hi again. i am insulin sensitive when my fasting insulin (3.5) and fasting glucose (85) are plugged into the HOMA-IR algorithm. i am have good lipid numbers including tris. both parents diabetic. mother was totally insulin dependent after 5 years or so. father takes metformin only at 82 yo. with bot...

i would have to do a LC version of ornish since i am prone to high bg. right now i am pretty much protein and low carb veggies with strict lifestyle habits to deal with sleep issues. i'm getting stricter because of problems with sleep and memory. my a1c was just 5.1, but i would actually like to see...

a poster here by the name of George said k2 did not help him reverse arterial plaque. so no one here has personal experience of reversing arterial plaque...

My doctor says i have more plaque than he is used to seeing in a 52 year old female in my carotid arteries (based on carotid doppler). i don't know how to make sense of the report. on my right side i have a RICA/RCCA ratio of 1.0 and on my left side i have a LICA/LCCA ratio of 1.4. does anyone know ...

i've read that stress depletes serotonin. i don't know the mechanism. low serotonin triggers carb cravings. i need to eat LC because i easily get high bg even from fruit. for me i would need to tackle lowering stress as the ultimate solution.

"...long term HFLC dieters often see a rise in body fat : muscle mass, which is also annoying." people as they head into middle age often have that body composition problem. so is it the diet or aging? i'm 52 and my previous carb restricted diet is not working as well as it used to. i'm hi...

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/31/anemia-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia/ dementia can come from a mix of different causes. in addition to dealing with apoe4 and progranulin gene status, as well as other genetic vulnerabilities for dementia, we need to monitor iron stores in ourselves as...

i feel i have to have a colonoscopy- the benefits outweigh the risks. when i first had heavy periods leading to anemia, my family doctor wanted to rule out internal bleeding, so i had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. they found polyps when i was just 42. the doctor said that was highly unusual. two y...

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/04/402451/brains-immune-system-may-trigger-frontotemporal-dementia "Additional experiments on isolated microglia made it clear to the researchers that progranulin normally acts as a brake to prevent excessive microglia activation. Without it, it appeared that an u...

from what i'm reading so far, it seems that over-pruning may start at an early age, but the brain compensates by making new synapses. then at some point the balance shifts- maybe there is some trigger to accelerate the overproduction of complement proteins. so far now, i want to keep the balance wei...