Population based, green tea is the most popular beverage world-wide, and with good reason. I have written before on the benefits of the calming amino acid theanine and the health benefits of the plant chemical EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) that is present in high amounts of matcha tea, and now there is another study showing the [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Green tea slows prostate cancer
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with more plaque build up in arteries
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A recent study in type I diabetics gives us another reason, other than swine flu to make sure our vitamin D levels are optimized. 375 patients with type I diabetes were studied and their vitamin D levels measured. When the levels were below 25 nmol/L (SI, Canadian units) these patients were almost 3 times as [...]
Fasting sugar is not the best marker for pre-diabetes
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I query most of my patients during the initial exam and history as to whether or not they have any diabetes in the family. Often I am told that they do, and that they themselves “have been tested” for diabetes and are fine. This almost always means that they have had a fasting glucose measurement [...]
Back at it…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After a long delay due to being too busy at home – I am back to semi-frequent posting.
The news this morning has stated that the World Health Organization is preparing to declare the Swine Flu a pandemic. The preparations they are speaking of are more to avoid a panic amongst the general public.
The World Health [...]
