Category: Diabetes

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Formula for Childhood Obesity

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Feeding infants cow’s milk formula may adversely alter metabolic programming. So what’s The Best Baby Formula? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-baby-formula/) Click on the link and find out!...

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Diabetes as a Disease of Fat Toxicity

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The “twin vicious cycles” explain how the build-up of fat in the cells of our muscles, liver, and pancreas causes type 2 diabetes, which...

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How Much Fruit is Too Much Fruit?

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Cutting down on sugary foods may be easier said than done (see Are Sugary Foods Addictive? http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-sugary-foods-addictive/) but it’s worth it. This video is...

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Can Oatmeal Help Fatty Liver Disease?

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Is whole grain consumption just a marker for healthier behaviors or do whole grains have direct health benefits? What about oatmeal and the ravages...

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If White Rice is Linked to Diabetes, What About China?

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Protein consumption can exacerbate the insulin spike from high glycemic foods. This one is a little twisty and might require a second watch or...

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Plant-Based Workplace Intervention

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Employee wellness programs may help boost the corporate bottom-line. I detailed the pilot study that started it all in Slimming the Gecko (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/slimming-the-gecko-2/). Imagine...

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Lipotoxicity: How Saturated Fat Raises Blood Sugar

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The reason those eating plant-based diets have less fat buildup in their muscle cells and less insulin resistance may be because saturated fats appear...

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What Causes Insulin Resistance?

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on “intramyocellular lipid,” the buildup of fat inside our muscle...

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The Spillover Effect Links Obesity to Diabetes

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Being obese may result in as much insulin resistance as eating a high fat diet. What does “gum up the insulin receptor pathway” mean?...

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Plant-Based Diets and Diabetes

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: We’ve known for a half century that plant-based diets are associated with lower diabetes risk, but how low does one have to optimally go...

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Paleo Diets May Negate Benefits of Exercise

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The deleterious effects of a Paleolithic diet appear to undermine the positive effects of a Crossfit-based high-intensity circuit training exercise program. I touched on...

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Chicken Big: Poultry and Obesity

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Chicken consumption is associated with more weight gain than other meat. The prior video that compared different types of meat and found meat consumption...