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You know the feeling where everything seems to be a drag. Even getting up from the couch is a big feat. It’s not that you’re lazy. You want to do stuff, but the drive just isn’t there.
Via Pick The Brain
Most aspects of a healthy diet are quite obvious. We know that fruits and vegetables are healthy and processed foods are not healthy. Too much meat and fried foods are also not healthy. There are, however, those foods that we should be eating but for one reason or another we tend to overlook.
Via Care 2
There’s an increasing body of evidence that calories from highly processed carbohydrates like white flour (and of course sugar) provide calories that the body treats differently, spiking both blood sugar and insulin and causing us to retain fat instead of burning it off.
In other words, all calories are not alike.
Full story at The New York Times
The raw vegetables and fruits that comprise the foundation of any healthful bowl are chock-full of vitamins, nutrients, fiber and water — all things your body needs to function optimally. And while you might think you’re doing yourself a favor by adding a low- or no-fat dressing atop your pile of leafy greens, the truth is that these diet options may be preventing you from getting the full benefit of many of the nutrients that make salad such a good choice.
Full story at The Huffington Post
Laden with sugar, preservatives, salt, and fat, these processed foods aren’t good for anyone, especially people with diabetes. Strike them from your shopping list and do your health a favor.
It’s time to change the way you think about fat. For 30 years well-meaning diet gurus have preached that eating fat makes you fat. I’m here to tell you that fat, in and of itself, is not what is making you fat. Instead, it’s eating too much of the wrong kinds of fat.
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Overweight people who shed belly fat improve their blood vessel health whether they use a low-carb or a low-fat diet, researchers say.
Full story at Futurity
If you find the prospect of staying thin while eating as much as you want appealing, scientists have news for you. New research from the University of California, Irvine found that certain brain chemicals with characteristics similar to marijuana might play a key factor in helping you shed pounds without any exercise.
Full story at The Week
Though your genes determine how much cholesterol your body produces naturally, your diet plays a role too.
Full story at The Huffington Post
A new study finds a potential link between daily consumption of diet soft drinks and the risk of vascular events.
Full story at Science Daily
