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How To Reverse Diabetes.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The DPP is a year-long program involving multiple group coaching sessions that focuses primarily on improving: Nutrition Exercise Stress Management. However, for those who used both nutrition AND exercise as their strategy, the risk of death from any cause fell by 28% 5. All of these patients had a BMI >27. ” Diabetes.

Diabetes 101
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Physiology Friday #254: Fueling for Performance and Health: Lessons from a Recent Low-Carb vs. High-Carb Study in Athletes

Physiologically Speaking

Last week, I wrote about a new study comparing low-carb and high-carb diets for endurance performance. 1 If you want the tl;dr, here it is: After 6 weeks on either a low- or high-carb diet, athletes experienced similar performance outcomes during a time-to-exhaustion test , a result that vindicates low-carb diets once and for all.

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Physiology Friday #200: Higher Aerobic Fitness is Tied to Slower Biological Aging

Physiologically Speaking

In a new study on 144 older men, having a higher cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2 max) and muscle strength, lower levels of body fat, eating a diet higher in carbohydrates and antioxidants, and having a morning chronotype were associated with a slower rate of DNA-based biological aging. A recent study provides us with some novel insight.

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Physiology Friday #197: Do Morning Workouts Maximize the Cardiometabolic Benefits of Exercise?

Physiologically Speaking

link] Of course, diet is an important component of metabolic health, but exercise also plays an indispensable role. Not only does exercise help to maintain a healthy weight and/or promote weight loss, but it can also keep cardiometabolic risk factors in check in the absence of weight loss. A 5-minute cooldown ended each session.

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Physiology Friday #197: Do Morning Workouts Maximize the Cardiometabolic Benefits of Exercise?

Physiologically Speaking

link] Of course, diet is an important component of metabolic health, but exercise also plays an indispensable role. Not only does exercise help to maintain a healthy weight and/or promote weight loss, but it can also keep cardiometabolic risk factors in check in the absence of weight loss. A 5-minute cooldown ended each session.

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How You Can Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease Without Losing Weight.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

A study of almost 10,000 adults with obesity (BMI >30) who were evaluated for all LE8 factors and followed for over 7 years can give us some insight 1. Those with excess weight who are eating well, sleeping well and exercising on a regular basis are also likely to reduce their harmful visceral fat. Not smoking. Adequate Sleep.

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Physiology Friday #206: Is Too Much Protein Damaging to Your Arteries?

Physiologically Speaking

High-protein diets are often advocated for building muscle, losing weight, and optimizing body composition. Eating this amount of protein means your diet will comprise about 11% of calories from protein, leaving fat and carbs to fill the gaps. In simpler terms: In mice, a high-protein (and hence high-amino-acid) diet activates mTORC1.