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Why Coffee Protects Against Diabetes

By Guest PostJanuary 13, 2011Health, Scienceamerican diabetes association, biological activity, body, brian chen, cancer, cardiovascular disease, coffee, coffee consumption, david geffen, decaffeinated coffee, diabetes, estrogen, gene, julie buring, molecular mechanism, morning elixir, mutation, non coffee drinkers, plasma levels, protective effect, protein, sex hormone binding globulin, sex hormones, shbg, simin liu, testosterone, tolerance to insulin, type 2 diabetes

*Researchers discover molecular mechanism behind drink’s prophylactic effect*

Coffee, that morning elixir, may give us an early jump-start to the day, but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against type 2 diabetes. Yet no one has really understood why.

Now, researchers at UCLA have discovered a possible molecular mechanism behind coffee’s protective effect. A protein called sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) regulates the biological activity of the body’s sex hormones, testosterone and estrogen, which have long been thought to play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes. And coffee consumption, it turns out, increases plasma levels of SHBG. (more…)

For Those Who Don’t Exercise or Watch Their Diets, CU ‘Nutraceutical’ Research Could Help

By Guest PostOctober 16, 2010Health, Scienceaging process, anti-inflammatory, ashley walker, bad cholesterol, behavioral changes, brad fleenor, cardiovascular disease, curcumin, douglas r seals, exercise, good nutrition, integrative physiology of aging laboratory, kevin strickfaden, ldl, molly russell, noah larsen, nutraceuticals, salt restriction, united states' no 1 killer, university of colorado at boulder, vitamin D, vitamin supplements, weight loss

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Douglas R. Seals has amassed scientific evidence indicating that exercise, weight loss, good nutrition and salt restriction can cut your chances of getting cardiovascular disease, the United States’ No. 1 killer.

But Seals knows that exhorting people to exercise and lose weight, no matter how well the case is buttressed with data, will only go so far. So Seals’ laboratory has begun researching “nutraceuticals,” food extracts or vitamin supplements that could mimic the effects of a healthful lifestyle. (more…)

Mediterranean-Style Diet Improves Heart Function

By Guest PostJune 19, 2010Healthamerican heart association journal, cardiovascular disease, circulation: cardiovascular quality and outcomes, coronary artery disease, electrocardiogram, emory twins, heart rate variability, heart study, holter monitor, hrv, indiana university in Bloomington, jun dai, mediterranean-style diet, non-hispanic, western-type diet

A study of twins shows that even with genes that put them at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, eating a Mediterranean-style diet can improve heart function, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

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Why Coffee Protects Against Diabetes

For Those Who Don’t Exercise or Watch Their Diets, CU ‘Nutraceutical’ Research Could Help

Mediterranean-Style Diet Improves Heart Function