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Study Reveals Why Diets Don’t Work

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Weight Loss

If you have tried diet after diet…and then find yourself putting on even more weight… Blame it on the cavemen.

Cutting calories signals your body to prepare for “famine.” It convinces your hunter-gatherer brain that food supplies are unreliable. It instructs your body to store extra fat as soon as more food becomes available—much like birds fattening up before winter.

The result, according to new research from Bristol and Exeter universities in England, is that diets make you gain more weight in the long term than you would have if you didn’t diet.… Read More

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‘Spare Tire’ Worse for Heart Than ‘Love Handles,’ Study Finds

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Fitness and Exercise, Heart and Cardiovascular, Weight Loss

If you’re carrying extra weight, it’s better to have “love handles” than a “spare tire.”

That’s the take-home message of a new study that shows belly fat is worse for your heart than flab elsewhere.1 A lot worse.

Researchers collected data on 1,106 men and women whose average age was 45. Scientists measured subcutaneous adipose fat. This is fat just under the skin.… Read More

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Eating Seafood Once a Week Boosts Memory, Study Finds

In All Health Watch, Cognitive Health, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Nootropics and Brain Support, Weight Loss

For centuries, fish has been known as “brain food.” Now, an ongoing research project shows there is a scientific basis for this folklore.

Scientists at Rush University in Chicago have been studying the effects of seafood on the brain for over a decade. As part of the Rush Memory and Aging Project, they have been closely tracking 915 seniors since 1997.… Read More

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Why You Should Never Eat in Front of the TV

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Fitness and Exercise, Weight Loss

Eating dinner in front of the TV is a nightly ritual for many people. But a new study shows that it may damage your health.

Researchers found it can be bad for you even if you only have it on the background.1

University of Minnesota scientists examined videos of 120 families eating dinner. The researchers noted whether the TV was on and what their meals consisted of.… Read More

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Dr. Eliaz: Simple Diet Fixes for Lasting Energy

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Weight Loss

Food has many contexts: pleasure, medicine, comfort, sustenance. But perhaps most important of all, food is energy. And healthy digestion is central to converting food into long-lasting energy our cells can use.

Quite often, the same foods that expand our waistlines also sabotage our cellular energy metabolism.

In my last article, I revealed how to get your digestion on the “right tract” with supplements.… Read More