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.
They can be the small dome that crowns the top of an outdoor garden pavilion, folly, or gazebo. Sometimes the pavilion itself is called a cupola, especially when it takes on the form of a small, round Roman temple with a dome. Cupolas occasionally act as the main roof of a tower, spire, or turret. When they do, they usually provide a considerably more elaborate enclosure than the average roof.