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RealClearScience has the details. If you think gluten will make you sick, maybe it does so through a psychological mechanism called the nocebo effect. Melanie Thomassian will teach you about FODMAPs.

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

                     –H. L. Mencken

The republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

                  – Elmer Davis

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Dietitian Franziska Spritzler has a great article on metabolic syndrome, which affects one in six Americans. She mentions yours truly. Wherever you live, Franziska is available for consultations. Ain’t the innernet wonderful?

-Steve

NBC News has the story. I can’t see many folks starting a coffee habit or drinking more just for this potential benefit. Lower your T2 diabetes risk more reliably by keeping your weight under control, exercising regularly, and it may help to limit concentrated sugars and refined grain products. 

Amber Wilcox-O’Hearn explains why.

Your heart beats 100,000 times a day, every day, without rest. You’d think it needs a reliable energy source, and you’d be right. One of Amber’s references (#4) reminds me that, “Fatty acids are the heart’s main source of fuel, although ketone bodies as well as lactate can serve as fuel for heart muscle. In fact, heart muscle consumes acetoacetate in preference to glucose.”

Steve Parker, M.D.