Only 3 percent of Americans may reach even the recommended minimum daily intake. Fiber is found in whole, unrefined plant foods, such as beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds, fruits, and vegetables. https://buff.ly/2Qsi7wJ

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