Archive for September, 2008

No Relationship Found Between Obesity Rate and Thyroid Levels

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Hypothyroidism, or low thyroid output, does not significantly increase overweight and obesity rates. TSH levels in obese and overweight individuals are usually in the normal range. Subclinical hypothyroidism (as indicated by a TSH between 2.51 and 4.0 mU/L) was actually more common than clinical hypothyroidism (TSH above 4.0 ...

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Low Fat Diets Ineffective

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

A meta-analysis of low fat diet studies has shown that fat restricting diets are no better than other reduced calorie diets for overweight and obese individuals.  In several cases the control group achieved better results than the low fat group. There were no significant differences in cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure or blood glucose. PMID: 18646093

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