Fasting for 24 hours . . . helps patients with cardiovascular problems

Fasting for 24 hours once per month helps patients with cardiovascular problems live longer, study suggests https://t.co/CYwvALbAOc

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) November 18, 2019

THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS NOT THE BEST IN THE WORLD

How health care in the U.S. compares to the world https://t.co/ZXsEUgYTMa pic.twitter.com/clfTZq4FE0

— Axios (@axios) November 7, 2019

Vitamin D deficiency linked to muscle weakness in older adults

Vitamin D deficiency linked to muscle weakness in older adults @Daniel_Kudro https://t.co/T0pYdXKiT3 via @upi

— Ian Weissman, DO (@DrIanWeissman) November 7, 2019 

This interview of Dr. Robyn Balden, a vitamin D expert, was excellent.  She talks about the role that vitamin D plays on the brain, on overall health, on immunity, aging, and other situations.  She also discusses what the limits of vitamin D are, how much people should be taking when they first start, and other scenarios.  It's not that long.  Give it a listen.  I call it a must-listen because she covers points I hadn't heard of before in a very short time.  Saving me time.  I like that.  

The average American eats 17 teaspoons of added sugar daily. It’s killing us.

The average American eats 17 teaspoons of added sugar daily. It’s killing us.  https://t.co/G96TClEdZb

— The Guardian (@guardian) November 7, 2019

Removing fat from foods required substituting it with something else. In most cases, manufacturers chose sugar. Now, added sugar is all but impossible to escape in processed foods, which account for 58% of the average American’s daily calories. Whether you’re knowingly munching on a death-dealing candy bar like me (three teaspoons of sugar) or unwittingly adding canned sauce to your homemade pasta (also three teaspoons, only half of it from the tomatoes), it’s glucose all the way down. 

ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES FROM PROLONGED SITTING, LIKE NEGATIVE CARDIOMETABOLIC, I.E., TYPE TWO DIABETES

Who's affected?  Office workers, truck drivers, and others.  

Office workers [truck drivers, couriers, delivery personnel] are exposed to high levels of sedentary time. In addition to cardio-vascular and metabolic health risks, this sedentary time may have musculoskeletal and/or cognitive impacts on office workers.

Cognitive effects of prolonged sitting.  What are they?

low back angle changed towards less lordosis, pelvis movement increased, and mental state deteriorated. 

Metabolic disorders also can result, things like diabetes.  This is serious stuff and not to be trifled with.  

A rapidly increasing body of evidence supports an association between sedentary behaviour and the risk of adverse health outcomes [1]. These include negative cardiometabolic outcomes such as type two diabetes [2], and some cancers [3]. In addition there is epidemiological evidence of increased risk of premature mortality [4,5] and obesity [6] however this is inconclusive.

Prolonged sitting interferes with insulin sensitivity.  

During sitting, muscular passivity increases insulin resistance and influences the transport and oxidation of fatty acids in muscular tissue, and acute exercise is not sufficient to restore all changes. Accordingly, adequate everyday physical activity seems to be important for maintaining the signaling pathways affecting insulin sensitivity.

Musculoskeletal effects of prolonged sitting.  

How does one repair the damage? 

breaks to interrupt prolonged sitting are recommended. 

In other words, get up and walk around.  

HOW TO IMPROVE INSULIN SENSITIVITY?  

Resveratrol to start.  Also, try Butyrate.  

Bill Sardi points out that 

Of note, the combination of leucine + low-dose resveratrol exhibits synergistic action to manage insulin-resistance and obesity in lab animals.[xxxi] 

Polyphenols is one way to go.  Cranberry is one kind. 

Cranberry extract has been found to increase the population of AKK bacteria in lab animals and exert beneficial effects such as reduced insulin resistance and inflammation.[xxvii]

Starch, too, looks like a remedy for waist size.  

In a human study among adults with metabolic syndrome (obesity, insulin resistance) Fibersol-2 reduced waist circumference, belly fat, blood sugar and other measures of metabolic health compared to tea consumption for comparison.[xxxiv]  Among diabetic women, 10 grams of indigestible (resistant) starch reduced insulin, insulin resistance, markers of inflammation (TNF) compared to plain starch.[xxxv]