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(1) Having psoriasis may double your risk for metabolic syndrome - a recent observational study found that metabolic syndrome was twice as likely to occur in patients that have psoriasis, when compared to patients who do not have this debilitating skin condition. So of the 6.6 million adults, ages 20 - 59 in the US currently diagnosed with... Read moreChevron
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Processed Grains Worse than Saturated Fats in Heart Heart, Alpha-Carotene Helps

Experts have taken a second look at dietary saturated fat and its relationship to weight gain and health issues.  Certainly fat free, low fat, high carbohydrate diets have all taken a place in the sphere of weight loss and lifestyle change.  The Atkin's diet, the most popular high protein, higher fat diet was first demonized by most... Read moreChevron
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Normal Weight Obesity: Thin with High Body Fat Percentage

The Mayo Clinic recently coined a new term to diagnose a subset of obese patients.  They are actually "normal weight" but their body fat percentage is too high.  This relatively new term follows another recently coined term TOFI which means, thin on the outside, fat on the inside.  It was created to describe a phenomenon where a... Read moreChevron
posted 02/17/2010, comments (0)|
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Setting Weight Loss Goals

I've never like the word obesity - it has a terrible connotation and frankly labels make me uncomfortable.  So let's agree that now that I am back on board writing for this site, that we'll assume that most people who come to read the information and to blogs here - want to lose weight.  With that in mind, let's look at why you want to... Read moreChevron
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Outrunning My Shadow, Surviving Open-Heart Surgery and Battling Obesity

An Inspirational Success Story.
posted 09/21/2009, comments (0)|
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