Working in a community garden could mean the difference between obesity and healthy weight, a new study suggests. Researchers culled measurements of body fat and weight from community gardeners and non-gardeners and found that the gardners weighed less than their non-farming neighbors. It wasn’t just luck of the draw, either; gardners were shown to have a… Read More »
You may have heard in advertising slogans that food is addictive — once you pop, you just can’t stop — or, more seriously, in discussions of compulsive behavior like binge eating. But is food truly addictive? This week, Biological Psychiatry published a special issue exploring the question of whether or not food can be considered an addiction.… Read More »
Few parents go as far in influencing their children’s diet as Michael Arnstein, the extreme-distance runner better known on YouTube as “the Fruitarian.” Arnstein practices a strict dietary subset of veganism in which he, and his family, consume only fruit, though he acknowledges his children probably sneak other foods while they’re in school or at… Read More »
Gardeners run the gamut from the scruffy hemp-clad grower to the trowel-wielding sexagenarian in clogs and sunhat, but they share a love of moist soil, fertilizer, and home-grown basil. And never the twain shall meet unless they work together at a community garden. Researchers say gardeners of all kinds also tend to share one important… Read More »
When the appetite suppression hormone leptin was found in 1994 researchers hoped that it would quickly lead to new pharmaceuticals that could combat the obesity epidemic. Leptin is made by fat cells and tells the brain that you have enough stored energy to devote to things like exercise, going through puberty, and pregnancy. To… Read More »
HAPIfork is the invention of Jacques Lepine, an engineer by trade who was told he ate too quickly when he was young. Once, after being rushed to the hospital when he though he was having a heart attack, his doctor diagnosed gastric reflux and warned him to slow down when eating. Over the next seven… Read More »
If you want to live longer, be healthier, and enjoy life fuller, every doctor agrees you need to avoid a greasy, high-fat “Western-style” diet. Nothing hammers home this fact like death counts: a new study that looks at how diet affected the aging of a group of British residents found that the Western style diet led… Read More »
Weight loss surgery has always been considered a drastic option for weight loss — doctors nearly always recommend other weight loss strategies. Surgery is a last-ditch effort, when for medical reasons it is necessary to lose many extra pounds in a shortened period of time. But it is extremely effective, and some people who cannot… Read More »
After a demanding workout nothing seems to soothe those aching joints and muscles more than a relaxing massage. New research suggests that more exercise can be just as effective in alleviating soreness. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) commonly occur after a long workout where muscle tissue has been has been stretched beyond what it’s accustomed… Read More »
A country that rides out a gloomy economy together can lose weight together. At least, that’s what a new population-based study in Cuba shows. During the 1990s, Cuba experienced a massive economic crisis, which in turn, suprisingly, fueled massive drops in death associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The study appeared online in BMJ, and measured the health… Read More »
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Resveratrol escalated into medical stardom as the silent ingredient in red wine that promoted longevity. The compound was listed to benefit diabetes, dementia and cardiovascular disease, however a recent study from Denmark says the benefits are not included in the package if you are overweight. The study published in the journal Diabetes, showed that when obese… Read More »
More meals in smaller portions could be the best solution to keeping your child’s weight down with summer slowly approaching. A team of researchers set out to establish the relationship between the size of tableware and the amount of calories kids took in during a meal. According to its data from 2010, the Centers for… Read More »
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