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Weight Loss News » May 2005
- A Simple Weight-Loss Plan
In the current scenario of growing overweight condition,
various alternatives have come to surface. These alternatives,
basically, are the approaches to control the rising weight
gain in the people. Read on »
- Expensive HealthCare resulting
in adoption of Herbal Medications
The increasing health problems have hit the population in
more than one aspect. Apart from personal health, the affected
community has witnessed a rising expenditure on healthcare
medications & products. Read on »
- Ovarian Cancer & Diabetes get
new Solutions
New Studies have come up with a possible new tool in
the fight against ovarian cancer and new information on
diabetes II and its affects on men.Read
on »
- BMI & the Obesity Epidemic
A new research has revised the figure of 400,000 lives
claimed annually by the Obesity Epidemic down by a whopping
75 per cent, and these findings have been published in the
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).ociation
(JAMA).Read on »
- Low Fat Dairy Foods Enable Lower
Diabetes Risk in Men
A report released by the doctors of Massachusetts General
Hospital informed, eating lots of dairy products, especially
those with low-fat content, may reduce the chances of a
person developing Type 2 diabetes. Read
on »
- New Fat Crucial to Burn Old
Fat
Scientists experimented on mice to discover "new"
fat that sparked a cascade of gene activity in the liver
necessary for healthy blood levels of sugar, cholesterol
and other fats. Read on »
- Child Obesity Linked Directly
with Soda and Colas
The researchers inform that a typical teen consumes approximately
two 12-ounce cans of soft drinks per day, which adds up
to 20 teaspoons of sugar or a whopping 300 calories. Read
on »
- High Protein, Low Carb Diet
Aids in Fat Reduction
In this study, researchers used food frequency questionnaires
to assess 617 Canadians of many ethnic origins including
Aboriginal, South Asian, Chinese, and European. Abdominal
obesity was measured by the waist-to-hip ratio. Read
on »
- Abdominal Fat Directly Associated
with Stroke Risk
It is a well known fact that being overweight is a prime
factor towards a higher risk of stroke. However, according
to a new study, the amount of abdominal fat is a stronger
indicator of stroke risk. Read
on »
- Exercise combined with Fish
Oil intake aids Fat Loss
The proportion of fat in the body, particularly around the
abdomen, reduced remarkably in the fish oil plus exercise
group, but not in the groups on fish oil or exercise alone.
"Seeing the impact on body shape and body composition
of these participants has been the most exciting outcome
of the research," Howe commented. Read
on »
- Study promotes a Low-fat plant
diet
According to Christopher Gardner, an assistant professor
of Medicine and a lead author for this study informs, "While
a plant-based diet can be vegetarian, people who are worried
about the cholesterol levels do not have to eliminate all
meat from their diets." Read on
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- Clinton move to Aid obese children
Clinton, who himself has struggled with his weight all his
life and recently had heart surgery, said, “The truth
is that children are consuming more sugar and fatty foods
than ever before. You have the onset of adult diabetes in
children now, plainly because of their eating habits, aggravated
by the lack of exercise". Read
on »
- Weight Control After Quitting
Smoking Ensures Lung Health
A new study conducted by the researchers at the King’s
College London has observed that controlling a person’s
weight after they have given up smoking could help maximize
the benefits for their lungs. Read
on »
- Drug Abuse Survive Better Than
Fat People in Hollywood
The increasing waistlines and weight have always been grinned
and scrutinized and in this fattening and suffering mob,
celebrities are not exclusive. Read
on »
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