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This article is to raise awareness about why acne may be a sign of early diabetes. The Teenage Years During the teenage years, the body needs to produce more cells to grow fast. Insulin is necessary to help build-up the body. Insulin stores and uses the carbohydrates, fats, and proteins to make more cells. Insulin…
Imagine being an owner of a large plantation, and you have a servant who takes care of the farmstead. That servant obeys everything that you order. It plants, waters, and harvest whenever you tell it. Whatever you command, it does. If there is an order from you that he cannot perform, he learns and adjusts…
That dry and scaly skin patch may be psoriasis, which can be a warning sign for other conditions. Why is this article relevant? Because psoriasis affects 1-4% of the general population (125 million worldwide) A person with psoriasis is 2 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome than a person without metabolic syndrome. Having…
Reading is easy. But remembering is hard. Words and concepts may be introduced for the first time and can be a challenge to recall. The purpose of the short article today is to add more tools to your learning techniques so that you can get more out of this website or any other reading material….
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive and severely disabling disease that affects both wrists, fingers, hip, knees, and ankles. 1.3 million U.S. adults have RA. While no definite cause of RA has been found, RA is associated with body-wide inflammation, similar to metabolic syndrome (MetS). Epidemiological studies have shown that MetS can be present in…
When a medication is prescribed, reasonable questions arise like, How useful is this medicine? How does my doctor know that this drug really works? Is it worth the cost? Will it work on me? What are the side effects? Enter Numbers Needed to Treat Number Needed to Treat (NNT) is a statistical concept to represent…
Starting a bonfire with damp wood can be challenging, and it is like asking a sedentary person to start an exercise program. Where I grew up, this huge mango tree gave us lots of fruits during the summertime. I used to sweep our front yard daily to clean up the dried leaves and burn them…
This article is about how exercise stimulates the production of new brain cells, also known as neurogenesis. About 700 neurons are generated every day but that decrease as we age. Stress can hamper neurogenesis by the production of endogenous steroids. Lack of new brain cells can present as anxiety, depression, and later as neurodegenerative diseases…
Why do I need to read this? To have a better understanding of why exercise is the benchmark therapy for chronic diseases like metabolic syndrome, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Exerkines Exerkines are substances released from the skeletal muscles and other organs like the fat (adipokines), liver (hepatokines), brain (neurokines), and kidneys, (nephrokines)…
We know that food and activity can affect our health, but the city where we live can have a direct effect on our health. Recently I was in Shanghai, China to attend my daughter’s graduation. The subway system is called the Metro. The Metro is very efficient in handling thousands of people even during rush…
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common cause of joint inflammation. OA is commonly attributed to aging, overuse, and joint degeneration from increased mechanical loading of the neck, lower back, hips, knees, and feet in obesity. Recently, there is an interest in the association of OA and MetS. This makes sense, considering that there has been an…
Plasticity is the ability of a solid material to deform secondary to external stress and retain its functionality. Just like when you throw a plastic ball. It may deform as it hits the floor, but as it regains its shape in a microsecond, it bounces back in its original form. Before 1950, there was no…
Well, it is not like I see the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse around the corner. This post is about the practical use of intermittent fasting and physical fitness in disaster situations. Events like a house fire or natural calamities like blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, and a zombie apocalypse can abruptly and rudely introduce…
Why Can’t I Lose Weight?
The article, Physical Activity Correlates with Life Span, discussed the longer life expectancy associated with physical activity. The article How Does Exercise Prolong Life? Explained the different biological processes that are activated that lead to a longer life. In contrast, a sedentary lifestyle is chock full of diseases. Clinical Consequences of Inactivity: Metabolic Diseases Obesity Risk…
Published initially on HVMN by Ryan Rodal The ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting have more in common than you may believe. When combining the two practices, they may be able to synergistically work together toward common goals of fat loss and improved metabolic health. Despite the differences in the diets, they have two big similarities:…
Loose teeth may be periodontitis, and they may have Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Conversely, if someone has poorly controlled diabetes, they may have periodontitis. Periodontal disease is a disease of the mouth caused by germs that weakens the attachment of the tooth to the gums that ultimately leads to loss of teeth. Signs and symptoms…
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The article, Physical Activity Correlates with Life Span, and How Does Exercise Prolong Life? Discussed the gains from physical activity and exercise. The more intense the activity or exercise, the more health benefits you get. But how do you know what is the right intensity? The recommendations for this article is from the Department of…
There is a dose-response relationship between physical activity and length of life. The more and vigorous the movement, the longer the life. That was the topic of Physical Activity Correlates with Life Span. The more powerful the movement, the longer the life. So how does the body do that? How can movement and exercise make…
