Refuse To Regain

Insulin and Dementia: Taming the Spider

By Barbara Berkeley It’s funny how we tend to think of the brain as a different kind of organ, one that has jobs that are quite distinct from the activities going on in the rest of us. But nothing could be further from t truth. The brain is fed by the same blood vessels and blood supply as the rest of the body. It is completely and intimately connected to the moment to moment choices made by that body. If... Read more →

Along the Unibetes Highway

By Barbara Berkeley There’s a new study about diabetes that just came out in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association). Of course, it doesn’t apply to me. I’m not a diabetic. Or does it? Perhaps we should stop thinking about weight gain, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol and triglycerides as problems that affect someone else. What they actually turn out to be are near-universal responses to our modern eating style. They are an octopus of diseases... Read more →