Monounsaturated Fatty Acids Prevent the Deleterious Effects of Palmitate and High Glucose on Human Pancreatic Beta-Cell Turnover and Function. This article finds that monounsaturated fatty acids (i.e. olive oil, nuts, avacodos…) not only protected the beta cells of the pancreas (the cells that produce insulin) from damage, but also increased their proliferation. This would make […]
What to Do About the Metabolic Syndrome? This one still eludes me. We are talking about a condition (hyperinsulinemia) that is estimated to be as high as 25% of the population and has a major impact on blood pressure, risk of CVD, diabetes, obesity, certain types of cancer, etc.. and yet it still is practically […]
Arterial Stiffness Increases With Deteriorating Glucose Tolerance Status. More and more evidence is mounting for the contribution that insulin resistance plays in vascular dynamics, both directly and indirectly. Insulin resistance slows the breakdown of ADMA levels, thus blocking nitric oxide’s vasodilatory effects. Hyperinsulinemia lowers contractility of blood vessels. Insulin resistance increases homocysteine levels which then […]
Glucose Linked to Increased Free Radical Production in Leukocytes Remember that impaired insulin sensitivity (insulin loses its effectiveness to get glucose out of the bloodstream and into cells) have been shown to be involved in almost every disease known to man. This may be one route by which this has its damaging effects. J Clin […]
Insulin and gall stones Well, I think with the link to gall stones, that pretty much implicates insulin as a conspiratory in just about all diseases known to man. I remember a “discussion” with a woman representing the American Diabetic Association at a health event. She say no problem eating processed sugars because she could […]
