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Metabolic syndrome affects millions of people, and it pushes up the risk of both heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Theobromine is a natural compound related to caffeine, and you'll find it in yerba mate and in cacao.

In a randomized controlled trial, overweight and obese adults took theobromine for 12 weeks. By the end, their waists got smaller, which matters because belly fat is one of the key markers of metabolic syndrome. Their HDL, the good cholesterol, went up, and the ratio of LDL to HDL came down.

That's a pretty big deal for your heart. If you like a warm cup of tea, plain yerba mate with no sugar is an easy one to try, and it fits right in with real food and low carb eating.

Have you ever tried yerba mate? I'd love to hear what you thought of it.

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When you want to use Caddy from a distribution's repo, it can't really be Ubuntu because it's old and crusty, but simplicity is the name of the game. Containerization is an option, but it brings its own set of security implications that might be too much for a lazy Leo. We talk through a few options, but want to hear from you! Fedora? Arch? Alpine? Containers? Bootc? Repos? Compiling? What do you recommend?

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Lymphatic walking is all over TikTok right now, with people swinging their arms and tapping their chest, and one science writer tried it for a month and mostly felt silly. The muscle that actually matters for your blood sugar is the soleus, a flat muscle deep in your calf.

Researchers at the University of Houston had people do a seated calf raise, heel up and heel down, over and over while they sat. After a sugary drink, their blood sugar rise was 52 percent smaller and their bodies needed 60 percent less insulin to handle it.

When you sit all day, your muscles stop pulling sugar out of your blood, so your pancreas has to pump out more insulin. Do that for years and you get insulin resistance, and the good news is that insulin resistance can be reversed. You can do this one under your desk tomorrow.

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A new KFF survey of almost 2,000 employers found that workers now pay $7,471 a year toward family health coverage, which is up 9% from last year. Wages only went up 3.7%, so for a lot of families the premium hike swallowed the whole raise and then some.

I lived this back in my corporate days, working six to six and watching more of my check go to coverage every year. What I've learned is that you can't wait on your employer to fix it, so I'd work on two things. Build a second income stream so one paycheck isn't carrying everything, and work on reversing insulin resistance so you're healthier and need less care in the first place.

Comment “info” to have a conversation with me.

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#Health #Nutrition #Science #Insurance #Money

This month, we welcomed a new committee member and reviewed the 3.0 major design system release, including updated colour and shadow tokens, accordion improvements, and refreshed foundation token exports. We also introduced new shadow documentation, discussed closer alignment with the W3C Design Tokens Community Group, and shared upcoming work on button updates and cross-platform component consolidation.

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Working nights throws off your body's natural clock. That can mess with your hormones, your energy and your mood, and it raises your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. That's a real worry, but you're not stuck. A few small changes go a long way.

First, skip the high carb meals. I know it's tempting to grab quick carbs during a busy shift, but they cause energy crashes and send your blood sugar on a ride. Go for real food with protein and healthy fats so you stay steady through the night.

Second, make your sleep count. Blackout curtains make your room as dark as possible, and that darkness helps your body make melatonin, which you need for good, deep sleep.

Third, stick to a sleep schedule, even on your days off. It's not easy, but a steady routine helps your body adjust and get the rest it needs.

Do you work nights, or have you in the past? Tell me what helped you the most.

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#Health #Nutrition #Science #NightShift #Sleep

When your body stops responding well to insulin, it makes more of it to keep your blood sugar in check. That extra insulin also tells your body to store fat, and your liver is one of the first places it ends up.

Over time that turns into non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which has now passed alcohol as the leading cause of cirrhosis. Cirrhosis was a top 10 cause of death in the United States as of 2024, and a lot of people walking around with a fatty liver have no idea.

The good news is that a fatty liver can be reversed. Bringing insulin down is the big lever, and fiber helps too. Broccoli, Brussels sprouts and flax seeds improve insulin sensitivity, cut down on the fat you absorb and keep your gut healthy.

Has a doctor ever told you that you have a fatty liver? I'd love to hear what you did about it.

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Tags: fatty liver, insulin resistance, NAFLD, liver health, fiber

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The boy kibble trend is simple: cook a pound of ground beef, pile it on white rice and eat that same bowl for most of your meals. I like the beef part a lot, because it's real food with plenty of protein, but the rice is where the bowl works against you.

A 2012 review in the BMJ pulled together large studies on white rice and found that the more of it people ate every day, the higher their risk of type 2 diabetes climbed. When that rice shows up at nearly every meal, your blood sugar and insulin get pushed up over and over, and that's the road to insulin resistance.

So keep the beef and trade the rice for vegetables you actually enjoy. That one swap keeps the convenience of the trend and moves you toward reversing insulin resistance instead of building it.

Study: Hu EA et al., BMJ 2012, PMID 22422870.

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