by PrevMedHealth | Mar 29, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes, Supplements
In this week’s blog, we will talk about ghrelin: the hunger hormone, a fascinating topic raised for me by Jenny Ruhl in the book “Diet 101”. Multiple hormones change our perception of hunger and appetite. The stomach produces ghrelin. When the...
by PrevMedHealth | Mar 22, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Supplements
Click here to learn more This week’s blog is about the plant-based diet. Diet is by far the most important driver of health. & yet the scientific evidence is confusing. So the debates about diet are endless. The balance of macronutrients (low fat vs. low...
by PrevMedHealth | Feb 14, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes, Supplements
This blog explores an exciting new topic: new risk factors for type 2 diabetes. A recent new Sweden-based study in the journal “Diabetologia” has identified 19 risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Even though researchers have widely studied diabetes, further...
by PrevMedHealth | Jan 18, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Supplements
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed significant issues with the AIM-HIGH trial and how the results found there can be misinterpreted; this time, we will talk about the involvement of pharmaceutical companies and how research influenced the creation of new...
by PrevMedHealth | Jan 11, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Supplements
In part one of this series, we briefly described the conclusions of the AIM-HIGH study and how it impacted the opinion of health care professionals regarding the use of niacin; this time, we are going into the details of the AIM-HIGH study. At that time, doctors used...
by PrevMedHealth | Jan 3, 2022 | Inflammation, Prediabetes & Diabetes, Supplements
Today, we will talk about exciting research from the Advanced Study on Omega 3s; it has recently raised interest. Let’s get to it; this was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on August 28, 2018, under the title “Effects of Aspirin for Primary...
