Research & Science

Should I Stop Eating Erythritol?

Should I Stop Eating Erythritol

Should I Stop Eating Erythritol? The artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk. Commentary by Dana Carpender. For those of you who are shaking your heads in puzzlement, let me first explain: on February 27, 2023, a medical journal article (Nature Medicine) regarding erythritol was published online alerting the world that the use of erythritol sweetener could be damaging to our health. Dana Carpender provides her perspective on it.

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Biohackers With Diabetes Are Making Their Own Insulin: Meet the Good Guys

Biohackers With Diabetes Are Making Their Own Insulin

The Open Insulin Project, a biohacker collective that is trying to produce the life-saving drug and provide it to people with diabetes for free, or close to it. Diabetes has become the most expensive disease in the United States, The Open Insulin Project believes one solution to the pricing crisis lies in enabling patients and hospitals to create insulin themselves. 

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Can Workplace Bullying & Violence be Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes?

Can Workplace Bullying & Violence be a risk factors for type 2 diabetes?

A multi-cohort study with meta-analysis was conducted to examine whether employees exposed to social stressors at work, such as workplace bullying and violence, have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The study included 45,905 men and women (40–65 years old and not diabetes at the start of the study) from four studies conducted in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

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Natural Breast Care: Putting Your Health in Your Hands

When it comes to breast health, a lot of emphasis is put on cancer treatment. Words like "survivor" and "early detection" are common this time of year. What is discussed less frequently is prevention. The World Cancer Research Fund estimates that 38% of breast cancer in the United States could be prevented with diet, physical exercise, and weight management.

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5 ‘Heart-Healthy’ Products That Are Damaging Your Health

5 un-heart healthy products Statin Drugs/Red Yeast Rice/Niacin/Plant Sterols

Think about the myriad of images that pop into your head whenever you hear the simple yet overused phrase “heart-healthy.” We see this wording plastered across the packaging of so many products these days that it seems consumers appreciate that they are being marketed foods and other products that will ostensibly help keep their cardiovascular health in tip-top shape. The 5 top products/foods being marketed as 'heart-healthy" where there is proof that they actually are not.

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5 Health Markers That Matter More Than Total Cholesterol And LDL-C

Cholesterol Clarity

So if it’s not total cholesterol and LDL-C that matter the most on your cholesterol panel, then what does matter? Jimmy Moore explains the 5 key health markers everyone who is concerned about their heart health should pay attention to - these matter more than total cholesterol and LDL-C.

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Low-Carb Strategies That Will Lead to Long-Term Success

Low-Carb Strategies That Will Lead to Long-Term Success

Those of us learning to manage weight don’t want to begin the New Year unhappy and disgusted with ourselves again. Jackie Eberstein gives you some insight into stabilizing your metabolism, unlearning the old habits that have thwarted your success in the past, and new short-term low carb strategies that will lead to long-term success.

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