Study: Regular Aerobic Exercise Best for Reducing Visceral Fat
Hot off the presses… The Duke study showed aerobic training significantly reduced visceral fat and liver fat, the culprit in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Aerobic exercise also did a better job than resistance training at improving fasting insulin resistance, and reducing liver enzymes and fasting triglyceride levels. All are known risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. …”Resistance training is great for...
World’s Heaviest Mom Going on a Diet
Back in 2010, Donna Simpson – the World’s Heaviest Mom (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) – was attempting to fulfill her fantasy… hitting 1,000 pounds. I guess reality proved to be more compelling than fantasy, since Simpson intends to convert her members-only website – where (among other things) subscribers paid to watch her eat – to a diet blog. Until very recently, Donna Simpson —...
Study: Some Restaurant Calorie Counts Aren’t Accurate
The LA Times reports on a new study in JAMA: Restaurant calorie counts not always accurate Dieters beware: Offerings at popular restaurants may have more calories than what’s stated on menus or company websites. A team of scientists purchased items from 42 fast-food and sit-down eateries in Indiana, Arkansas and Massachusetts, then measured the calories they contained. The list of stops on their calorie-busting tour included...
Statewide Obesity Rates Still Rising
According to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America’s Health, obesity rates climbed in 16 states, and did not decrease in any. Even worse, 12 states now have obesity rates of 30% or over. Four years ago, only 1 state had that distinction. “Today, the state with the lowest obesity rate would have had the highest rate in 1995,” said Jeff Levi, Ph.D., executive director of TFAH. “There was a...
Should You Talk to Your Friend About His/Her Weight?
This author of this Chicago Tribune article, “Broaching a Weighty Subject,” thinks so. But I don’t. Especially when it’s done like this… With a few key strokes and the click of a mouse, you can anonymously tell a loved one that he or she might want to consider losing some weight, and hey, you know just the place to help. Structure House, a North Carolina-based weight-management facility, offers an online...
Slate: “Chocolate Milk at Every Meal”
I just got through reading a Slate article on the food served in military mess halls. Although the armed services have improved the food offered to recruits in basic training, it appears that a lot of the food served to our soldiers is still pretty unhealthy. As author Kristen Hinman reveals: Take the Army. Its food program mandates that soldiers have access to eggs-made-to-order, three types of bread, three types of meat, six kinds...
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