Category Archives: Diet

Exercise After Eating Reduces Heart Attack Risk

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Greg Asseff

A new study – albeit a small one – indicates that exercising shortly after eating a meal high in fat could reduce the negative impact that meal has on your cardiovascular system. According to the study, engaging in walking and light strength training approximately one hour after a meal mitigates the elevation of fat cells known as triglycerides in the blood. The researchers found that post-meal exercise does a better job of this than before-meal exercise. People with high triglyceride levels also have a higher heart attack risk. Despite the limits of the study, it may be worth giving the strategy a try. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 600,000 Americans die of a heart attack each year. That amounts to around 25 percent of the annual deaths in the country.

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Calories in Soda: “Just Calories?”

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Greg Asseff

One of the most common and basic pieces of advice given to people trying to lose weight is “cut out the calories in soda.” It’s true that eliminating a 20-ounce pop from your diet each day will save you about 270 calories. Multiply this by 7, and you get about 1,900 calories per week. This means you could lose more than half-a-pound per week simply by cutting out a 20-ounce soda from your daily diet, since 3,500 calories is equivalent to one pound of body weight. Although the logic works and applies to the lifestyles of many who are overweight or obese, Coca-Cola doesn’t want you associating drinking soda with packing on the pounds. As a result, the company is preparing to launch an ad campaign with a pretty simple message: it doesn’t matter where your calories come from – if you consume too many, you’ll put on weight.

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Drinking Diet or Regular Soda Could Boost Depression Risk

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Greg Asseff

You might opt for diet soda instead of regular pop to save a few calories, but a new study by the National Institutes of Health indicates that you could be doing your mental health more harm than good in either case. The results suggest that there may be a link between diet soda and depression (and other diet beverages). The study, almost 20 years in the making, included nearly 264,000 adults from various parts of the United States. The study could be very relevant to many Americans, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that around 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. report suffering from depression. People between the age of 45 and 64 seem to be the most likely to have the condition. Other groups that have high depression rates include women, people whose highest education level is lower than high school, and those that have been divorced.

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Glucose and Fructose – Which is Better At Satisfying Hunger?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Greg Asseff

If losing weight is a component (or the entire focus) of your New Year’s resolution, you can greatly improve your chances of success by eating foods that keep you feeling fuller, longer. A new study into glucose and fructose conducted by Yale University School of Medicine suggests that you would be wise to choose glucose sugar over fructose sugar if this is your goal. That’s because glucose does a much better job of sending signals indicating appetite satiation to your brain, subsequently causing you to feel full, according to the researchers behind the study. In comparison, eating fructose sugar does very little to contribute to a sense of fullness. While one of the best strategies for losing weight involves a significant cutback in sugar consumption, the study seems to indicate that glucose is preferable if sweets are going to be ingested.

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Best New Year’s Resolutions and How to Realize Them

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Greg Asseff

New Year’s resolutions have almost become a joke in modern society – everybody makes one, but very few actually keep them and follow through with their plan. For many people, a New Year’s resolution involves improving health, kicking old habits like smoking, losing weight, improving physical appearance or something similar. All good goals, no doubt, but why do they always seem to fail? In some cases, the problem is that the goal was poorly defined, had no deadline, was unrealistic, or just didn’t appropriately match the actual needs of the individual. However, even with proper goal-setting techniques, the best New Year’s resolutions fail due to a lack of the knowledge and resources necessary for completing the goal. Here are five tips that should help you make your resolution a reality.