September 2, 2008
Told you to toss your statins, kiddies.
Fish Oil Outperforms Statin in Heart Failure Study.
According to this new study, published in the British medical journal The Lancet, a fish oil supplement containing 1 gram of Omega 3 fatty acids (EPA, DHA) slightly outperformed the statin Crestor in preventing death from heart disease. Most of the [...]
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July 22, 2008
Hey all, a little backlogged with projects and posts right now. Your pardons as I sort everything out in one big vomitus:
Last Thursday, the New England Journal of Medicine released a study comparing low-fat, Mediterranean, and low-carb diets. The big winner? The low-carb diet (much to everyone’s chagrin – false sarcasm). [...]
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The Larger Picture of Weight Gain.
by Eugene Thong on September 15, 2009
Chris points us to an interesting study involving circadian rhythm and weight gain (to be fair, Melissa sent it to me first, but she doesn’t have a blog). In the study, nocturnal rats fed during what would have been their sleeping hours gained more weight than rats fed during their waking hours, despite the same [...]
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