Editor’s Selections: Cigarette taxes and obesity, carb restriction for diabetes, sustainable pesticides, and alcohol’s impact on circadian rhythms
June 30th, 2010 Editor's Selections No Comments
Travis Saunders selects several notable posts each week from Health and Clinical Research. He blogs at Obesity Panacea.
- Do cigarette taxes increase obesity rates? Obesity rates vary among Canadian provinces – so do cigarette taxes. Dr Arya Sharma looks at an interesting new study suggesting that the two could be linked.
- Carbohydrate restriction for type 2 diabetics. Dr Steve Parker examines the myriad benefits of reducing excessive carbohydrate intake. I touched on a similar topic last week as well in a post titled Are high glycemic index carbs worse than saturated fat?
- Organic pesticides aren’t necessarily more sustainable than synthetic. Colby Vorland reminds us that attaining sustainability is a lot more complicated than it might seem on the surface.
- Effects of chronic alcohol on murine photic entrainment. Congrats to Allison Brager of Dormivigilia on the publication of her first publication as the first-author! It looks at the impact of alcohol consumption on circadian rhythms, and I’d urge everyone to check out her excellent synopsis.
Travis
