Author: Philip Archer
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Gluten-free diet reduces risk of type 1 diabetes
Featured Research from universities, journals, and other organizations Gluten-free diet reduces risk of type 1 diabetes in mice Date: May 8, 2014 Source: University of Copenhagen Summary: New experiments on mice show that mouse mothers can protect their pups from developing type 1 diabetes by eating a gluten-free diet. According to preliminary studies by researchers,…
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Causes of Diabetes – High Iron
You can go to this sites to find out more: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hemochromatosis/symptoms-causes/dxc-20167290 https://med.virginia.edu/ginutrition/wp-content/uploads/sites/199/2014/04/Hemochromatosis-12.23.14.pdf Here is some info: Symptoms What are the Symptoms? Symptoms are due to high serum ferritin levels (1000 to 10,000) in the body. For symptoms to occur, there must be elevated ferritin levels in the blood if not, no symptoms will appear. However,…
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Jerusalem Artichoke
In 2002 voted the best soup vegetable at the Nice Festival of French Cuisine. They are 10% protein, contain no oil and are very low in starch. They are rich in inulin, a carbohydrate of the monosaccharide fructose. Many experts promote them as a healthy choice for type 2 diabetics. They go well in steamed…
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Winter Garden
Winter is far from a quiet time in my garden. There are many jobs to be done. Some are needed to keep the kitchen busy now and many for the future. After the first good hard frost, which tradition dictates in my temperate climate, to be ANZAC day is the time put the long johns…
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Low GI Honey
A Preliminary Assessment of the Glycemic Index of Honey A report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation by Dr Jayashree Arcot and Prof Jennie Brand-Miller RIRDC Contact Details Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Level 1, AMA House 42 Macquarie Street BARTON 2600 PO Box 4776 KINGSTON 2604 Phone: 02…
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Brown Fat
Brown Fat, Triggered by Cold or Exercise, May Yield a Key to Weight Control By GINA KOLATA Published: January 24, 2012 Fat people have less than thin people. Older people have less than younger people. Men have less than younger women. Related Phys Ed: Exercise Hormone May Fight Obesity and Diabetes (January 11, 2012)…
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Two Serious Studies Regarding Omega-3 Chickens
Tex”s Highlights From The Following Reports. 1. One consideration in the use of fish oil as the n-3 fatty acid source is its off flavour in bird. Omega-3 chickens have a slight fishy taste that can put some people off eating these chickens. That is one reason that I have been told that my chickens…
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Omega-3 Pork
I present here 2 studies to producer Omega 3 pork:- Using Flax seeds Genetic modification using a gene from the roundworm, Caenorhabditis elegans. Studies in Canada have successfully produced Omega 3 pork by feeding pigs a diet containing 10% flex seeds. (Note, that similar studies with chickens in Australia has demonstrated that seeds may lose…
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Which fish should I eat?
Fat content of seafood groups is broadly outlined in the table below. Fish are unique because they tend to be higher in long chain polyunsaturated fats than most land animals. A variety of fish can be included in the diet, with some restrictions placed on crustaceans because of their high cholesterol content. Type of…
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Foods Rich In Omega 3
Food Rich in Omega-3 Food Rich in Omega-6 Food Rich in Omega-9 Cold-water fish e.g.;-salmon,tuna,mackerel, herring, Halibut. Sardines Fatty Fish anchovies, cod, halibut, mackerel, herring, lake trout, albacore tuna Fin Fish whiting, barramundi, trevalla, flake, flounder snapper Nuts Walnuts, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, pecans, macadamia nuts, pistachios peanuts cashews, …