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Heart & metabolism
- Type 2 Diabetes & PrediabetesType 2 diabetes is not simply eating too much sugar.Metabolism & weight · Heart & metabolism5 stations
- HypertensionThe cruelest thing about high blood pressure is that it doesn't hurt.Metabolism & weight · Heart & metabolism5 stations
- Cold hands and feetThe skin of the hands and feet has arteriovenous shunts that the brain shuts first when the body is cool, to protect core temperature. Cold hands in a…Metabolism & weight · Heart & metabolism5 stations
- Palpitations and skipped beatsPalpitations mean you have noticed your own heartbeat. They are common and mostly not dangerous, but 75% of people get them again within a year. Even…Metabolism & weight · Heart & metabolism6 stations
- Fatty Liver · MASLD (formerly NAFLD)Fatty liver means liver cells packed with fat droplets they were never meant to hold, so that the liver is being used as a fat store.Metabolism & weight · Heart & metabolism5 stations
- Dyslipidemia · understanding cholesterolWhen you read a lipid panel, don't fix on the total-cholesterol line alone.Metabolism & weight · Heart & metabolism5 stations
- CGM for the Metabolically HealthyA continuous glucose monitor (CGM) measures sugar in the interstitial fluid under the skin — the fluid between cells — not in the blood inside your…Metabolism & weight · Heart & metabolism6 stations
- Stroke · the one thing most likely to happen to youThe brain is only about 2% of body weight, yet it uses about a fifth of the body's oxygen and energy (Raichle 2002).Metabolism & weight · Heart & metabolism6 stations
Urate, kidneys & anaemia
- Gout & HyperuricemiaGout is an acute inflammation that happens when there is so much uric acid in the blood that it comes out of solution as needle-shaped crystals in a…Metabolism & weight · Urate, kidneys & anaemia5 stations
- HyperuricemiaHyperuricemia, put plainly, means uric acid running high on a lab report.Metabolism & weight · Urate, kidneys & anaemia5 stations
- Kidney StonesA kidney stone is a small stone that forms as minerals in urine slowly crystallize.Metabolism & weight · Urate, kidneys & anaemia5 stations
- Iron-Deficiency Anemia · when blood can't carry oxygenAnemia does not mean less blood.Metabolism & weight · Urate, kidneys & anaemia7 stations
Weight
- Weight Management · FoundationsWeight is a metabolic question, not an aesthetic one.Metabolism & weight · Weight6 stations
- Adaptive Thermogenesis · The Invisible CounterforceWhen the scale stalls a few weeks into a serious cut, it is usually not secret snacking, and it is not a broken metabolism.Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
- Leptin Resistance & Body-Weight Set-PointThe more fat you carry, the less you ought to want to eat.Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
- Male Fat Loss · Why it lands on the bellyMen and women store fat in different places.Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
- Hedonic Eating · UPF & Reward CircuitryYou can still want cake after a full meal because eating is run not by one system but by two, and they often fight.Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
- The Genetics of Weight — It Isn't Just WillpowerHeritability measures what share of the differences in weight across a group of people can be explained by differences in their genes.Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
- Energy Balance vs Carbohydrate-Insulin · An Ongoing DebateYou and a colleague eat about the same, yet they stay lean and you gain weight.Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
- GLP-1 agonists · mechanism / efficacy / real costYour gut already has a natural I'm full signal.Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
- Bariatric Surgery · the truthFor true severe obesity, bariatric surgery produces the largest and longest-lasting weight loss of any current option, and in long-term controlled…Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
- The Number on the Body-Fat ScaleYou step on, and it reads 22.4%.Metabolism & weight · Weight5 stations
Thyroid & hormones
- Hashimoto's ThyroiditisHashimoto's thyroiditis (Hashimoto's for short) is the immune system mistaking its own thyroid — the gland at the front of the neck that sets how fast…Metabolism & weight · Thyroid & hormones5 stations
- Polycystic Ovary SyndromePolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common hormonal conditions in women of reproductive age.Metabolism & weight · Thyroid & hormones5 stations
- Inositol & PCOS · A Plausible Mechanism, Not Proven MagicYou may have seen inositol in a trying-to-conceive group or a supplement ad: plenty of people take it as a natural metformin or a fertility wonder.Metabolism & weight · Thyroid & hormones5 stations
- Thyroid Nodules · this is how the organ is builtAn ultrasound that finds a thyroid nodule most likely is not showing a bad thing that has grown in you.Metabolism & weight · Thyroid & hormones6 stations