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      Metabolic Syndrome Could be a Greater Risk Factor for Heart Attack than Obesity Alone

      September 14, 2011 /

      Maintaining a healthy weight is not the only factor to consider to prevent heart attack risk.

      Normal-weight patients diagnosed with a cluster of factors known as the “metabolic syndrome” could face a higher risk for heart failure than even obese patients without such factors, new research suggests.

      Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a group of symptoms — increased blood pressure, higher-than-normal insulin levels, excess body fat around the waist, high triglycerides and/or abnormal cholesterol levels — that raise the risk of stroke, heart disease and diabetes.

      Thin does not equal healthy.

      There are a multitude of factors to consider when assessing one’s health and wellness.

      Nutrition, Research, Wellness

      Weight Watchers Wins With Most Pounds Lost

      September 14, 2011 /

      Weight Watchers is more effective for weight loss than physician assisted programs.

      In some ways this comes as a surprise, in other ways it seems logical that a group committed to nothing but weight loss and maintenance would be the hands down winner.

      People in the Weight Watchers group were three times more likely than the other participants to lose 10% or more of their initial body weight. And nearly two-thirds of the Weight Watchers users lost 5% or more of their body weight, versus one-third in the other group.
      “Those really are medically very significant numbers,” Jensen says. “For overweight or obese people, that kind of loss results in pretty substantial improvements in health and disease risk—to the point where, if you’re on medication for blood pressure or cholesterol or diabetes and you can [lose] 10% of your weight, you’ve got at least a reasonable chance of decreasing or discontinuing that medication.”

      Nutrition, Research, Wellness

      Whole Foods Refuses to Label Genetically Modified Foods

      September 14, 2011 /

      It is disappointing to learn that Whole Foods is unwilling to participate in the labeling of Genetically Modified Foods.

      The one time leader of the “whole” food movement, organic and unadulterated food and humane and natural products has sold out to big corporations leaving the consumer in the dark to navigate the maze of agri-business on their own.

      Making an informed choice about what goes into your body has just become a little bit more difficult and Whole Foods is complicit in the deception.

      Whole Foods refuses to support GMO labeling.

      Quality Control, Wellness

      A Few Interesting Facts About the Human Body

      September 14, 2011 /

      Did you know these fun facts about the human body?

      The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.
      The strong contraction of your heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood up to 30 feet.
      About 75% of “poop” is made up of water. The rest consists of undigested plant fibers and germs.
      The average person loses about 80-100 hairs a day.
      Your nose makes about a cup of snot each day.
      You usually release about one and a half quarts of “pee” a day.

      Read the whole article for more!

      Research

      More Salmonella at Cargill Inc. Turkey Plant

      September 12, 2011 /

      The same Arkansas plant which recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey last month has yet again found salmonella after recent testing following a temporary shutdown.

      More ground turkey has been recalled due to a suspicion of salmonella.

      Quality Control, Wellness

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