Showing posts with label insulin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insulin. Show all posts

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Researchers Find That Insulin Dysregulation Undermines Milk Supply For Lactating Women

Insulin's Role In Making Breast Milk.  Medical News Today.  July 7, 2013.

Follow the above link, read the article, and test your retention with the following quiz.

(1)  The reason that women have difficulty in producing enough milk for their newborn is that a large portion of them are _________________.

(2)  During lactation the mammary gland becomes extremely sensitive to _________.

(3)  The study estimates that perhaps up to _______ percent of new mothers are at risk for low milk supply due to insulin dysregulation.

(4)  The ________ gene may serve as a biomarker for insufficient milk production.

(5)  The best approach to this problem, the researchers assert, is _____________ including modification of ____________ and ___________.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Is Alzheimer's A Type of Diabetes?

Is Alzheimer's Type 3 Diabetes?  by Mark Bittman.  The New York Times.  September 25, 2012.

Key Ideas/Summary.  Bittman cites scientific research for the connection between poor diet and Alzheimer's.  The idea that Alzheimer's is Type 3 diabetes has been around since 2005.  However the link between poor diet and Alzheimer's  is becoming more convincing.  When brain cells do not take adequate blood sugar because of insulin resistance they lose function and the person can lose memory and become disoriented and most severely lose their personal sense of self.  While Alzheimer's is not "caused" by diabetes the two conditions have the same root, the consumption of hyperprocessed foods that interfere with insulin's many vital functions.  The implications are alarming:  With the rise of diabetes in lockstep with Alzheimer's,  costs for obesity related diseases will rise over the next 40 years by one trillion dollars.