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Fat intake is inversely associated with the obesity trend.  During, the 80's, a low fat diet was all the craze.  However, the obesity trend increased with the incorporation of the the low fat diet in America.

great review of hormone changes associated with aging in men.

Birth control pills were found to reduce IGF-1 levels in the short term and long term.  Those that had used birth control pills had lower IGF-1 levels compared to those that had never used birth control pills.  This fits with the current knowledge that oral estrogen reduces HGH and IGF-1.  Those were in post-menopausal women, but this is in pre-menopaus women.  This has implications on health, weight, disease...

No surprise here, highest refined sugar intake associated with increased risk of Prostate Cancer.

Startling statistics on the heavy use of prescription drugs by Americans.

great read on the current understanding of how obesity and resultant inflammation disrupts hypothalamic function.

Mediterranean diet found to improve cognition and slow progression and/or risk of Alzheimer's disease.

mediterranean diet improves conception rates in couples undergoing IVF/ICSI.

Mediterranean diet reduces major cardiovascular event incidence in those individuals with coronary artery disease.

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"vital exhaustion" associated with suppressed HPA activity and low cortisol.

Anorexia nervosa associated with elevated cortisol and DHEA diurnal rhythm.

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Great review of all the known components in the inflammation, insulin resistance link

elevated cortisol levels found in moderate/severe PTSD in police officers.  Again, saliva testing was used for cortisol evaluation.

The women's health initiative dietary modification trial of almost 50,000 women found no association between a low fat diet and a reduction of colorectal cancer.  Translation: a low fat diet does not lower the risk of colorectal cancer.