Research: Weight Loss Associated With Consumption of Apples
Eating apples may promote satiety and weight loss. Most Americans do not meet the recommended daily consumption of fruit consumption. Apples are the second…
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Research: Weight Loss Maintenance is key to success.
A maintenance plan to include relapse-prevention planning, self-monitoring, and social support is key to weight loss success. Weight regain after successful weight loss interventions is…
Research: Overweight mothers are poor judges of their children’s weight
Moms who have a weight problem misjudge their children’s weight As a family physician, I have spent a lot of my life taking care of…
Research: Sugary Sodas Linked Again to Heart Disease Risk
Sugary Sweetened Sodas Linked Increased Heart Disease Risk There is almost nothing more American than an ice cold Coke on a hot and sunny day….
Research: Stress linked to higher levels of obesity
Stress correlates with higher levels of obesity. Earlier I wrote an article about the hormone cortisol and why it is the enemy of a slim…
Research: Eating less may enable us to live longer
Extending your lifespan may be as easy as eating less. A chronic caloric restriction has been suggested by several studies as a means to…
Research: PURE Study Shakes Up Heart Fat Fabrication.
PURE study proves the heart hypothesis is full of hot air. A new study looked at dietary habits in 135,000 people around the glove and…
Research: More Weight May Lead to Higher Cancer Risk
More weight around your middle appears to increase cancer risk. I recently read an article from Nutrition Action Newsletter that highlighted cancer being linked to…
The Myth of the Diet-Heart Hypothesis: The Saturated Fat Fabrication
Plain and simple: Cholesterol and saturated fat are not your enemies. I am a child of the late 70s and mid-80s. I started college in…
Research: Fasting may prevent disease while it lowers your weight
Fasting may help improve your health by reducing disease. Fasting is more than just a recent fat. It has been a part of many…