Category Archives: Weight Loss

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.

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Can Diet and Exercise Cure Diabetes?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Greg Asseff

Can diet and exercise cure diabetes? According to one study, yes. A new study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that individuals may be able to reverse their Type 2 diabetes by practicing better habits related to diet and exercise. Although the news should give hope to the 26 million Americans suffering from diabetes, the CDC researchers noted that complete remission is quite rare. During the study, obese patients completed one year of counseling sessions encouraging them to exercise more and eat a healthier, more calorie-conscious diet. After this year had passed, 11.5% of the participants experienced at least a partial reversal in their condition, and their blood sugar levels returned to a prediabetic state without the assistance of medication. Only 2% of the obese adults achieved the same without counseling.

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Feel Fuller Longer: What You Think You Ate Determines Fullness

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Greg Asseff

Nutritionists have long believed that most people will declare themselves “full” when they’ve eaten all the food on their plate, no matter how much food was on the plate in the first place — a belief previously proven through scientific study. Now, a new study is suggesting that people will feel fuller longer after eating a meal if they believe the meal was large. Researchers from the United Kingdom’s University of Bristol gathered 100 students whose average age was 26. Each student was presented with either a 17-ounce or 10-ounce serving of tomato soup. However, the researchers used a hidden pump to change the amount of soup in each bowl, unbeknownst to the students. In the end, some of the students who saw a 10-ounce bowl actually consumed 17 ounces of soup, while others who saw a 17-ounce bowl actually only ate 10 ounces.

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Cause of Obesity? Young Children in Day Care Face Weight Problems Later

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Greg Asseff

According the United States Census Bureau, around 23.5 percent of all children under the age of five in the U.S. attended some sort of organized care facility in the spring of 2011. Unfortunately, children who attend day care are more likely to struggle with weight problems as they approach adolescence, according to a new study on the cause of obesity by the University of Montreal. During the study, children who were enrolled in day care between 1 and 4 years of age increased their risk of being obese or overweight by 65% by the time they reached the age of 4 to 10. Further, children cared for by non-parental family members were also more likely to struggle with weight later on, though not to the same extent as day care children. Children cared for exclusively by their parents prior to age 4 did not exhibit this increased risk.

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