Category Archives: Overweight and Obesity
Food Reward versus Carbohydrate/Insulin Theory of Obesity
A few months ago, several of the bloggers/writers I follow were involved in an online debate about two competing theories that attempt to explain the current epidemic of overweight and obesity. The theories: Carboydrate/Insulin (as argued by Gary Taubes) Food Reward … Continue reading
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Low-Carb Diet Reduces Weight AND Increases Adiponectin
Compared to a low-fat diet, a very-low-carb diet yielded better fat loss and improved adiponectin levels, according to researchers at the University of Cincinnati. Read on to find out why this matters. Adiponectin is a hormone-like protein secreted by fat cells. … Continue reading
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Waist-Hip Ratio: How to Determine, and What It Means
A comment left under my recent post on healthy weight ranges reminded me about the waist-hip ratio. The risk of heart and vascular disease is more closely linked to distribution of excess fat than with degree of obesity as measured by overall … Continue reading
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Healthy Weight Ranges
In the past it was pretty easy to find tables of recommended healthy body weights. Not so much anymore. Most of the experts want you calculate your body mass index, recommending the healthy BMI range as 18.5 to 24.9. I … Continue reading
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Low-Carb Diet Better Than Low-Cal for Fatty Liver
Loss of excess weight is a mainstay of therapy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. A very-low-carb diet works better than a reduced-calorie diet, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) … Continue reading
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Paleo and Low-Carb Diets: Much In Common?
My superficial reading of the paleo diet literature led me to think Dr. Loren Cordain was the modern originator of this trend, so I was surprised to find an article on the Stone Age diet and modern degenerative diseases in a … Continue reading
Heart and Stroke Patients: Avoid Weight-Loss Drug Sibutramine (Meridia)
The weight-loss drug sibutramine (Meridia) should be withdrawn from the U.S. market, suggests an editorialist in the September 2, 2010, New England Journal of Medicine. Based on a clinical study in the same issue, it’s more accurate to conclude that … Continue reading
Low-Fat and Low-Carb Diets End Battle in Tie After Two Years, But…
Dieters on low-fat and low-carb diets both lost the same amount of weight after two years, according to a just-published article in Annals of Internal Medicine. Both groups received intensive behavioral treatment, which may be the key to success for … Continue reading
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