Moderate intake of alcohol can offer some health benefits. But it’s easy to drink too heavily, leading to serious health consequences. Drinking alcohol may offer some health benefits, especially for your heart, but on the other hand, it may increase your risk of health problems and damage your heart. Alcohol has long been acceptable and […]
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Testosterone could be the magic weight-loss drug that men are looking for. A new study shows that obese men receiving testosterone shots lost weight, but doctors are divided on the value of the results. Experts warn that supplements may not be the answer due to possible risks of prostate cancer and heart disease. Prof Richard
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You’ve probably wondered how you got diabetes. You may worry that your children will get it too. Diabetes does not seem to be inherited in a simple pattern. Yet clearly, some people are born more likely to get diabetes than others. Type 2 diabetes has a stronger link to family history and lineage than type
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Junk food is more appealing to you, if you are sleep-deprived, because sleepy brains associate junk food with reward and pleasure. The sight of junk food, however, does not activate the reward centers of well-rested brains in the same way. If you are a Sleep-deprived individual, you are drawn to junk food because, when you are fatigued,
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Increasing levels of fatness around the world could have the same impact on global resources as an extra billion people. The total weight of people on the planet found that North America had the highest average. Although only 6% of the global population live there, it is responsible for more than a third of the
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A recent study has shown that one third women snack in secret, keeping their eating habits away from their partners and friends. One of the main reasons for the secrecy is apparently embarrassment about the type of food they eat, and the amount of snacks that they consume. And two thirds of those even keep
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Today we have seen reports from researchers that the obesity problem in the US may be much worse than originally thought. They said using the Body Mass Index or BMI to determine obesity was flawed and under-estimated the issue. Their study, published in the journal PLoS One, said up to 39% of people who were not
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In recent years, much attention has been paid to how women are portrayed in the media, whether it’s an overly airbrushed magazine model with an impossibly slim waist, or a TV starlet with protruding collar bones. “Beautiful is not underweight,” says Rachel Adato, one of the creators of the bill in Israel, which forbids use
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Obese white teenage girls who lose weight may benefit physically, but the weight change does not guarantee they are going to feel better about themselves, according to a Purdue University study. “Obese black and white teenage girls who transitioned out of obesity, continued to see themselves as fat, despite changes in their relative body mass,”
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Why can’t an alcoholic stop drinking? Why can’t a smoker stop smoking? It’s the same with an overweight to reduce weight as the person is always hungry and wanting food. Constant craving Marilyn Walsh, a 38-year-old housewife from London, was unsuccessful to reduce her weight through dieting. What is different about people like Marilyn? Dr
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