Posts Tagged ‘diabetes risk’

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Pesky, Inconvenient Facts About Seed Oils at Nutrition 2025

June 3, 2025 — New research at Nutrition 2025 used blood markers to measure linoleic acid levels and their relation to cardiometabolic risk. The results add to the evidence that this omega-6 fatty acid may help to lower risks for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Annoyingly, the facts of these findings challenge deeply held beliefs that seed oils […]

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Dark Chocolate Is Medicine, but Not Milk Chocolate?

December 7, 2024 — The concept of turning food into medicine mildly repels us. But telling us chocolate is medicine simply goes over the line. Yet here comes a study in the BMJ, spinning off headlines about dark chocolate as a “bittersweet remedy for diabetes risk.” Milk chocolate? Nope. In fact, the authors of this observational study say milk […]