ScienceDaily: Dieting Does Not Work, Researchers Report Want to lose weight? Whatever you do, don’t go on a diet. According to this study, the vast majority of people who go on diets end up weighing more after two years than they did before the diet. In fact, they found the number one predictor of weight [...]
Exercise gives a boost to brain cells – Fitness – MSNBC.com There’s a lot of news to catch up on for the HRH Program. This article presents research that’s at the top of the list for sure. It particularly applies to the HRH Program for depression, even though the article doesn’t specifically mention it. Exercise [...]
You might have heard something about the unusual snowstorms in Colorado over the past three weeks. Something like four feet of snow since before Christmas, and the snow has been on the ground ever since it started. As I was out shoveling snow yet again tonight, the results of numerous studies showing that Minnesota was [...]
Most people have a problem with undertraining, as in not working out enough. However, when we inevitably decide we have to turn our lives around, we want to be thin and healthy as soon as possible–and this can lead to dangerous overtraining. This article covers the topic a little, but I think it misses the [...]
Nightline ran a story on calorie restriction this week, and I thought I should make a comment as to how this relates to preventing insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. As noted in the program, calorie restriction is more about living longer than about losing weight. Of course, consuming very few calories per day will certainly [...]
Exercising moderately for 45 minutes, five days per week can help you avoid the common cold this winter, according to research discussed in this Yahoo News story. The key to preventing the colds was the consistency of the exercise over time. Those who did it over a year (the length of the study) significantly reduced [...]
I think gene testing, if done without the chance of ruining your insurance coverage, will be a good thing. We just need to remember that our lifestyle choices greatly affect the expression of genetic advantages and disadvantages. If, for instance, one has a parent who died of heart disease at 50, then it makes sense [...]
Waistlines keep expanding in 31 states The statistics on obesity going up so quickly are truly frightening. A 1.1% increase in obesity rates means that something like two million more American adults fell into the red zone last year. It’s astonishing, almost becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy that we’ll all be fat before too long. Colorado, [...]
Diabetes pill works — but at what cost? This Robert Bazell piece points out the absurdity of taking drugs to prevent diabetes. Yes, the drugs work. They work very well. But with a price tag of $120/month, couldn’t you invest in some extra vegetables and some jogging shoes? Seriously, many low income people will likely [...]
The news from this morning from the NIH is that One Third of Adults with Diabetes Still Don’t Know They Have It. That’s a pretty frightening statistic, as type II diabetes is one of the world’s greatest killers. As I’ve said elsewhere, when you move from pre-diabetes to full diabetes, you are aging about twice [...]