We can measure the nutrient and toxin content of a food, and debate the health effects of each of its constituents until we’re out of breath. But in the end, we still won’t have a very accurate prediction of the health effects of that food. The question we need to answer is this one: has [...]
A new study was recently published exploring the effect of diet composition on insulin sensitivity and other factors in humans (1). 29 men with metabolic syndrome– including abdominal obesity, low HDL, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and high fasting glucose– were fed one of four diets for 12 weeks: A diet containing 38% fat: 16% [...]
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