Monthly Archives: January 2012

Paula Deen’s Type 2 Diabetes Reveal Raises Health Questions

Earlier today, celebrity chef Paula Deen revealed to the NBC Today Show’s Al Roker (and the rest of the world) that she has Type 2 diabetes, a condition in which the body is unable to properly regulate blood sugar levels.

Paula Deen is well known for her high-fat, high-calorie, pour-on-the-sugar cooking style, which she teaches to thousands of viewers every day on her Food Network cooking show, a lifestyle under question after the Paula Deen Type 2 Diabetes reveal.

The Paula Deen Type 2 Diabetes announcement has raised some questions among both the entertainment and health industries, especially in light of the fact that she had apparently been diagnosed with the disease for over three years before making a public announcement.

Is it responsible to repeatedly tell viewers the joys of eating rich foods, such as Deen’s signature bacon/fried egg/donut burgers, while having a disease that directly stems from poor eating habits? And, for that matter, are eating habits alone responsible for Type 2 diabetes, or are there other factors at play?

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Obesity Boosts Advanced Prostate Cancer Risk

It’s long been known that being heavily overweight or obese has the ability to increase your risk of contracting a wide variety of chronic and/or debilitating diseases.

Combine the health risks associated with being overweight with poor dietary habits and a lack of regular physical exercise and the probability of contracting a potentially life threatening disease increase even further.

One such disease that may increase in probability, in relation to obese men, is advanced prostate cancer, according to a new obesity and prostate cancer study published in the medical journal Annals of Oncology. The study sheds a little more light on the nature of the link between obesity and prostate cancer, a relationship that has proven to be quite complex.

Ultimately, the researchers concluded that being obese could increase your risk of advanced prostate cancer, defined as cancer that originated in the prostate and has spread to other areas of the body.

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Irisin: The Key to Beating Obesity?

With literally millions and millions of individuals throughout the world continually battling excess body fat and obesity concerns, there is no shortage of “so called” weight loss experts, weight loss approaches, and weight loss “miracle pills” to consider. This being said, the most safe and effective approach to weight loss is living a health lifestyle that is filled with regular physical activity, a nutritionally well balanced whole foods diet, and plenty of rest, relaxation, and sleep.

While most weight loss experts will agree with this approach researchers at Harvard Medical School may have just made an astounding discovery that could spell drastic changes to the way in which we approach weight loss, obesity and related diseases such as diabetes. The researchers discovered a previously unknown hormone that they’re dubbing irisin.

Early clinical trials involving mice injected with the Irisin hormone have already shown that irisin could deliver miraculous results in terms of weight loss and blood sugar regulation. Weight loss seekers: Could this be what you’ve been waiting for.

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Want to Clear Up Acne? Start by Adjusting Your Diet

Millions of Americans, to varying degrees, struggle with acne. While most people typically suffer from acne in their adolescent years, it is not overly uncommon for many individuals to battle the skin condition well into their adulthood years.

Although certain skin care regimens and treatment creams and serums have been proven to clear up acne or at least improve the appearance of acne for some individuals, others seem to try every possible solution and never experience positive results.

A countless number of studies have been conducted over the past several years, all in hopes of determining exactly what does and does not cause acne. These studies have busted plenty of myths, and indicated that, for many acne sufferers, an anti acne diet is exactly what is needed to combat their acne.

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Study Links Chronic Stress with Brain Shrinkage

Modern life can be quite hectic, and very few of us are able to make it through even a single day without experiencing some type and level of stress.

Whether it’s dealing with your job (or joblessness), raising children, struggling with regularly performing your fitness routine, compromising with a spouse, or simply troubleshooting a new electronic gadget, stressors are literally everywhere.

For many, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that one of the keys to life isn’t avoiding stress (which, after all, is going to be unavoidable to a certain degree), but rather dealing with stress. Unfortunately, a new study is indicating that those who fail to deal with stress appropriately actually experience physical symptoms related to brain shrinkage causes.

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