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“Jonathan P. Little, Ph.D. – Researches how type 2 diabetes-related metabolic issues affect cellular inflammation and how exercise and nutrition can mitigate inflammation for better cardiometabolic health.”

“Resistance training exercise is a highly effective strategy for maintaining or building muscle mass. A new study suggests that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, blunts the effects of resistance training.”

“A key limitation is that this long-term analysis was observational, so it cannot prove that visceral fat loss itself caused the lower diabetes risk. The cohort was also more than 90% male, which limits how confidently the findings apply to women.”

“Barley has a type of fiber called inulin which has been shown to stimulate gut-derived hormones involved in sugar regulation and appetite regulation.”

“According to the latest CDC report, an estimated 83.6 million U.S. adults sleep <7 hours per night (that's 34% of the adult population).”

“Exercise causes acute elevation of IL-6 which reduces postprandial blood glucose levels and insulin secretion by delaying gastric emptying in men with type 2 diabetes. IL-6 is a cytokine with both negative and positive effects.”

“Other evidence demonstrates that sulforaphane provides protection from methylglyoxal, a critical player in the pathogenesis of advanced glycation end products, commonly referred to as AGEs. AGE formation is a prominent feature of diabetes and a major contributor to amyloid-beta aggregation in the brain.”