Fathers, as well as mothers, can pass on a propensity to obesity if they themselves have been starved. That a gestating mother’s environment can have a permanent effect on the physiology of her offspring is well established. The children of Dutch women who were pregnant during the “Hunger Winter” of 1944, for example, suffer much… Read More
Potassium & CV Risk Factors
Research Paper Title Effect of Increased Potassium Intake on Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses. Study Question What are the effects of increased potassium intake on blood pressure, mortality and morbidity from cardiovascular diseases, and incidence of adverse effects in apparantly healthy adults and children without acute illness or impaired renal handling… Read More
Salt Reduction & Blood Pressure
Research Paper Title Effect of Longer Term Modest Salt Reduction on Blood Pressure: Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Trials. Study Question Does a longer term modest reduction in salt intake have a significant effect on blood pressure, hormones, and lipids? Summary Answer A modest reduction in salt intake for four or more weeks… Read More
Nutrition & Performance at Altitude
Research Paper Title Optimizing Nutrition for Performance at Altitude: A Literature Review. Abstract Human beings are unique for their capacity to maximise their physical potential through various means. High altitude mountaineering is one such way that people challenge generally accepted notions about what is biologically and volutionarily possible. While a 20,000+ft summit may be uninhabitable… Read More
What Is In Your Vitamin Supplements?
the truth about carbs & low carb diets;
Originally posted on Live Dream Nutrition.:
Do carbohydrates make us fat? In short – no! Nor does fat, protein, or alcohol. What makes us fat is an over consumption of all of these macro-nutrients, therefore an over consumption of calories, generally backed up by too little exercise – everything in moderation is key. However, carbohydrates…
Pregnancy, Folic Acid & Multi-vitamins
Emerging evidence suggests that taking multi-vitamins plus folic acid in early pregnancy may significantly reduce the risk of gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia. But what about folic acid alone? Analysis of data from a large Chinese population based cohort study of folic acid and neural tube defects found overall incidences of gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia of 9.5%… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 