TWIW 184: Mediterranean diet lowers risk of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes

This Week In Wellness researchers from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that pregnant women who consumed a mediterranean diet were 28% less likely to get pre eclampsia, and 37% less likely to suffer from gestational diabetes, both of which can cause complications for both mum and baby. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20221222/Adherence-to-Mediterranean-diet-associated-with-lower-risk-of-preeclampsia-during-pregnancy.aspx https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799855

Stress, Fasting, Longevity, Why Diets Don’t Work, A Special Guest & The Metformin Joke

Ikaria was recently featured on Channel Seven’s Sunday Night Program and a number of interesting topics were raised which we discuss on this episode with Thea Parikos. Is the Ikarian lifestyle a large reason why they are known as the “island where people forget to die” Is fasting an appropriate and effective “biohack” for living… Continue reading Stress, Fasting, Longevity, Why Diets Don’t Work, A Special Guest & The Metformin Joke