If you are deficient in several important blood sugar regulating minerals, your body just can’t get the job done efficiently for you. There are several minerals involved in increasing insulin sensitivity, balancing insulin and glucagon, and reducing insulin resistance. The first of these minerals is chromium. “I had hopes, but was not totally convinced that [...]
These brain chemicals increase our intake of food: • endorphins, • norepinephrine (noradrenalin), • neuropeptide Y. These decrease our intake of food • cholecystokinin (CCK), • serotonin, • corticotropin releasing factor. So we are back to the idea of balance again. We need to feel hungry to keep us alive and yet we also need [...]
Vitamins and supplements (daily) Multi-vitamin-mineral formula, all natural Kelp – 5 to 10 tablets, or 2 tsp. of granules B6 – up to 100 mg. Brewer’s yeast – 2 to 3 tbsp. B-complex, with B6 and B12, high potency – 136 – Inositol- 500 mg. С – up to 1,000 mg. E -up to 600 [...]
Adolescence. It is now thought that excess hyperplasia of fat cells is possible during periods of rapid growth when all body cells proliferate. One particular stage for this is the early adolescent period, around 12-14 years of age. Adolescents who are inactive at this stage and/or eating high energy foods, may develop more fat cells [...]
De novo lipogenesis is the term used for making fat from other nutrients such as carbohydrate and alcohol. De novo lipogenesis is not thought to have a significant role in humans under normal physiological (day-to-day living) conditions. • Unlike carbohydrate and protein, fat is not finely balancec in the body. • Fat (from the diet [...]
After years of frustration, Mary Ellen O’Grady finally found a weight-loss device that works for her: the venerable doggie bag. At age 37, the Loch Arbour, New Jersey, resident noticed that even though her eating habits hadn’t changed, her waistline had expanded. Daily exercise was helping prevent serious poundage from accumulating. Still, she was roughly [...]
