Fiber, Fish Oil & Exercise Boost Adiponectin

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Adiponectin, like leptin, is a hormone secreted from your white adipose tissue. It is a powerful hormone that regulates insulin function and reduces inflammation in your circulatory system. As your weight goes up your adiponectin goes down, making you more at risk for insulin resistance, continued weight gain, risk for type 2 diabetes, and increased amounts of cardiovascular inflammation. While a variety of nutrients have been shown to support healthy levels of adiponectin, a new study points out that the basics of increased fiber, fish oil intake, and regular exercise all help raise your adiponectin levels. 

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B12 Deficiency During Pregnancy Increases Risk for Insulin Resistance in Child

Wednesday, October 12, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

The importance of folic acid during pregnancy is well known. The adequacy of vitamin B12 during pregnancy is also quite important, as vitamin B12 is needed for nervous system health as well as the proper assembly of proteins that make up the physical body of the child. Compromised B12 status during pregnancy is now related to an increased risk for insulin resistance, and thus obesity, in one’s child.

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Overeating Moms Program Their Children for Future Obesity

Tuesday, October 11, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

A rather sobering animal study drives home the point that mothers eating too much food prior to and during pregnancy program the physiology of the offspring to be obese even before the child has had anything to eat! The study shows that offspring subjected to a mother’s dietary abuse have higher body fat and smaller livers—factors that set the stage for compromised metabolism and an easy path to obesity.

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How Blood Sugar Levels Influence Food Cravings

Tuesday, October 11, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Of course you know what a good diet is and what you are supposed to be eating. And then along comes one of the nasty cravings for your favorite excess-calorie food and just as sure as the sun follows darkness, your diet will now have to start tomorrow. How did this happen? Could it be that your willpower is just incredibly weak? Or is it a more sinister plot, one involving survival gone wrong?

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Tocotrienols Can Help the Metabolic Syndrome

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

The metabolic syndrome is now an epidemic in America and people with this problem will overwhelm the health care system in the coming months and years. Researchers are now advocating that tocotrienols can help correct this problem by naturally addressing virtually every aspect of the problem.

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