You may be right in thinking that your genes may be at least partly responsible for your being overweight, but an extensive new study shows that you can’t blame your genes for failing to lose weight. A gene known as FTO makes carriers of the gene more likely to be overweight. However, according to a […]
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As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers have identified eight additional types of cancer linked to excess weight and obesity: stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, ovary, meningioma , thyroid cancer and the blood cancer multiple myeloma. And the data suggests that avoiding obesity could help to reduce the risk of these cancers. […]
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Starting from middle-age and onward, the brain of an obese individual shows the signs of aging seen in those 10 yrs older. This important new finding is reported in the medical journal Neurobiology of Aging based on research by the University of Cambridge. The amount of white matter, which is the brain tissue that connects […]
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A new study from Duke University published in the journal Diabetologia, suggests that walking briskly may be more effective than jogging for improving glucose control for individuals who are pre-diabetic. One hundred and fifty individuals who were diagnosed with pre-diabetes were studied for 6 months. To assess the effect of the different types of exercise […]
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Being overweight is associated with a higher risk of dying prematurely, and the risk increases with increasing body weight according to a large international collaborative study. The findings contradict recent reports that have suggested a survival advantage to being overweight that has been called the ‘obesity paradox.’
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Research published in PLOS Medicine by Dr. Brent Richards of the Jewish General Hospital, Quebec, shows that obesity in early adulthood is associated with an elevated risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is a progressive neurological disorder which involves immune system dysfunction resulting in damage to the myelin sheath which surrounds the nerves in […]
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Dispositional mindfulness is one’s attention to present thoughts and feelings.A study of nearly 400 people finds that those who exhibited more ‘dispositional mindfulness’ were less likely to be obese than people who did not exhibit this kind of awareness.
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A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Neurology finds a strong association between insulin resistance and decline in memory function, and the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The fact that obesity increases the risk of heart disease and some cancers is well known, but this study alerts us that the risk […]
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A research paper which is a review of many sources from the scientific literature, has just been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition with the title The Role of Protein in Weight loss and Maintenance. Lead researcher Heather Leidy and her colleagues at the University of Missouri Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology […]
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According to research just published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition egg consumption may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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