What Causes Insulin Resistance? Part I

Insulin is an ancient hormone that influences many processes in the body.  Its main role is to manage circulating concentrations of nutrients (principally glucose and fatty acids, the body's two main fuels), keeping them within a fairly narrow range*.  It does this by encouraging the transport of nutrients into cells from the circulation, and discouraging the export of nutrients out of storage sites, in response to an increase in circulating...

12 interesting facts about 2012!

With all eyes now well and truly on London for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, how much do you actually know about the Games? Check out these facts to get you started:The Olympic motto is ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ or ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’ – so now you know where those Daft Punk and Kanye West lyrics were inspired from!The Olympic Torch is made up of an inner and an outer aluminium alloy...