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The "Insulin Resistance Saga" - Part III: Where Has All the Sweetness Gone? Plus: Bullied to Eat Twinkies

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Figure 1: Obese highschool students have a 111% (boys) and 76% (girls) increased risk of relational bullying. ( Kukaswadia. 2011 ) [Note: This is a direct sequel to the last installment ] Delicious! "Milk and vanilla and not a single bacteria in it! How much better can it get?" You are sitting at your desk in the elementary school and dream yourself back to the Kindergarten, when Mrs. Youesdeay's attacks against your Snickers bars still was the only thing you had to fear. Mrs. Undarstant is nice. She likes you. You always do your homework, never complain or talk to others during the lessons. Unfortunately, the latter is in parts a consequence of the fact that the other kids don't like you. "Fatso!", "No, I don't want to hold his hand, Mrs. Undarstant. His hands are sweaty and gooey from the candy he is constantly scoffing down.", ... and these are only the friendlier abuses and rejections you are facing on a daily basis. "Are they s...
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The "Insulin Resistance Saga" - Part II: Jimmy has Asthma and My Daddy Eats Five Cheeseburgers and Three Large Servings of French Fries in One Sitting!

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Image 1: In 2009 10% of all US children had at least a mild form of asthma. 57% of these children had had at least one asthma attack in the year before. And in the year 2007, 9 people died of an asthma attack on each of the 365 days of the year ( CDC. 2007-2009 )... yet our understanding of the nutrition-cleanliness-autoimmune axis is still in its infancy while millions of dollars are spent on a non-sensical "war on cholesterol", every day.    [Note: This is a direct sequel to the last installment ] There she is, Mrs Youesdeay... you hated her. Her and her healthy greens: "Good morning my dear! I see your mommy is in a hurry today?... Good morning Mrs. Singleparent!" Mrs. Youesdeay was standing there, her usual half-anorexic vegan self, staring right into your eyes." It was as if she was saying: "Gimme those peanut-butter sandwiches my dear !" To escape this fate, you had made it a habit to hurry right past her and into the grey building with its...
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Intermittent Thoughts on Insulin Resistance: Fats, Carbs & Lack of Exercise - Where is Our Scapegoat? Plus: Chicken or Egg - Which Came First Obesity or Insulin Resistance?

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Image 1: You may think it's ugly because it is not comply with the current beauty ideal, but this small quantity of subcutaneous is probably rather a sign for high insulin sensitivity, than resistance. In the last installment of this series , I tried to establish a new, a certainly unconventional perspective on a physiological process many people consider the #1 plague of the 21st century: Insulin resistance. As it turned out, the desensitization of our cells to insulin and the subsequently reduced glucose uptake into the cells, can be an advantage. In the course of a marathon, for example, it helps our bodies to maintain a relatively stable blood sugar level and shift from a largely glucose-dependent to a more fat-dependent metabolic state. The existence of this often overlooked beneficial side of insulin resistance does yet bring up the question, why insulin resistance and obesity usually go hand in hand. I mean, if insulin resistance turns you into a fat burning machine, ho...
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