Mar 29, 2026Cardiometabolic Drugs

Tirzepatide Safety in Heart-Risk Diabetes: What We Know

Tirzepatide can improve weight and glucose control, but what do cardiovascular-risk trials show about nausea, serious harm, and mortality?

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Mar 28, 2026Nutrition

CGM for Type 2 Diabetes: What Controlled Trials Show

CGM can modestly lower HbA1c in type 2 diabetes when paired with support. Here's what controlled trials show—and what the device alone cannot prove.

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Mar 28, 2026Nutrition

Mediterranean Diet Plus Exercise: a Small TG Synergy

A factorial randomized trial found a small, short-lived synergy between Mediterranean eating and exercise for post-meal triglycerides—but questions remain.

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Mar 27, 2026Physical Activity

Why a Physical Job Does Not Replace Exercise

Occupational activity and leisure exercise can affect diabetes, mortality, blood pressure, and pain differently. What demanding workers should know.

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Mar 26, 2026Nutrition

Psyllium for Weight Loss: Useful Fiber, Modest Evidence

Can psyllium husk support weight loss? Six small randomized trials suggest modest benefits, but the evidence does not establish glucose or LDL effects.

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Mar 26, 2026Physical Activity

Nordic Walking for Diabetes: Do the Poles Improve HbA1c?

Nordic walking lowered HbA1c in small diabetes trials, but no study shows it beats regular walking. Are poles worth the upgrade?

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Mar 26, 2026Nutrition

Herbal Tea for Blood Sugar: What RCTs Actually Show

A 2025 review finds non-green herbal teas may improve blood sugar in type 2 diabetes. Here's what the trials show—and what they cannot prove yet.

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Mar 26, 2026Nutrition

Meal Timing Works—Mostly Because It Helps You Eat Less

Time-restricted eating can improve weight and metabolic markers, but long-term trials suggest calorie reduction, not the clock, drives most benefits.

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Mar 25, 2026Nutrition

Can Digital Health Tools Replace Cardiometabolic Coaching?

Digital programs matched face-to-face coaching for cardiometabolic risk markers in 34 trials. Adding tech to coaching did not improve outcomes.

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Mar 21, 2026Nutrition

Gut Microbiome Interventions for Metabolic Disease: What Works

Can synbiotics improve blood sugar and lipids? Review RCT and meta-analysis evidence on probiotics, fiber, low-carb diets, and why FMT needs caution.

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Mar 21, 2026Nutrition

Obesity Gut Microbiome: What 18 Datasets Actually Show

An 18-dataset analysis links obesity to depleted gut commensals and higher lipid biosynthesis—but the signal remains too noisy for personal testing.

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Mar 21, 2026Nutrition

Vitamin D and Childhood Obesity: Correlation, Not a Cure

Low vitamin D is common in children with obesity, but does it cause weight gain or result from it? What the evidence says about supplements.

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