The Modern Nutritional Diseases: Heart Disease, Stroke, Type-2 Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer : and how to Prevent Them |
Contents
Lipids | 7 |
The Connection | 23 |
Figure 21 Impact of Nutrients on Insulin and Glucagon Production | 24 |
Figure | 32 |
Figure | 44 |
Related Health Problems | 57 |
23 | 72 |
Figure 41 Metabolic Pathway of Nutrients | 78 |
Proteins | 93 |
Table | 97 |
Table | 108 |
Table | 125 |
Nutritional Supplements | 133 |
Buyer Beware | 171 |
What Do You Do Now? | 189 |
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Popular passages
Page 187 - Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by changes in lifestyle among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.
References to this book
Lipitor, Thief of Memory: Statin Drugs and the Misguided War on Cholesterol Duane Graveline No preview available - 2004 |