Are the carbohydrates from shellfish—oysters, clams, shrimp, squid, etc—the same as carbohydrates from sugar or fruit or…
Articles by Ross Wollen
Boris Johnson on Obesity and Covid-19: “I was too fat”
It took Covid-19—and a brush with death—to turn Boris Johnson into one of the world’s foremost anti-obesity advocates.
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Why We Get Sick, An Interview with Dr. Benjamin Bikman
There’s no question that the entire world is suffering from related twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity, but there is…
USDA Panel Reduces Added Sugar Recommendations. Is it Enough?
The United States Dietary Advisory Committee (DGAC) has released its scientific report, the latest step in the slow proc…
Does Type 1 Diabetes Fight Covid? A Theory Goes Viral
The Type 1 diabetes online community was abuzz this week when an article from the journal Medical Hypotheses went viral.…
Another Study Says Doctors Should Assume EVERY Covid-19 Patient has Diabetes
In recommending blood sugar testing and control for all COVID-19 patients, a recent study was yet another to recommend t…
A Diabetes Researcher Thinks He May Have Just Solved Covid-19
Potentially big news from Israel: Professor Yaakov Nahmias of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University believes that he may have di…
Does BMI Really Matter?
Body Mass Index, the one number that nearly everyone uses to categorize overweight and obesity, is pretty much garbage.
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What Poop May Tell Us about Type 1 Diabetes
It is now clear that over recent generations there has been a distinct rise in Type 1 diabetes. You may never have consi…
Will Weekly Basal Insulin be Game Changer?
Called “transformational” by its lead investigator, a new weekly basal insulin cleared a major hurdle by posting positiv…
