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Weight loss (benefits)
It is important to diagnose and treat GDM as it can have serious short and long term health consequences for both you and your baby. Don’t worry needlessly, however, if you have been told you have gestational diabetes. There are a lot of things you and your doctor and/or health team can do to keep you and your baby healthy both during the pregnancy and afterwards.
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Diabetes , Pregnancy and overweight/obesity, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Gestational diabetes, Hormones, Calorie counting, Portion control, Healthy eating, Carbohydrates, Complications of obesity, Serving size, Weight loss, Healthy behaviors
They also found that men’s BMI was an independent risk factor for fertility in both older and younger men. Even after adjustment for other factors that could affect fertility (high BMI of the woman, age, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, and solvent and pesticide exposure) the researchers found that there was a general increase in infertility with increased BMI, reaching a nearly 2-fold increase among obese men.
"The data suggest that a 20-pound increase in men's weight may increase the chance of infertility by about 10 percent," says Markku Sallmen, lead author on the paper who is now at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.
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Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Research on obesity/overweight, Complications of obesity, Infertility, Weight loss
Instead of continuing to argue that "all obesity is bad" or "obesity is not all that bad," we should look more closely at the data to determine if there are some easily identifiable subsets of the population who will have devastating health consequences when they gain weight. Let's take this debate to the next level so we can get on with the serious business of promoting health in this country.
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Public health, Weight loss (benefits), Longevity and calorie restriction, Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Food policy, Research on obesity/overweight, Complications of obesity
So, what exactly is in the yogurt we are buying? Let’s take a look, starting with “Yobaby,” the health food for babies and toddlers. The food label states that “Yobaby” is made from cultured pasteurized organic whole milk. Sound good? I guess. All real yogurts are made from milk, although not necessarily from organic milk nor from whole milk which is naturally rich in fat content. The package label also says that “Yobaby” is made without the use of antibiotics, synthetic growth hormones or toxic pesticides. All of that is indeed good.
However, the second ingredient listed on the “Yobaby” label is “naturally milled organic sugar – organic, yes, but sugar nonetheless. Ingredient order on labels is based on how much of the substance is in the food. There are 16 grams of sugars in a 4 ounce container of “Yobaby.” Although some of these sugars are the naturally occurring milk sugars, the label makes it clear that additional sugar has been added. In fact, there is twice as much sugar in “Yobaby” than there is in plain unsweetened yogurt. Is this a health food? Or is it a dessert? No wonder my granddaughters love this stuff!
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Lipids, Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Dietary Fat, Food labels, Children, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, High fructose corn syrup, Food policy, Calorie counting, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Weight loss
This is a great story from Yahoo's website: "Man offers free lawn mowing to lose weight." Like the committments we make to our teammates on PEERtrainer, this guy figured he would get a good dose of exercise if he made promises to folks that he would mow their lawns. Hopefully, he is using a manual mower.
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Exercise (benefits), Weight loss behaviors, Inspiration/motivation, Weight loss (benefits)
The take home message. Don't just assume, if you are a diabetic, that you cannot or should not exercise. If your cardiovascular risk is low and you do not have diabetes complications, such as nerve or eye disease, physical activity can have many beneficial effects on your current and future health.
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Exercise (benefits), Weight loss behaviors, Diabetes , Tools, Fitness, Weight loss (benefits), Pre-diabetes, Metabolic syndrome, Research on obesity/overweight, Healthy behaviors, Prevention of diabetes
The first presentation at this symposium described how fat deposits in the liver lead to insulin resistance. We have known for years that “central obesity” is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes. Remember the warnings that fat in an “apple” pattern is worse for us than fat in a “pear” pattern?. But it isn’t that subcutaneous fat (fat deposited below the skin) that’s really bad for us, rather it is fat inside the abdominal cavity, called visceral fat, that increases our risk for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Now we know that the worst fat may be the fat that gets deposited in our organs—fat in our liver cells, fat in our muscle cells, and maybe, fat deposited in our heart cells.
