Archive for the 'Metabolic Syndrome' Category
Dietary fructose and the risk of metabolic diseases
Saturday, December 29th, 2012Walking vs weights for the metabolic syndrome
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012Metabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk factors that occur together and increase the risk for coronary artery disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
During the Endocrine Society meeting, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City presented the results of a comparison of aerobic training (eg, walking) vs resistance training (eg, weights). (more…)
Vegetarian diet and the risk of the metabolic syndrome
Monday, April 11th, 2011Benefits of a whole grain-enriched diet on cardiovascular risk
Monday, January 10th, 2011Effect of blueberries on the metabolic syndrome
Friday, August 6th, 2010Importance of vitamin D screening and supplementation in diabetes
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Risk from low vitamin D levels during adolescence
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Researcher from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, in Baltimore, Maryland looked at the relationship between low vitamin D levels and the risk of having the metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. (more…)
Soft drinks reportedly not a cause of obesity in children
Monday, September 17th, 2007Magnesium and the metabolic syndrome
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 Fifteen years after enrollment of more than 600 people between 18 and 30 years of age, researchers from the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago report that higher magnesium intake is associated with a lower risk of the metabolic syndrome.
The results are interesting, but what’s the action plan for the average person?
Cod protein improves insulin sensitivity
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Soft drinks and the risk of the metabolic syndrome
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 Yes, there’s an association. And it doesn’t seem to matter whether the soda pop you drink is “regular” or diet.
But can we rely on these findings? (more…)
Magnesium and the metabolic syndrome
Saturday, June 9th, 2007Transcendental meditation for heart disease
Monday, October 23rd, 2006 An article in the Archives of Internal Medicine reports that trancendental meditation (also known as TM) may alter the physiological response to stress and improve risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease. In this randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 16 weeks of TM or active control treatment (health education) resulted in improved blood pressure and insulin resistance (two components of the metabolic syndrome) among patients using TM.
A problem endemic to clinical medicine: treating the symptoms, not the cause
Monday, October 9th, 2006 Here’s a series of quotes from the October (Volume 12, 2006) editorial in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine that I think contrasts the points of view between alternative and mainstream medicine today. Is the alternative perspective too esoteric to be of practical value? Or is the mainstream approach (for chronic diabetes for example) destined to come up short? Or is the answer somewhere in the middle?
More positive data on the Mediterranean diet for impotence
Monday, August 28th, 2006Studying the effects of plant extracts on the metabolic syndrome
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 Even as researchers debate its importance, the NIH has awarded an $8 million, five-year grant to evaluate the effects of plant extracts on the metabolic syndrome. Researchers from Rutgers University and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center will grow the plants, determine their active components, and conduct clinical trials.
Here’s some background on the metabolic syndrome and the growing controversy about its relevance.