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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Sleep deprivation is associated with obesity. This is true of even short term sleep deprivation. A study of truck drivers found that the higher the BMI, the shorter sleep duration.
Other factors associated with obesity were: age, glucose levels, cholesterol, snoring and hypertension.
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Quickly and easily regaining lost fat is known as "catch-up fat" or a thrifty metabolism. This is associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, and characterized by high insulin levels.
Mechanisms involved include suppressed thermogenesis, de novo lipogenesis (conversion of carbohydrates to fats), along with insulin and leptin resistance. ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Cellulite treatments are difficult to evealuate because improvements in skin health improve the appearance of cellulite...even though no changes to the actual fat tissues occured.
This study evaluated the use of high-energy radiofrequency devices and found improvements in the cullulite tissue and associated collagen. The improvements where apparently induced by the ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Obese subjects were put on a low calorie, liquid diet to reduce 50% of their obesity. Those with lower body fat distribution (pears) reduced their visceral fat to a normal level. Those with upper body fat distribution (apples) reduced their visceral fat... but not enough to normalize their cardiovascular risk ...
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
High levels of visceral fat are associated with greater oxidative stress and the metabolic syndrome (syndome x). Even non-obese subjects exibited an association between visceral fat and oxidative stress.
It is unclear if antioxidants might partially reverse syndrome x. It is clear that those with visceral fat accumulation should eat more ...
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
It is well known that the metabolic syndrome is accompanied by high blood triglycerides. But do high levels of these blood fats cause metabolic syndrome or are they a symptom of it?
Rabbits bred to be hypertriglyceridemic had more visceral fat and greater insulin resistance. Improving insulin sensitivity improves both triglycerides ...
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