Posts Tagged ‘insulin’
Build Your Muscles to Boost Insulin Response!
Increasing lean muscle mass—already known to be important to fight frailty with aging (a condition called sarcopenia)—may also help protect against diabetes. A new study reports that every additional 10% of skeletal muscle mass was associated with an 11% reduction in insulin resistance and a 12% lower risk of transitional, prediabetes or diabetes. “While we…
Read MoreL-Carnitine Lowers Blood Sugar Levels!
L-Carnitine is an amino acid that is naturally produced in the body and plays a vital role in the metabolism of fat. It functions as a transporter of fatty acids into the mitochondria. L-carnitine helps the body produce energy. Premature infants and some adults cannot make L-carnitine in sufficient amounts, which necessitates supplementation. L-carnitine is…
Read MoreA low carbohydrate, high protein diet slows tumor growth and prevents cancer initiation!
Since cancer cells depend on glucose more than normal cells, we compared the effects of low carbohydrate (CHO) diets to a Western diet on the growth rate of tumors in mice. To avoid caloric restriction-induced effects, we designed the low CHO diets isocaloric with the Western diet by increasing protein rather than fat levels because…
Read MoreL-carnitine Shows Blood Sugar Benefits! Diabetics Must Read!
I personally take 1 Gram of L-Carnitine (Carnipure) (as L-Carnitine L-Tartrate) 3 time per day on an empty stomach. This will make a world of difference in your fat metabolism and blood sugar regulation. If you are interested, send me a message and I will let you in on my full regime of daily supplements. …
Read MoreThe #1 Thing That 26 Million Americans Have In Common…..Diabetes!
The CDC says about 26 million adult Americans have diabetes and that 79 million more have prediabetes, a condition that raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Prediabetes is a condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not so high as to result in a diagnosis…
Read MoreIs White Bread Making You FAT? The Answer is YES!
Exercise won’t offset the waist-inflating effect of white bread, according to a new studying in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Among exercisers, those who ate refined grains daily had 12 percent more visceral fat – the most dangerous kind – than those who consumed less of the processed product. The researchers also found that…
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