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Exercise (benefits), Diabetes , Lipids, Weight loss (benefits), Insulin resistance, Pre-diabetes, Research on obesity/overweight, Abdominal obesity, Complications of obesity
It is important to diagnose and treat GDM as it can have serious short and long term health consequences for both you and your baby. Don’t worry needlessly, however, if you have been told you have gestational diabetes. There are a lot of things you and your doctor and/or health team can do to keep you and your baby healthy both during the pregnancy and afterwards.
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Pregnancy and overweight/obesity, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Gestational diabetes, Calorie counting, Portion control, Healthy eating, Serving size
Remember when the Super Size Me guy gets told he has evidence of liver damage from pigging out at McDonald’s? Well, it turns out that overeating and weight gain are associated with the accumulation of fat in the liver. This shouldn’t really be a surprise -- the folks who help create foie gras by force feeding geese have known this all along.
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Diabetes , Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Dietary Fat, Weight loss (benefits), Insulin resistance, Liver disease, Metabolic syndrome, Research on obesity/overweight, Calorie counting, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Complications of obesity
Remember, PCOS is not just a problem with periods or trouble getting pregnant. It is a medical condition that has implications for your health over your lifetime. If you think you have PCOS, see your doctor and ask to be evaluated for PCOS and insulin resistance. Be sure to ask about her/his experience taking care of PCOS patients. If you need help finding someone in your area, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists has a web-based Physician Finder that is easy to use (be sure to click on PCOS when asked to enter the specialty you are seeking).
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Lipids, Pregnancy and overweight/obesity, Weight loss (benefits), PCOS, Insulin resistance, Complications of obesity, Infertility
My husband and I are on vacation in Israel. Last night we had dinner with some Israeli friends. One of them, Avinoam told us a story about his brother, a lawyer, David. David is in his late 50s, a hard-driving attorney who pays attention
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Exercise (benefits), Diabetes , Lipids, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity
We have known for a long time that prolonged calorie restriction increases longevity in laboratory mice and rats. These rodents-on-diet also were found to have fewer age-related chronic illnesses. Sound good? You bet. But we are
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Aging, Weight loss (benefits), Longevity and calorie restriction
While hanging out in the PT lounge this morning, I saw folks chatting about cellulite. Of course, most women know about cellulite, that annoying dimpling of the skin on our thighs and buttocks. Many of us have spent some effort and,
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Cellulite, Weight loss (benefits)
I want to share the story of my friend, Dario Wolfish. When I first met Dario, he was an applicant for a job opening that I had. He told me the odyssey of his 205 pound weight loss and the reversal of the obesity-related complications he had been diagnosed with—diabetes and high blood pressure. I was awed. 205 pounds in 13 months. But even more awesome, several years later he has kept it off. He has weathered stress, relocation, and all manner of things that could drive one to eat. But he has kept it off. Meet Dario Wolfish, a most remarkable guy, in his own words:
“Up to 2001, I had been severely overweight all of my life. I lost 205 pounds in 13 months, hence I have a personal understanding of the difficulty we all face to lose weight and keeping the weight off.
There is no question that proper diet and exercise are necessary to lose weight, but there needs to be a process. This was how I did it:
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Exercise (benefits), Weight loss behaviors, Diabetes , Fitness, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Calorie counting, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Complications of obesity, Weight loss
Since obesity and insulin resistance are both associated with high uric acid levels, it follows that weight loss may be helpful in reducing gout attacks. Indeed, the results of small study suggests that weight reduction may decrease uric acid levels and the risk of gout.
So, once again, the medical literature points out that attaining and maintaining a healthy weight has benefits beyond getting into our skinny jeans. For anyone who has lived through a gout attack, the prospect of preventing another is added impetus to shed the pounds.
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Diabetes , Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Complications of obesity, Weight loss, Healthy behaviors
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