This was a new way of thinking about fat in the body, for me. A review suggests that increasing fat storage helps protect against metabolic syndrome. Most researchers and physicians will tell you that obesity, itself, is a major part of the cause of metabolic syndrome.
What is metabolic syndrome?
Metabolic syndrome, also called syndrome [...]
Category Archives: Diabetes
Belly Fat Related To Binge Not Frequent Drinking
September 14, 2009 – 6:13 pm
A big belly, often in men is called a beer belly. The common perception is that men who drink a lot of beer will get a big belly.
New research that was presented at the European Society of Cardiology 2009 meeting suggests that it is not the quantity of alcohol that is consumed but the [...]
Which Healthy Lifestyle Change Can Reduce Disease Risk?
August 12, 2009 – 5:55 pm
What aspects of a healthy lifestyle are important for reducing disease risk? If you had to choose which things you changed to improve your life and which ones you didn’t change, which would you choose?
A study in Germany looked at four lifestyle factors and 4 diseases in 23,513 Germans, aged 35 to 65.
The four [...]
Healthy Lifestyle? What Me?
May 28, 2009 – 9:37 pm
What is a healthy lifestyle? This is not a trick question.
My answer would be something like the following. A healthy lifestyle is eating a good diet that has lots of servings of vegetables and fruits and is not too high in “bad” fats or simple carbs. It is not smoking, not drinking too much [...]
Sleep And Weight Are Related
May 20, 2009 – 10:55 am
There is increasing evidence that long term lack of sleep is not good for health. Recently there has been further evidence that less sleep equals more weight gain, and that diet plays a role in sleep.
Previously on this blog there have been several posts about how lack of sleep has negative health effects. [...]
We Are Not Active Enough
May 13, 2009 – 12:04 pm
No big surprise. A Canadian study has found that people are not active enough.
The study collected information for 22 years. The activity levels of study participants were followed over this time. The activity levels at the beginning of the study and the end were compared.
The study found that higher education and [...]
Teas Are The Universal Cure-All?
May 11, 2009 – 10:26 am
Suddenly tea and tea extracts seem to be everywhere, in all kinds products. You would think teas are the universal cure-all.
For instance, over the weekend I was looking at the ingredient lists for a number of cosmetic products, including daily chemical peel products and after peel moisturizers. Many of the products had tea [...]