Canola* is Canada’s oil and new research from St. Michael’s Hospital suggests it should also be one of the oils of choice for people with Type 2 diabetes. Dr. David Jenkins, head of the hospital’s Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, compared people with Type 2 diabetes who ate either a low glycemic index diet that included bread made with canola oil, or a whole wheat diet known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
His study, published today (Saturday, June 14) in the journal Diabetes Care, found that those on the canola bread diet experienced both a reduction in blood glucose levels and a significant reduction in LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol.
Even more exciting, he said, was the finding that the canola bread diet seemed to have the most significant impact on people who needed help the most — those whose HbA1c test measuring blood glucose over the previous two or three months was highest.
Dr. Jenkins, who is a professor of both nutritional sciences and medicine at the University of Toronto, said the reduction in LDL cholesterol observed in his study of 141 people could translate into a 7 per cent reduction in cardiovascular events. He said the benefit could also be translated into an additional 20mg dose of one of the cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins — a doubling of a standard dose.
The word canola is a contraction of Canada and ola, meaning oil. It was developed from rapeseed at the University of Manitoba in the 1970s. Canola oil contains only 7 per cent saturated fat, less than half that of olive oil, widely touted for its health benefits.
Dr. Jenkins said another interesting finding of the study was that patients on the whole wheat diet seemed to have better blood flow after 12 weeks than those on the canola bread diet, as measured by the EndoPat test that uses a cuff on the arm similar to a blood pressure test. He said the significance of that finding was not entirely clear, but this positive result may be an indication of why whole wheat foods have consistently been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Jenkins and his colleagues developed the concept of the glycemic index in the early 1980s as a way of explaining how different carbohydrates affect blood glucose and to find out which foods were best for people with diabetes. High GI foods — such as white bread, most breakfast cereals, potatoes and rice — produce a large rise in blood glucose and insulin, which may damage eyes, kidneys and heart. The carbohydrates in low GI foods — including pasta, beans, lentils, berries, apples and certain whole grains such as barley and oats -are broken down more slowly, so that people get more gentle raises in blood glucose and insulin and so get less tissue damage to eyes and kidneys etc.
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First vid I’ve watched on this channel, and this guy is right where I want
to be. Strong both lifting my own body weight and lifting external objects.
props! keep up the work
My new fitness montage – The Wolf of Fitness
Man, physique is one thing, health is another. Several things you are
clearly doing wrong here which can result in serious injury in the long
run: 1st exercise: you are supporting heavily with you legs because your
arms and chest are too weak, puts a lot of stress on your lower back which
one can easily see. 3rd exercise is very bad, it makes you shake because
you don’t have enough strength for the weight, you overstrain your muscles
and put a lot of stress on your ligaments which can result in serious
injuries. Every personal trainier would stop you here. Maybe you just did
it for the video, but what you show is unprofessional, that may also be the
reason why you don’t comment on it in the video. I don’t recommend to
follow this video to anyone. Cheers.
No Deadlifts,No Squat but your Strength is Amazing!! How ????
Holymoly!!! Sickest video I have seen so far man. In which of your
videos do you explain your routine??? Like to see more of this stuff man. I
really like the overall strenght you have, those reverse-grip muscle ups,
human flags and upperbody strenght with the weights. Is there any reason
you don’t do as much lowerbody like pistol squats or something?
Nice compilation!! Keep up the great training!
awesome shit @ 1:49, dude!
Your strength has rlly improved its good to see that u work more ur skills
and endurance than your looks
Even Rocky had a montage.
Such a beast! You are my nr. 1 inspiration Greg!
Inspiration personified. You are insanely strong Greg!! Thanks man.
I’m fucking motivated now.
you continue to impress and inspire people Greg!!!!! one owedome job!!!!
wow that jump was high!
Dang bro, you are a strong mofo. I can bench 225lb x 5 so how long do you
think will take me to bench 315lb x 5?
2:09 was a HOLY SHIT!!!