Losing Weight Is Never Easy
Are you considering to have weight loss surgery? Surgery is recommended for people who are severely obese and have failed to lose the weight. Most surgeons won’t perform surgery on patients unless they have a BMI over 40 or people who have a BMI of 35 who have serious coexisting medical conditions such as diabetes. Weight […]
You may feel a trace of guilt about putting dressing on your salad. Or are you in the habit of ordering it on the side, so you’ll use less? It’s officially time to let go of all that. A study released last week by Iowa State University shows that the typical oil in dressing significantly boosts the nutrition you take in from veggies like carrots, tomatoes and leafy greens. And the more you pour on, the more benefit you’ll receive. The study’s lead author, Wendy White, describes it as “that rare, perfectly linear relationship” where doubling the dressing doubles the absorption of eight different nutrients, including cancer-fighting carotenoids and vitamins K, E and A.
Obese and overweight people are at a higher risk for a number of cancers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a recent report.
Source: Obesity stalling progress in fight against cancer, CDC says | cleveland.com
I want to explain my reasoning, because it’s probably slightly deeper and more complex than most people imagine, unless they know me pretty well, in which case it might be simply baffling. A run-down: I love my round body. I am dreading losing a lot of weight in terms of what it will do to […]
Among healthy individuals, 2-week dietary supplementation with sucralose and acesulfame-K was associated with an increase in plasma glucose absorption, marked by 3-O-methyl glucose (iAUC 23%, P≤0.05), and blood glucose levels when compared with placebo (27%, P≤ 0.05), according to Richard Young, PhD, of the University of Adelaide in Australia, and colleagues.
Source: Sugar Substitutes: Not So Sweet for Glucose Absorption? | Medpage Today
Seems like everyone wants to trim the fat, which why it’s nice to know you can bust belly fat in a single day. And when you do slim down, it might seem like fat has evaporated into thin air and well. It kind of has. “Your body’s’ primary source of energy is glucose, which is stored as glycogen in two places: liver and muscles,” explains Tanya Zuckerbrot MS, RD, NYC-based registered dietician, bestselling author, and founder of The F-Factor Diet. “When your body uses up its glycogen stores it turns to fat fo
Source: This Is Where Your Fat Actually Goes When You Lose Weight
