New Guidelines For Weight-Gain During Pregnancy

May 27, 2009

For the first time since 1990, an Institute of Medicine (IOM)’s group of doctors and other nutrition experts have released guidelines for how much weight a woman should gain during pregnancy. The WebMD article “Pregnancy Weight Gain: New Guidelines” describes the various metrics released by the IOM regarding the right range of values for weight [...]

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Being Strict With Childrens’ Diet Will Not Make Them Fat

May 26, 2009

That’s right. It was actually believed that if parents are over-strict with the eating habits of their kids then those same kids would rebel, overeat and become big fat adults. Uh…. not true! Science Daily reports that a recent study in the journal Obesity shows that such maternal control of a child’s eating habits might [...]

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The Fittest Cities In The United States

May 25, 2009

The latest list of America’s fittest cities has been released by the American College of Sports Medicine and although it’s not the most obvious city I would have guessed to take the top honor, our nation’s capital, Washington D.C., is listed as the Fittest City in America.
According to WebMD:
The list is based on personal factors [...]

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You Can Overcome Your Genes

May 24, 2009

“It’s in my genes”.
Sounds familiar? It’s the excuse used by scores of humans as they try to hand off their shortcomings, deficiencies and other health issues to the bad decisions of their forefathers. Well, not so fast! Key lifestyle changes, a diet based on natural foods and regular exercise can overcome the most severe of [...]

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The Gene That Converts Carbohydrates To Fat

May 23, 2009

It’s all in your genes, folks. Researchers at the University of Berkeley have uncovered a gene called DNA-PK that is thought to be responsible for the regulation of the process in the liver that converts carbohydrates in the food we eat into fat.
What is amazing about this discovery is that when mice were treated to [...]

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