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Obese People More Likely to be Hospitalized for Asthma

  If you are clinically obese, you are 5 times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than normal weight people.  This study also made some other interesting observations: Obese people with asthma were younger and less educated than non-obese patients with asthma Obese people with asthma used more cortico-steroids than... Read moreChevron
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MSG Contributes to Obesity and Diabetes

People who use MSG as a flavor enhancer in their food are more likely than those who don't to be overweight or obese - even if they have the same amount of physical activity as their non-MSG users.  Researchers looked at 750 Chinese men and women between the ages of 40-59 and divided the 82% of them who used MSG into 3 groups, based on MSG... Read moreChevron

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