|
|
Recent Articles
-
Roger's Progress, Part 3
(in: Testimonials)
Aug 27, 2010
-
This is the final part of Roger's one year experience with Evolutionary Fitness. It highlights his personal experiments within the general model.
-
Are WW and I different from most 70+ year-olds?
(in: About Us)
Aug 25, 2010
-
It seems we are. Maybe its luck or genes, but I think it is the way we live.
-
Roger's progress, part 2
(in: Testimonials)
Aug 24, 2010
-
In the year he has been on EF, his lipid markers improved dramatically. He overtrained, like everyone does when they first begin EF. It takes time to "get it" when you come from an athletic background.
-
Roger's progress
(in: Starting EF)
Aug 23, 2010
-
From far away Brazil comes this report from Roger and his experience with EF over the course of one year. It is pretty detailed, so I will post his report, which is very thorough (with graphs even) and enlightening, in several parts.
-
Diabetes, part 1: endogenous and endogenous management of glucose
(in: Metabolism)
Aug 23, 2010
-
I think the most basic point in understanding diabetes is in recognizing that blood glucose is managed from inside when a person has healthy metabolism---the liver, the brain and tissue insulin sensitivity use a feeback system to maintain blood glucose in a stable range.
When a person's metabolism is damaged, glucose (and fatty acids) are no longer stabilized in a healthy range by internal control mechanisms. A type 2 diabetic who is injecting insulin and ingesting carbohydrate is no longer relying on that internal system. He or she is trying to control blood glucose from the outside. Exogenous control, managing inputs from the outside to effect an inside variable, can never be as effective as endogenous controls, which rely on the instantaineous levels of variables and feedback loops to stabilize blood glucose.
-
Activegenomics
(in: Gene Expression)
Aug 23, 2010
-
We have nutrigenomics---the study of the effect of nutrients on gene expression---and metabolomics---the study of the whole of the metabolic activators circulating in the body. The idea of functional food or nutraceuticals comes from these areas of study. They are not close yet to achieving the level of knowledge required to fulfill the ideal of prescribing nutraceuticals since they have only partial maps of the genetic pathways and the combinatorial aspects of the gene/nutrient interactions, but some sensible warnings, particularly regarding excessive nutrient intakes in childern have been established.
I want to coin a name---activegenomis---for the next field in the study of gene expression and epigenetic factors. Activegenomics studies the full range of alterations in gene expression caused by activity. That is the only way one can seriously address the contemporary problem of how the evolutionarily stable active genotype can promote a healthy expression of that genotype in a world where being inactive does not threaten survival.
-
Upcoming Diabetes Discussion
(in: Diabetes)
Aug 22, 2010
-
I played golf with a guy who has type 2 diabetes. He had 2 episodes of low glucose during the round. Why? He had taken extra insulin to "cover" the dinner and lemon cake he had he night before. Yet, even though his pancreas still produces insulin, he does not know what his fasting insulin is. Insulin injections make his insulin resistance worse. How is he ever going to improve by going down that path?
-
Some Pictures
(in: Photo Album)
Aug 20, 2010
-
I had some photos taken to promote my book, The New Evolution Diet.
-
Whole Grains
Aug 18, 2010
-
Most diets recommend that you eat whole grains. But, what does whole grain mean? And, is whole grain really better than processed grain?
-
A Couple of Entries from the Glossary in my Book
(in: Uncertainty)
Aug 14, 2010
-
Do you know what a complex carbohydrate is or what the phrase "clinically proven" means? Advertisers don't. Dieticians don't either. Here are the definitions I give in The New Evolution Diet.
|