The Diet Diary

Neither. At least not when it comes to controlling type two diabetes.
Some studies have shown that low-fat diets are better for controlling diabetes; other find low-carb diets are better. The results keep flip-flopping.
But one factor is known to be relevant: weight loss itself results in decreased insulin resistance in patients with type […]

Deep belly fat is widely reported to be associated with increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. Consequently, researchers are trying to develop practical ways to identify which high BMI patients carry lots of deep belly fat, and which store there fat directly under their skin (or which are simply muscular.)
A variety of methods […]

A new study shows obese patients injected with pramlintide ate nearly 1,000 fewer calories per day when they injected pramlintide.
Pramllintide, a synthetic version of the human hormone amylin seems to induce satiety– or a feeling of fullness– after eating. The drug is already approved for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes. […]

We’ve all heard that muscles burn calories even when we don’t exercise. So, adding some muscle can aid weight loss. Would you like a boost that doesn’t require even more exercise?
Eat Omega-3s fatty acids!

A research team led by Carole Thivierge, from Universite Laval’s Institute of Nutraceutics and Functional Foods, has been studying the […]

News-flash: The consensus of health experts is that moderate coffee consumption is entirely ok!
I drink a lot of coffee and I always run into people who try to convince me there is something wrong with it. It turns out that health experts have been studying coffee and research shows most of the scary health […]

Extra, extra, read all about it: Maori diet of eel could help stop diabetes rise!
Evidently, health researcher Marie Benton thinks the eel diet benefits result from the high levels of omega-3 fatty acids in eel.
Do any of you have any good recipes for eel stew? Roast eel? Smoked eel?