Not getting enough sleep at night makes it harder to shed body fat. Now a new study shows that losing body fat, especially belly fat, can improve the quality of your sleep. Find out more about the intriguing connection between belly fat, sleep and health.
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.
Plant-based diets have benefits, but can they actually help you live longer? Here’s what new research shows about plant-based diets and the health and longevity benefits they offer. It also discusses the effect plant-based diets have on body weight.
Does your immune system play a role in controlling your weight? Recent research suggests that it does. Find out more about the how immune cells in fat tissue help to regulate weight and why weight control may be more complicated than “calories in, calories out.”
It’s a fact that Americans get a lot of extra calories added to their diets from consuming carbonated drinks that are loaded with sugar. So, theoretically, replacing calorie-laden sodas with non-caloric diet sodas would seem like a logical fix. But interestingly, some studies show that diet sodas have the exact opposite effect.
Are you getting too much sodium in your diet? If you’re like most people, you probably are. Some people are actually more sensitive to the effects of salt than others and are at greater risk of developing blood pressure problems if they get too much. Find out who’s more likely to be salt sensitive, and discover five simple ways to reduce sodium in your diet.
Are you apple-shaped or shaped more like a pear? It’s important to know since your body type says something about your risk for future health problems. Find out how to determine whether you’re an apple or a pear, what it means and whether it’s possible to change your shape.
Sugar is a root cause of many of the most common health problems today. Since so many health authorities focus their contempt on fats in the diet, it’s no wonder people tend to have no idea just how sugar affects the body.
Can friendly bacteria called probiotics help you lose weight? It’s an intriguing idea that gut bacteria might help with weight control.
A high-carb meal causes a rapid rise in blood sugar and insulin levels, which is bad for your waistline and for your health. Now a new study shows that eating this “nutty” food could blunt the insulin response from eating rapidly absorbed carbs. Find out more about this “good for you” snack food.
It’s a “growing” problem. Obesity rates have doubled since 1980, but what does the future hold? Will the obesity rate continue to rise?
By the year 2030 deaths from diabetes and metabolic syndrome worldwide will at least double from today’s troubling numbers.n average diabetic men will lose 11 years of life from their expected longevity and women 17 years!
