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      10 Things You May Not Know About Your Weight

      November 17, 2011 /

      There are facts about your weight which could change the way you think about your body.

      A growing body of literature suggests that size doesn’t matter when it comes to your health. A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine surveyed 5,440 American adults and found that 51 percent of the overweight and almost 32 percent of the obese had mostly normal cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, and other measures of good health.

      Further defying conventional wisdom, the article also reported that 23.5 percent of trim adults were, in fact, metabolically abnormal-making them more vulnerable to heart disease than their heavier counterparts.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research

      Keeping Quiet About Your Weight Loss Goals is the Secret to Success

      November 17, 2011 /

      Losing weight is as easy as zipping your lips!

      Just telling others about your plans creates a sense of accomplishment that could derail your ultimate goal of losing weight.

      Keeping your plans to diet to yourself also eliminates the conflict with those who might not want to see you succeed.

      The advice seems counterintuitive. Weight Watchers and similar groups tout support as a major reason for their programs’ success, and studies have found that accountability is important in accomplishing a goal. But telling family, friends and Facebook about your diet plans could have a detrimental effect, some experts say.

      Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      For Practical Purposes; Pizza a Vegetable?

      November 17, 2011 /

      Congress declare pizza a vegetable.

      When it comes to school lunches, that is.

      The rules, proposed last January, would have cut the amount of potatoes served and would have changed the way schools received credit for serving vegetables by continuing to count tomato paste on a slice of pizza only if more than a quarter-cup of it was used. The rules would have also halved the amount of sodium in school meals over the next 10 years.

      But late Monday, lawmakers drafting a House and Senate compromise for the agriculture spending bill blocked the department from using money to carry out any of the proposed rules.

      American children don’t have a fighting chance against diabetes and childhood obesity when over 40% of their daily calorie intake comes from school lunch.

      Quality Control, Resources, Wellness

      An Effective Drug for Effortless Weight loss?

      November 10, 2011 /

      A weight loss pill which generates results in without any effort is a dream come true, for many.

      Although the trials have been successful in monkeys it still needs to be tested on humans.
      The researchers, headed by the husband and wife team Wadih Arap and Renata Pasqualini, have been working on the project for years. In 2004 the research team proved the drug could bring substantial weight loss in mice. Now, after the highly successful results in monkeys, they have applied for FDA approval to begin trials in people, possibly within a year.

      The “couch potato” weight loss pill could be on the way.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      A Pricey Gym Membership Isn’t the Answer to Weight Loss

      November 10, 2011 /

      You don’t need to hit the gym to lose weight.

      Making activities fun and convenient means that you are also, more likely to stick with a regime.

      Committing time, travel and money to a work out can prohibit how often you will actually exercise.

      But allocating a few minutes, consistently, to at-home exercise can yield real results.

      Don’t be blinded by the illusion that the only way you can lose weight is if you hit the gym – people are losing weight and staying in shape every day by using the tools they have at home and investing a little money (far less than they would invest in a gym membership!) to buy a few key fitness tools. Follow these tips and clean up your eating habits and you’ll be shedding the pounds in no time.

      Nutrition, Research, Resources, Wellness

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