Want to live a long and healthy life? Increasingly, research points to healthy weight—or healthy weight loss—between the ages 20 and 50.
Fat loss, particularly fat around the waistline, helps prevent cancer, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, depression, and other devastating kinds of chronic disease including Parkinson's, MS, and Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Because women tend to live longer, they're more likely to suffer chronic disease or mental health problems. That's no way to enjoy longevity!
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October 7th, 2009
Healthy Weight Before 50 Spells Survival for Women.
Want to live a long and healthy life? Increasingly, research points to healthy weight—or healthy weight loss—between the ages 20 and 50.
Fat loss, particularly fat around the waistline, helps prevent cancer, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, depression, and other devastating kinds of chronic disease including Parkinson's, MS, and Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Because women tend to live longer, they're more likely to suffer chronic disease or mental health problems. That's no way to enjoy longevity!
"The best way to maximize the probability of healthy survival… Continue reading
Want to live a long and healthy life? Increasingly, research points to healthy weight—or healthy weight loss—between the ages 20 and 50.
Fat loss, particularly fat around the waistline, helps prevent cancer, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, depression, and other devastating kinds of chronic disease including Parkinson's, MS, and Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Because women tend to live longer, they're more likely to suffer chronic disease or mental health problems. That's no way to enjoy longevity!
"The best way to maximize the probability of healthy survival… Continue reading Summer Done a Number on Your Skin?
September 2nd, 2009
Your sunscreen may be to blame!
If your skin is starting to feel like the Sahara, you're not alone. Even if you've been slathering on sunscreen all summer, the sun is hard on the complexion.
Part of the problem is what's in sunscreen. A new report from Friends of the Earth questions the safety of manufactured nanoparticles—a popular, new way to deliver cosmetic ingredients—in sun protection products.
That's because sun protective ingredients work differently as tiny nanoparticles than they do in their usual "bulk" form. Even the "gold standards" of sun protection—titanium dioxide and zinc oxide—don't… Continue reading
If your skin is starting to feel like the Sahara, you're not alone. Even if you've been slathering on sunscreen all summer, the sun is hard on the complexion.
Part of the problem is what's in sunscreen. A new report from Friends of the Earth questions the safety of manufactured nanoparticles—a popular, new way to deliver cosmetic ingredients—in sun protection products.
That's because sun protective ingredients work differently as tiny nanoparticles than they do in their usual "bulk" form. Even the "gold standards" of sun protection—titanium dioxide and zinc oxide—don't… Continue reading Mercury Rising
August 26th, 2009
A big jump in women's toxic load.
A heavy metal that targets the brain, immune system, liver, and pituitary gland, mercury in women has jumped significantly in the past 10 years—from 2 percent to 30 percent among women 19 to 49 years old. "My findings also suggest a rise in risks for diseases associated with mercury over time," reports Dan R. Laks, M.S., a neuroscientist at UCLA.
This research comes close on the heels of a U.S. Geological Survey report showing that 25 percent of fish in U.S. rivers and streams had unsafe levels… Continue reading
A heavy metal that targets the brain, immune system, liver, and pituitary gland, mercury in women has jumped significantly in the past 10 years—from 2 percent to 30 percent among women 19 to 49 years old. "My findings also suggest a rise in risks for diseases associated with mercury over time," reports Dan R. Laks, M.S., a neuroscientist at UCLA.
This research comes close on the heels of a U.S. Geological Survey report showing that 25 percent of fish in U.S. rivers and streams had unsafe levels… Continue reading Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
November 4th, 2008
We are quickly approaching the season of overeating - the average person gains 10 - 15 pounds between Thanksgiving to New Year's Day - so this seasonal weight gain will no doubt be compounded by your response to the election results. As my grandmother use to say, "People eat and drink when times are good and...when times are not so good."
So, let me once again remind you that the key to keeping excess weight off during stressful or happy times is to control your food sensitivities as well as insulin levels. The biggest culprits are grains, dairy, yeast, sugar, and unfermented… Continue reading
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