Archive for October, 2008
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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