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Nighttime fasting may foster weight loss
A study involving mice suggests that someone on a high-fat, high-calorie diet can stay lean with sufficient fasting between day's end and breakfast the next morning. In an age of long commutes, late sports practices, endless workdays and 24/7 television programming, the image of Mom hanging up her dish towel at 7 p.m. and declaring "the kitchen is closed" seems a quaint relic of an earlier era.
A better approach to losing weight
Many people still believe that losing weight is a matter of going without sweets and exercise more. While those are certainly important components of a successful weight-loss strategy, the body's highly-complex processes that affect weight control can make it more difficult to shed even just a few kilos of unwanted weight.
Nighttime fasting may help weight loss
SAN DIEGO -- When we eat could be just as important as what we eat, according to a new study.
Want to lower breast cancer risk? Lose a little weight
For postmenopausal women who are obese, breast cancer is more likely. That's because fat tissue seems to behave essentially as an organ of the endocrine system, pumping out the hormone estrogen. And estrogen is a driver of many common breast cancers. But losing as little as 5% of one's body weight — 10 pounds for a 200-pound woman — drives down levels of estrogen and other hormones that raise ...
U.S. teens heading for heart trouble
Many American teenagers, including some with a normal, healthy weight, already have one or more risk factors for heart disease, researchers say.
Common Mistakes Women Make when Dieting
When it comes to dieting, many women have tried just about every diet out there. From fasting to diets to weight loss pills, the market is saturated with weight loss plans of all types. However, while some of these can be effective, there are a few mistakes that can be made when dieting that, in the long run, can get in the way of your weight loss success. Luckily, these mistakes are easily ...
Study: Limiting Eating Times May Help Weight Loss
When you eat could be just as important as what you eat, according to a new study by the Salk Institute.
The truth about the fad diet
Fad diets do not work. Whether it is for the New Year, pre-Christmas, pre-holiday or in fact at almost any time of year, the focus on weight loss and dieting has become such a global obsession that almost every week a celebrity-endorsed ‘amazing new diet’ hits the media.
11 habits that send diet plans awry
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - With unusually hot weather signaling an early end to spring, many women are taking up weight loss regimes, getting ready to show off slender figures in summer.
Shocking Risk Figures For Teens Developing Diabetes And Heart Problems
The June issues of Pediatrics carries an article laying down the risks for teens developing heart problems, cardio-vascular disease and diabetes. The study compares today's figures with a study from a year ago called "Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among U.S. Adolescents, 1999-2008." Just looking at diabetes, we find that figures have jumped from 9% a decade ago, to a dreadful ...
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