On September 1, 2010, Dr. Mehmet Oz disclosed that he was found adenomatous polyp in a colonoscopy as he turned 50 years. Adenomatous polyp of the colon has the potential of becoming cancer. [1] Many people were shocked with this news, because they would think the doctor should not get sick, at least not from [...]
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(5) Glycosylative and pro-glycation: Glycation is one of the characteristics of sugars, in which sugars bond themselves to either protein or fat or both easily, with or without the help from enzyme. This phenomenon was first described in 1912. Glycation includes (1) glycosylation (with enzyme) and (2) glycation (without enzyme.) For example, hemoglobin A1c is [...]
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(2) Prothrombotic: While we are trying to use anti-coagulating medications such as aspirin, heparin, plavix, coumadin, and et cetera for preventing blood clotting and keeping the blood flowing inside the body, we must know hyperglycemia promotes formation of thrombus (blood clot.) Aneta Undas and her colleagues, in their study reported in 2008, affirmed that acute [...]
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Based on today’s prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the population, your body may be developing the disease before you and your doctor realize. The course of losing the mass of pancreatic beta cells is ongoing in the environment of hyperglycemia. By the time when diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is made, the mass of beta cells [...]
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Recently, Pfizer was reportedly granted by the European Union to produce chewable form of Lipitor, a cholesterol-lowering drug. The chewable Lipitor is for children who are 10 years old and over and have high levels of LDLs and triglycerides, supposedly an inherited disease or familial hypercholesterolemia. [1] In 2002, Pfizer won approval of using Lipitor [...]
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Contentious debates on dietary styles have been going on for a few decades, particularly during the recent years. Often, in the debates, these diets are referred as “low” or “high” one of the macronutrients, this article prefers “restricted” or “rich” for each macronutrient in their references. Under this premises and based on the principles of [...]
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Witnessing the rising trends in obesity and diseases of both the US and global populations, epidemiological studies have found a significant relationship between the changes in the diet of the populations and the deterioration in their health during the past 50 to 60 years. Consequently, changing the individual’s dietary style is the top priority for [...]
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In the graph of the metabolism of glucose, protein, and fat on the left, you will find all three nutrients are connected to each other in some forms and biochemical reactions. After absorbed by the small intestine, fats (triglycerids, diglycerides, momoglycerides, fatty acids, and cholesterol) are sent to fatty tissue and others where they are [...]
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Insulin resistance is a situation when the body, or more specifically, the cell, has built up resistance to the (endogenous) insulin produced by its pancreas, and cannot use the endogenous insulin for taking up and metabolizing the circulating glucose to produce energy, metabolites of glucose, glycogen, and fats. At the same time, the patient with [...]
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Since three weeks ago, when MY BLOG told you about the report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, many people including those of you who are concerned about the grave impacts on their health by these ill advices have responded by writing to the USDA and HHS, and demanding [...]
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