by Paul Mabry MD | Dec 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Here’s the bottom line. The Incretin hormones Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) and Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) are secreted by cells in the intestinal tract in response to what we eat. Fat stimulates them much more strongly than protein or carbohydrate...
by Paul Mabry MD | Dec 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Researchers at Bethel University in Pennsylvania just completed a 10 week study of 30 adults with the metabolic syndrome. As justification for the study they noted: “Metabolic syndrome and the etiology of deranged metabolic pathways dramatically increase the...
by Paul Mabry MD | Dec 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
A Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 is the most widely accepted definition of obesity although a person may have a BMI of 25 and have a very low % body fat if they are muscular. Still in general it is a good estimation and it turns out as thr above illustration shows 1 out...
by Paul Mabry MD | Dec 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
As I explained in my post on the Worldwide Epidemic of obesity and diabetes known as the Metabolic Syndrome, high sugar intake, usually 10 lbs per year or more is associated with development of the metabolic syndrome. Once someone develops the Metabolic Syndrome they...
by Paul Mabry MD | Nov 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Many vegans and vegetarians will point to an article in the Lancet from 2013 entitled “Atherosclerosis across 4000 years of human history: the Horus study of four ancient populations” as proof that ancient peoples who ate a diet high in meat developed...
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