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07/20/2018
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By Ralph Flores
Adding walnuts to your diet can help you lose weight and improve your heart health
Walnuts aren’t just good for salads. Researchers from the University of California San Diego in La Jolla have found that they can also be used to supplement a reduced-energy diet and that they provide results similar to conditions under a weight loss intervention. The findings of this study, published in Nutrition Journal, looked at whether adding walnuts to a diet can affect weight, […]
06/07/2018
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By Carol Anderson
Being unfit is just as bad as diabetes in terms of being at risk of cardiovascular disease
The phrase, “I’ll exercise tomorrow,” is probably one of the many promises that we hardly keep. Mostly, due to our busy schedules, we opt for munching on our comfort foods than jogging or hitting the gym to relieve our stress. This scenario often leads to a person becoming unfit which leads to certain health risks. […]
06/03/2018
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By Zoey Sky
Explaining the obesity paradox: It’s muscle mass, not fat, that helps you live longer
According to the “obesity paradox,” people who are obese or overweight tend to have a lower risk of dying during a specific time period, compared to individuals with a “normal” weight. However, a study indicates that the obesity paradox can somehow be explained by one factor. Specifically, a person’s muscle mass. The researchers who spearheaded the study took note of an […]
04/16/2018
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By Jessica Dolores
British study concludes that you can’t be fat AND fit
There’s no such thing as healthy fat. This was the conclusion University of Glasgow’s Dr. Stamatina Iliodromiti and his team arrived at after they studied 296,535 adults of white European descent. Dr. Iliodromiti and his team found that adults whose body mass index (BMI) was around 22 to 23 have lower risk of developing or […]
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