Some people cling to a low-fat diet in hopes of lowering their risk for heart disease. That’s not necessarily a good move for overall health. A recent study looked at low-fat diets and their effect on heart health and came to some surprising conclusions. Find out what they are.
Folk medicine practitioners have used herbs for centuries to treat health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Modern scientific studies only recently started investigating some of these herbs to test such claims, but the encouraging study results indicate a few herbs may be important tools in the fight against fat.
Insulin has the important function of allowing glucose to enter cells, but too much of it can create problems for your waistline. Insulin is a fat-storage hormone that makes it more difficult to lose body fat. But why? This article discusses how insulin makes it hard to shed body fat and what you can do to lower your insulin levels naturally.
Insulin resistance, or metabolic syndrome, is a precursor to health problems like type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Some people assume they’re not at risk because they’re not overweight. Not necessarily so. Twenty-percent of people who are insulin resistant are of normal weight. So how do you know if you have it? This article discusses the symptoms you might experience if you’re insulin resistant and signs that doctors use to make the diagnosis.
By now you probably know that sleep is important for controlling your weight and a new study points out why. Find out why lack of sleep causes you to put on weight from a physiological standpoint and tips for keeping this problem under control.
In the era of the Atkins and Dukan diets, some people are afraid of carbs. You shouldn’t be. Carbs are an important part of a healthy diet as long as you know how and when to eat them. Here are four tips for getting your carbs the right way.
Carbohydrates are less energy dense than fat, so a low-fat diet should help you lose weight. Right? Not necessarily. Here are four reasons why a low-fat diet isn’t the best choice for weight loss.
Insulin resistance is a growing problem in this country. It’s also a precursor to type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Fortunately, there are drug-free ways to improve the way insulin functions in your body. Here are four supplements that may help.
Are you struggling to lose body fat and build lean body mass? It may not be your diet or the way you’re exercising. Another factor that can affect your body composition is an elevated cortisol level. Here are five things that increase cortisol levels and make it harder to get into shape.
Chances are you’re familiar with the inflammation that happens when you injure yourself, but there’s another type of inflammation that’s even more important called “silent inflammation.” Find out what causes this hidden but destructive type of inflammation and the role that diet plays.
Processed Gluten-free products contain just as much sugar as their conventional counterparts. As far as your body is concerned, you are basically eating a product that is made entirely of sugar.
Science is interested in aging. In fact, there is a whole field dedicated to the study of aging. Researchers who study centenarians have discovered three things that all people of advanced age have in common: low-sugar diets, low triglyceride levels, and low levels of insulin resistance. Of these factors, the most important is insulin resistance rates.
