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David Mendosa

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posted 07/08/2008, comments (5)

Food Diaries Help

If you want to lose weight, doing something as simple as recording what you eat might make the biggest difference. Writing down what you eat can double your weight loss, according to a study that the American Journal of Preventative Medicine will publish next month.This finding comes from an analysis of the first phase of one of the... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/06/2008, comments (3)

Looking AHEAD to Weight Loss

One of the biggest and most important diabetes trials is well underway. But so far it hasn't received much attention. That will change. The Look AHEAD trial began in 2001 and is scheduled to conclude in 2012. In it they randomly assigned 5,145 overweight people with type 2 diabetes to either a lifestyle intervention or to enhanced diabetes... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/30/2008, comments (8)

It's Low-Carb Weak

This is the low-carb year, not week. At the start of this year the American Diabetes Association finally gave its limited endorsement to a low-carb lifestyle. It's good for weight loss for up to a year, they maintain.Going low-carb for a week just won't cut it. But you might feel weak when you start.When I started very low-carbing last year, I... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/23/2008, comments (2)

Can eating vegetables cause obesity?

Vegetables are good for you, and the more veggies you eat, the healthier and thinner you'll be, right? Well, the former is probably true, but the latter may not always be. A Chinese study came up with the -- to Americans -- paradoxical finding that the more vegetables people ate, the fatter they were. Why? Because the... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/19/2008, comments (10)

Pycnogenol for Diabetes Control

Just as I was about to stop taking Pycnogenol, along comes a high quality study that convinced me to keep on using this supplement.I have my suspicions about all supplements and have announced them here. My most recent previous article here shows that short list of those remaining in my favor.But the journal Nutrition Research last month published... Read more Chevron

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