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Poor Sleep in Adolescents Leads to Premature Disease
submitted by: admin on 03/20/2014
A study published in the Journal of Pediatrics in March of 2014 on obese adolescents showed that inadequate sleep led to the premature development of a number of chronic diseases that includes type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. The University of Michigan and Baylor Universities teamed up to study 37 obese kids between the ages of 11-17 and monitored...
Sugar Makes You Stupid
submitted by: admin on 10/16/2013
Binging on food with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for 6 weeks may make you stupid. Studies on rats published in the May 2012 Journal of Physiology showed that HFCS over this time period was associated with slow brain function and hampered memory and learning abilities. What you eat affects how you think! Previous studies showed that fructose increases...
The Importance of Sleep
submitted by: admin on 11/24/2024
Sleep is one of the most important lifestyle factors. Prolonged insomnia leads to inflammation and a whole host of illnesses that include hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, overweight, and suppressed immunity. There are hormonal imbalances as well, that include insulin, leptin, ghrelin, adrenal hormones and neurotransmitters that cause profound...
Type II Diabetes and Weight
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
Being overweight leads to inflammation, which causes insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and its complications. It also leads to leptin resistance, which leads to increasing our appetite center in our brain. High fructose corn syrup is especially powerful in causing resistance of insulin and leptin. Exercise is a huge factor that protects against being over...
Weight Loss Diets: Which one is Right for You?
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
Paying attention to what you eat and how much you exercise are critical factors that have to do with your weight. However, there are many other factors as well. How your body deals with sugar is reviewed.
Weight Management
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
There are many causes for being overweight and the solutions offered that relate to diets, pills, and diet programs that don't work. Yet there are many areas that can work that are offered. The evaluation of someone who is overweight or obese is discussed.
Weight Management Overview
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
HOW TO DEAL WITH WEIGHT ISSUES SUCCESSFULLY
Weight loss programs don't work!
Today's weight management programs don't work over the long haul! Yet there is a $52 billion market that continues to convince overweight people that there is hope if they use the program or product offered by a particular company. This results in yo yo weight changes...
What is the Difference Between Brown and White Fat?
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
There are many different ways to classify fat: saturated, trans, unsaturated, brown, white, and essential fatty acids. Some are essential for life and some are lethal. Where fat accumulates is also important. If white fat accumulates inside the abdominal cavity it predisposes to the metabolic syndrome and type two diabetes with all of its complications....
What Types of Jobs Increase the Risk for Heart Attacks?
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
People with demanding jobs and not much freedom to make decisions are more stressed out and have a 23% higher risk for a heart attack according to a study published in the September 2012 issue of the Lancet. Among about 200,000 people 30,000 had job strain and 2,300 had a heart attack over about a 7 year period.
Stress causes insomnia that leads...
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