by Michael O'Neill | Oct 20, 2012 | exercise
Seems like our presumption that a calorie-reduction diet and an exercise regimen is the cure for all that ails us hit another snag recently. From the New York Times: A large federal study of whether diet and weight loss can prevent heart attacks and strokes in...
by Michael O'Neill | Oct 5, 2012 | research
In a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine today, researchers updated us on the results of the famed Dietary Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial (DIRECT) study (link in references below). If you don’t remember, the DIRECT study tested a...
by Michael O'Neill | Oct 3, 2012 | research
I’ve seen a few mentions of some new research coming out in the October issue of Nutrition regarding the beneficial effects of low carb and very low carb ketogenic diets for the treatment of type 2 diabetics. Unfortunately, the main article is behind a paywall,...
by Michael O'Neill | Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Doctor David Nash has a nice little post over on KevinMD where he recounts a personal story about how he was diagnosed with prediabetes despite following a “healthy” diet where he “avoided fatty foods”, “ate fruits and vegetables...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 31, 2012 | research
OK, so if you have been paying attention at all over the last decade, you’ll know that this IS NOT news. It’s something we’ve known for years. But still, if we’re going to change the understanding of our doctors, nutritionists and dietitians...
