It’s time to send your lip muscles to boot camp
Your lip muscles play a pivotal role in eating and breathing and just like the rest of the…
Irisin in insulin resistance
We look at irisin, a hormone associated with freaked out muscles, in this week's episode of the UPS…
Improve sugar levels with a little heat shock
A gin & tonic is a great way to DE-STRESS after a HOT and busy day. Heat shock…
Sugar problems are the tip of the iceberg – they’re not what is sinking the ship
Insulin resistance IS a system - lots of tweaks have happened, over time to get you to this…
Metabolic syndrome is not a fat thing, it’s a muscle thing
Teens with metabolic syndrome, that are not obese are slightly muscle deficient. Obese teens also have low muscle…
Don’t let your pain medication put you in a wheelchair ?
When it comes to medications, what goes in, must come out, and it’s getting paracetamol “out”, that is…
Include a hot water bottle and an ice pack in your labour bag
The idea of using temperature to relieve pain, is not new. Strategic use of hot and cold, is…
Exercising muscles don’t burn fat, so is exercising for weight loss pointless ?
Burning fat, is by definition an oxidation reaction i.e. it needs OXYGEN. The unpleasant reality, the harder you’re…
False advertising contributes to insulin resistance
When you use an artificial sweetener, your body is expecting sugar calories. But there aren’t any – it’s…
A little leg work is all that it takes to protect from atherosclerosis
Sitting stops leg blood flow, but if you fidget, you can improve blood flow- it turns out, tiny…