Although the death rate from coronary heart disease (CHD) has declined rapidly during the last few decades, CHD remains the most common cause of death in most countries around the world. The reduction in death rate is partly due to fewer people being diagnosed with CHD and partly due to a better prognosis of those […]
Grain Brain – Take It With a Grain of Salt
During the last couple of decades Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia have become increasingly common. Today it is estimated that about 34 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease worldwide and the number is increasing rapidly. It is expected that the number of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease will triple over the next forty years. Therefore, preventing or reducing […]
Low Carb Diets and Heart Disease – What Are We Afraid of?
I find it extraordinary how carbohydrate restriction is repeatedly rejected by the medical community as an alternative approach for obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in many countries around the world. Diabetes and other obesity related disorders have become increasingly common. Public health organizations and medical societies usually […]
What Is the Best Diet for Type 2 Diabetes?
An interesting scientific paper on the efficacy of different dietary approaches in type 2 diabetes recently caught my eye. The study has not received much media coverage although it certainly addresses a question of importance to millions of people worldwide. More than 20 million people in the US have type 2 diabetes. According to the […]
Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks and Risk of Diabetes
Diabetes is an increasing health problem worldwide. Approximately 11.3 percent of US adults have type-2 diabetes. Keeping in mind that diabetes is such a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease, it is likely that the burden of heart disease and stroke in our community will increase in the near future. Therefore, in order to imply preventive […]
Metabolic Syndrome and Health – Does Healthy Obesity Exist?
Does healthy obesity exist? We tend to believe so. If metabolic function is normal and cardiovascular risk factors are absent, people with obesity are not at increased risk for heart disease, and may live as long as any. However, this belief has been challenged by a recently published paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers […]
Rice and Shine
Rice and shine! A recent article published in the British Journal of Medicine may be a wake up call on the effects of high consumption of carbohydrates on health and disease. This time it is not about simple, processed carbohydrates but complex carbohydrates in the form of starch. Hopefully these new scientific data will help us better understand […]