Archive for 2008
Friday, December 26th, 2008
Capsinoids, the active compounds in chili peppers, lower abdominal obesity and improve fat oxidation rates. Overall body weight also improved some, but abdominal fat showed the greatest reduction...indicating improved insulin signalling.
Capsaicin is the most widely studied capsinoid. Despite the burn, capsinoids are well tolerated. The study participants took 6 mg ...
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
People that consume dairy products burn fat at a higher rate than people that avoid them. This allows them to eat a higher level of calories each day without gaining weight.
Despite an unfavorable fat (saturated) and an unfavorable carbohydrate (lactose), the research on milk shows it to be favorable for ...
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Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Adolescents that eat frequent family dinners at home have improved eating habits over adolescents that do not. However, their BMI is not lower... most likely because they continue to eat a comparable amount of high-sugar, high-fat snack foods.
Those eating family meals were more likely to also have parental nutritional guidance, ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Older adults sleeping 5 or less hours per night have much greater odds of being obese compared to those sleeping 7-8 hours per night. Men lacking sleep are almost 4 times as likely to be obese, women twice as likely. Reduced sleep also predicts obesity in both children ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Having a high WBC count increases your chance of abdominal obesity. Waist circumference, total body fat, and subcutaneous fat are all significantly higher in those with higher WBC's.
WBC count is positively associated with BMI, waist circumference, total body fat and subcutaneous fat. Neutrophils, one of the WBC components, are more ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
If you are trying to lose weight, eating eggs for breakfast, instead of bagels, will improve your results. Overall egg eaters experienced a 61% greater reduction in BMI, 65% greater weight loss, 34% greater reduction in waist circumference and 16% greater reduction in percent body fat over bagel eaters.
No difference ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Sodium alginate, a fiber extracted from seaweed that forms a gel-like goo when ingested, appears to be an effective appetite suppressant. Subjects ingesting the seaweed fiber consumed about 135 calories, or about 7% less, than the control group.
Significant reductions were noted for carbohydrate, sugar, fat, saturated fat and protein ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Fruit and vegetable intake is associated with lower BMI and body fat percentage. But only 21.3% of female high school students and 24.7% of male high school students eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Students eating 5 or more servings daily had higher activity levels ...
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