Category Archives: Diabetes

Metabolic Syndrome: The Common Link Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease?

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of metabolic dysfunctions that centre on the development of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance, is a condition that occurs when the hormone insulin no longer is able to elicit cellular effects efficiently. As a result … Continue reading →

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Myo-Inositol: Little Known Carbohydrate

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Myo-inositol is a phospholipid derived 6-carbon polyalcohol, sometimes grouped with the dietary carbohydrates because of its similarity in structure to the simple sugars. Myo-inositol is one of the structural isomers of inositol and is most commonly associated with the phospholipid … Continue reading →

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Fructose and Insulin Sensitivity in Humans

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Rat studies show that feeding sucrose (table sugar) to rats can induce insulin resistance. In fact studies using intakes of sucrose equivalent to the upper range of human intakes show the development of insulin resistance in just a few weeks … Continue reading →

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Minerals: More Deficiencies, More Evidence Supplements Are Needed

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Many experts, particularly medical doctors, claim that dietary supplements of micronutrients are not necessary. It is often claimed by such experts that we ‘get all the vitamins in we need in foods and any additional nutrients simply give us expensive … Continue reading →

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Type 1 Diabetes And Vitamin D

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Robert Barrington

There are two main forms of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is thought to result from poor quality diet and too little exercise. In particular, the Western diet and Western lifestyle is thought to contribute significantly to the development of type … Continue reading →

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On the Beneficial Glycaemic Effects of Berries

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Berries show beneficial effects on blood sugar. Specifically, berries appear to lower the glucose response to a test meal. The reason for this effect is not fully understood but is thought to relate mainly to the fibre and flavonoid content … Continue reading →

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Antioxidant Supplements: More Evidence They Work

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Oxidative stress is associated with the aetiology of many of the Western lifestyle diseases such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes. Although an association does not prove a cause and effect, studies with animals and humans … Continue reading →

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Dead or Berried

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The metabolic syndrome describes a cluster of metabolic dysfunctions that result from consuming a poor quality diet. The metabolic syndrome is characterised by peripheral and central insulin resistance, non-alcoholic fatty liver, abdominal obesity, as well as lipoprotein and glucose abnormalities. … Continue reading →

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Fish Oils: The antidote To Fructose Poisoning?

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Increasingly it is being shown that refined crystalline fructose is a metabolic poison. Experiments on rats show that fructose can induce insulin resistance and detrimental changes to lipoprotein metabolism within a few weeks. Humans studies confirm that high intakes of … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D In Human Milk

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Traditionally vitamin D has been viewed as an essential nutrient necessary only for correct calcium metabolism. This is reflected in the classic vitamin D deficiency diseases of the bones including osteomalacia and rickets in adults and children, respectively. However, more … Continue reading →

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