Jenner Images via Getty Images Chocolate milk can be a good source of carbohydrates after workouts. “Increased glucose availability in the muscle also helps the body prevent low blood sugar bouts during exercise and aids in performance because that fuel is available almost instantaneously, compared to breaking down fat or protein.” Twenty47studio via Getty Images There's a reason your electrolyte …
Diabetes, which affects around 463 million people worldwide, goes by the deadly moniker: The Silent Killer. This is the year of wearable wellness devices, and companies are incorporating glucose monitoring in their software. Abbott Laboratories, which manufactures Freestyle Libre CGMs, introduced a new consumer interface device last year called Lingo for those without diabetes to track their glucose, ketones, lactate …
Sugar is the primeval essence of biological energy. When this juice is heated, water evaporates, leaving behind a sticky brown substance that used to be called sharkara in Sanskrit, a word that is the origin of both “sugar” and “jaggery”. And by the way, “brown sugar” is simply white sugar with molasses added back to it during the manufacturing process, …
What if someone told you that the fix for many problems linked with obesity could be hidden away, ironically, in rolls of fat in the body? They have found PGRMC-2, a protein present in abundance in fat tissues, which has the potential to manage metabolic diseases like diabetes. In due time it became clear that in the absence of the …
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