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Physical Activity and Appetite Regulation

Physical Activity and Appetite Regulation
Physical activity helps control your appetite Being sedentary promotes more eating The famed Tufts University nutritionist Jean Mayer established the relationship between caloric intake, body weight, and physical work in a group of 213 mill workers in West Bengal, India. These workers engaged in a wide range of physical activity, from sedentary to very hard…
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The Perils of Visceral and Ectopic Fat

The Perils of Visceral and Ectopic Fat
Visceral and ectopic versus subcutaneous body fat Aerobic xercise helps reduce visceral fat With fat, location matters. Visceral fat occurs within the abdominal cavity. Subcutaneous fat occurs just beneath the skin. Researchers used data from 3,001 participants in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring and Third-Generation cohorts to determine links between these two types of fat…
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In Search of a Healthy Diet

In Search of a Healthy Diet
The basics of a healthy diet are pretty simple Different healthy diets can yield different results We Americans would enjoy better health and well-being if we ate better. Alas, few of our compatriots eat a healthy diet. Why not? One possible reason might be the perceived difficulty of determining the healthfulness of foods, even after…
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Most Americans Eat Lots of Salt

Most Americans Eat Lots of Salt
Cutting salt intake may prevent high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease How might you do that? In 1998, science writer Gary Taubes published a lengthy in article in Science in which he reviewed the academic controversy over the ability of lower salt (actually sodium) intake to meaningfully lower blood pressure. In the end, he quoted one…
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