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Can the Company You Keep Make You Fat? (Part 2)
Several of you shared your thoughts and opinions on last week’s post about a study indicating that your friends may have more of an influence on your weight than you think. Some of you felt that yes, your friends really do have an effect on your weight, but others stated that it’s genetics that has the most influence…
Can the Company You Keep Make You Fat? (Part 1)
When it comes to weight control, it’s probably been ingrained in you by now that eating too many calories without subsequently burning them off can cause you to gain weight. And that not doing enough physical activity can make you gain weight (or at least make it hard to lose weight). You’ve likely also heard theories suggesting that eating too much fat, or too much carbohydrate, or not enough protein can make you gain weight…
Weight Loss Dramatically Improves Sleep Apnea
Losing weight can significantly improve — and possibly even eliminate — symptoms of sleep apnea in obese people, according to research recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. People who have sleep apnea are more than twice as likely as those who don’t to have diabetes, and 50% of men with Type 2 diabetes have sleep apnea…
Extra, Extra: Nutrition News That You Can Use (Part 2)
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, undoubtedly you’ve been on countless types of diets: low-fat, low-carb, grapefruit, cabbage soup… Maybe you joined a commercial program such as Weight Watchers or Nutrisystem, or perhaps you worked with a dietitian on your own personalized plan. And maybe you did lose weight at first… but eventually ended up gaining it back…
Are We an Epidemic?
Medical and public health experts are starting to call diabetes an “epidemic.” They are saying the same thing about “obesity” and calling for national action. But what is causing these “epidemics?” Is some germ infecting us? What is this germ, and how can we stop it…
Lowering Body Fat: Oils Show Promise for Some
In a preliminary study out of Ohio State University, two common dietary oils have shown promise as therapies for lowering body fat in certain people with Type 2 diabetes…
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