First, foods from plants contain less total and saturated fat, resulting in reduced caloric intake, weight loss, and improved A1C levels. Second, independent of weight loss, a low-fat, plant-based diet improves insulin sensitivity, presumably by reducing intramyocellular lipid accumulation. As insulin sensitivity improves, carbohydrate tolerance increases. Third, participants in the diabetes studies by Barnard et al.
Overhang: That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building. Penetrations: Vents, pipes, stacks, chimneys-anything that penetrates a roof deck. Pitch: The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise, in feet, to the span, in feet.
Accentuate the Roof with a Shed Dormer. A shed dormer's roof rarely extends much over the window itself, but this home exemplifies a well-executed example when heavy overhangs are in style with the rest of the house. Repeating beams found on the overhang's underside make the new window one with the home.