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A keto diet can provide almost instant relief for certain symptoms and sometimes can even lead to rapid weight loss. While many may experience short-term benefits, there are long-term consequences of low-carb diets that can make your health worse than before you started. This article will address just two concerns of making your body rely on gluconeogenesis (the backup pathway to make the body produce its own carbs internally when we do not consume enough dietarily). But first — addressing some common arguments for low-carb. Temporary Symptom Suppression Versus True Healing The removal of an entire food group (like carbs) can certainly improve symptoms. For example — maybe there was a carb source you were consuming that was really aggravating your gut. Removing gut triggers will always make us feel better! But there is a big difference between temporary symptom suppression and true healing — as restriction always comes with long-term costs. Running on stress hormones (which can occur i

Women who have sugar-sweetened drinks daily appear to have a higher risk of developing liver cancer and chronic liver disease, according to a recent study. The  study , led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts, analyzed data from nearly 100,000 postmenopausal women between the ages of 50–79 years old, who were enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study from 1993 to 1998 at 40 clinical centers across the United States. In the study, the women had self-reported their usual soft drinks, fruit drinks (not including fruit juice), and then how much artificially sweetened drinks they consumed after three years. Researchers followed up the cases over a median of 20.9 years—up to March 1, 2020. They observed self-reported liver cancer incidence and death due to chronic liver disease, and then further verified such data via medical records or the National Death Index. Results showed that the 6.8 percent of the 98,786 postmenopausal women who drank one or more such drinks e

If you are looking for dermatologist reviews, prices and recommended dermatologists in Singapore, you've come to the right place.  Just so that we are on the same page, a skin specialist is a dermatologist if he holds a professional medical degree with further post-graduate training in skin diseases. We wouldn't call someone working at a spa a skin specialist though, but if you have a skin related problem and has not been well self-managed or by a general practitioner, you may wish to be referred to a skin specialist or a dermatologist. If you are looking for an affordable dermatologist or are worried that the dermatologists in the private sector are expensive, you could always try to get a referral to see a dermatologist in the public or government sectors e.g. National Skin Centre, SGH or NUH. However, they may not allow you to make appointment directly without a referral from either a general practitioner or a medical officer from the primary care department or via a polycli

For many, getting a good night’s sleep has not been an easy feat during the pandemic. If you’re looking for an effective sleep, non-habit-forming sleep aid, elevating your nighttime routine with the best melatonin gummies will help you catch up on some sleep.  Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone that’s secreted by the brain to regulate your body’s sleep and wake cycles, melatonin makes up an essential component of a healthy sleep pattern.  According to the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , about 1 in 3 Americans don’t get enough sleep. Others may experience poor sleep or insomnia. But melatonin, a widely available supplement, may help with several sleep issues.  Research from 2014  reported that it shows promise in the treatment of insomnia among healthy adults. Some people also use it for jet lag, delayed sleep-wake phase disorder (DSWPD), and anxiety before or after surgery. When taken in gummy form, these sleep aid supplements increase melatonin in the body