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Do any of you who don't have diabetes check yours. I don't have diabetes but figured it's cheap as hell so bought a lot for testing. Thoughts? We can't be to careful after all.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... Eat for what you're about to do. Carbs fuel intense activity, so don't carb-up for bed or you may end up storing them instead of burning them. Do cardio in the morning before you've had any carbs. Tap into fat stores without eating away at muscle by having amino...

Retatrutide, also known as LY3437943. Retatrutide developed by Eli Lilly is a groundbreaking peptide, aimed at addressing the challenges of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. This experimental drug operates as a tri-agonist, targeting three crucial receptors in the body: the glucagon receptor...

Insulin sensitivity – you’ve heard of it, but you’re not sure if it belongs in bodybuilders’ literature or the LGBTQI ranks… Insulin resistance is simply a term used to describe how your body will react to insulin, and carbohydrates, and can even influence other factors such as muscle protein...

Insulin sensitivity – you’ve heard of it, but you’re not sure if it belongs in bodybuilders’ literature or the LGBTQI ranks… Insulin resistance is simply a term used to describe how your body will react to insulin, and carbohydrates, and can even influence other factors such as muscle protein...

DAILY MANIPULATION Forget the idea of the seasonal "bulking" and "cutting" phases that the newbies love to talk about. Instead, bulk and cut throughout the day, maximizing muscle gains while controlling body fat. How? By manipulating insulin. Depending on your background, you probably...

Conventional sports beverages and carb powders are generally loaded with dextrose and maltodextrin, both of which are relatively low molecular weight carbohydrates with very high glycemic index scores. Consequently, consuming these carbohydrates creates a brief surge in blood glucose levels and...

THE COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE DISEASE Type-2 diabetes affects around 24 million Americans, maybe more if you count the number of people who have it but don't know it yet. And about 86 million more have prediabetes: high blood glucose levels but not high enough yet to get the full diagnoses. Most...

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Later, He formed man of the dust off the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. He told Adam to lift heavy rocks and logs and turn his body into a temple. He saw that this was good. With Adam in shape, He also saw that it...

As a board-certified gastroenterologist, dozens of patients visit me weekly with bloating and GI distress concerns. Sometimes these patients have underlying medical conditions or food sensitivities, but more times than not, the reason they are bloated, gassy, or feel general discomfort or...

by Christina Heiser Eating low-carb has been popular since the Atkins Diet blew up back in 1972—and the current buzz about the benefits of the super low-carb ketogenic diet proves the low-carb trend isn’t going anywhere. The question on many people’s minds: Would we all be better off without any...

by Sarah Garone, N.D.T.R. You’ve barely started your day, but for some reason you just can’t shake your nerves. As the minutes tick by, you find you’re having trouble focusing and—ugh—start to feel a headache creeping in. Did you drink too much caffeine, you wonder? Or was it the poor night of...

Datbtrue Article Archive Insulin physiology It is often stated that the primary benefit of insulin in bodybuilding is that it increases the uptake of glucose into muscle and further that this movement of glucose is insulin dependent. But that is not exactly true. It may not be widely known but...

An in-depth view of what carbohydrate foods you should be eating, when and why. I must read for people wanting to gain or lose weight. I receive lots of questions regarding the eating of carbohydrates and one of the general questions that I frequently get asked is “wont carbohydrate foods make...

The List of Sugar Myths is Long... and Ridiculous Sugar Made Me Do It! Pssst. Yeah, I'm talking to you. Have you ever, maybe after walking out of one of those Lululemon stores and seeing all those gluteally endowed sales people (and maybe mannequins, too), gone home and engaged in a little, you...

Stop Blaming Fructose Should we really be panicking about fructose? Check out the latest science here. Whiplash Is your seat belt on? Is it tight? Head restraint in position? Good, because otherwise you're going to suffer an awful case of nutrition-science whiplash and have to get fitted for a...

WHY EVERY ATHLETE SHOULD USE TUDCA PART 2 SUPPLEMENTS Normally, athletes ingest TUDCA simply for those liver benefits it possesses, but little credit is ever given to its interactions with skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, and glucose metabolism. One of my more favorite TUDCA studies actually...

Branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) are essential amino acids (meaning our body does not create them) that contain an aliphatic (branched) side-chain. There are three BCAAs: leucine, isoleucine, and valine. These amino acids are key players in the regulation of muscle mass and must be consumed...

Naringenin, a citrus flavonoid, increases muscle cell glucose uptake via AMPK. Zygmunt K, Faubert B, Macneil J, Tsiani E. Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada L2S 3A1. Abstract Naringenin, a flavonoid found in high concentrations in grapefruit, has...

Sugar is often maligned for a host of chronic health problems, most notably heart disease. Not only can consuming too much stand in the way of your goal to lose weight, but it can also crowd out good-for-you, nutrient-rich foods from your diet. Despite the warnings, many people still overdo it...