Loren Cordain is a professor at Colorado State University. He’s an expert on paleolithic lifestyles. His most recent book is the Paleo Answer. We... »
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A Diet for Reducing Cancer Treatment Side Effects
Cancer cells crave sugar and don’t do well at burning fats. So it makes sense that reducing the sugar that’s available to cancer cells might slow them down, while at the same time, improve energy for a person undergoing cancer treatments. It’s not an approach you’ll hear much about in the United States, but this [...]
A “Low Carb” Menu Plan Disaster – from a Diabetes Health Educator
My blood sugars went up near 170 the one time I ate a “low carb” meal recommended by an American Diabetes Association, acclaimed diabetes educator.
October 2005 Glucose Tolerance Test
I failed my second 2-hour glucose tolerance test. Failing two tests makes a diagnosis of diabetes even more official.
June 2005 Glucose Tolerance Test
I failed my first two-hour glucose tolerance test. This flagged me as a diabetic.
My 2010 Glucose Tolerance Test – Have I Goofed?
I may have goofed today, getting a two-hour glucose tolerance test after a weekend bout of flu.
Nutrition Think Tank – Lab Results and Report
Here is a before- and after- summary of the lab data for the 2004 Nutrition Think Tank, which was led by Dr. Ron Rosedale. Labs tests were generously donated by Esoterix Lab (now Nichols Lab, I think), and included a standard cholesterol panel plus more in-depth tests, such as for the hormones leptin and insulin. [...]
Glucose Tolerance Test – October 2005
There was more here than just a glucose test. The insulin test I paid extra to get gave everyone a lot more information. The C-Peptide test backed up the insulin test.
C-Peptide Tests 2005 & 2007
Since my C-Peptide levels are so low, how come my blood sugar levels are normal?
Glucose Tolerance Test – June 2005
I failed my first Glucose Tolerance Test . . . which means I had to take another.
Blood Tests for Diabetes – C-Peptide & Proinsulin
“Proinsulin” is a big, complicated molecule that’s sort of like a wrapper, a cap AND the powerful hormone insulin, all together. C-Peptide is a sort of little protein cap that keeps the active insulin from spilling out.