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The Body Fat Setpoint

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One pound of human fat contains about 3,500 calories. That represents roughly 40 slices of toast. So if you were to eat one extra slice of...

Rabbits on a High-Saturated Fat Diet Without Added Cholesterol

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I just saw another study that supports my previous post Animal Models of Atherosclerosis: LDL . The hypothesis is that in the absence of ex...

What's the Ideal Fasting Insulin Level?

thumbnail [2013 update.  I'm leaving this post up for informational purposes, but I think it's difficult to determine the "ideal" in...

The Dirty Little Secret of the Diet-Heart Hypothesis

thumbnail The diet-heart hypothesis is the idea that saturated fat, and in some versions cholesterol, raises blood cholesterol and contributes to the ...

Butyric Acid: an Ancient Controller of Metabolism, Inflammation and Stress Resistance?

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An Interesting Finding Susceptible strains of rodents fed high-fat diets overeat, gain fat and become profoundly insulin resistant. Dr. Jia...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IX

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A Summary For those who didn't want to wade through the entire nerd safari, I offer a simple summary. Our ancestors had straight teeth, ...