"The great irony is that people assumed up until the 1970s that complex carbohydrates were a slow-digesting, low glycemic index food.  But when this theory was put to the test, it was food that amylopectin (one of the two major consistuents of…"

"First, if you do the Cousins plan, please do not have this girl cut her calories.  Gabriel significantly cut the calories that those people ate like by 40% for a week, and that can be EXTREMELY dangerous for a type I diabetic and result in diabetic…"

"Alexandra, 

On a molecular level, as you say, the formula can be written as (COO-)_2.  So what this means is that the negative charges on the strongly electronegative oxygen form a pair of arms that can bind positively charged minerals in the…"

"Hi Sam,

The Adequate Intake (AI; analogous to the RDA) for potassium is 4700 mg for adult men and women.  

In terms of toxicity, there is no Tolerable Upper Limit (UL) for potassium, meaning there isn't enough evidence to determine the toxicity…"

Hey,Does anyone know what is the music on the Costa Rica Walking video?  http://foodnsport.com/video/NeedAHealthyVacationThisWinter-NL.php?u... music is…

"Just to add, I don't think that everyone was saying that a high-fat diet and only a high-fat diet causes diabetes--at least, that's not the way I interpreted it.  :)  It's just that a high-fat diet is a strong risk factor, whereas a low-fat diet is…"

"And some recent papers just to whet your appetite on the connection between high-fat diets and diabetes (insulin resistance):

High fat diet induces central obesity, insulin resistance and microvascular dysfunction in hamsters…"

"Do you know what scientists feed rats when they want to give them diabetes?  High-fat diets.  Typical percentages are ~ 50%.  Just look it up in the scientific literature.  

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

Just type in…"

"Yeah, I agree.  When people like David Wolfe or others put her on a pedestal and proclaim that she has turned backed the clock and looks amazing for her age, that's when I feel that it's unfair and misleading not to come out and say that actually…"

"Just to add to the great stuff that Beverley mentioned, in addition to ROS...it's also things like IGF-1 and even body temperature.  There appear to be multiple effector systems, so the answer is that we don't understand the whole picture yet."