US Immigrants Get Fat To Fit In
It is a bit ironic: While Americans look at Mediterranean and Asian cuisine to live healthier and lose weight, immigrants to the US switch to American-style eating to show they fit in.
Author: evilcyber
How Much Water Should You Drink A Day?
How much water do you have to drink per day? Hint: it’s not simply eight glasses of water per day.
Banning School Chocolate Milk
Another culprit for climbing childhood obesity rates was found: the chocolate milk given out at school cafeterias or, more precisely, the sugar in it. A growing movement wants to ban chocolate milk from schools. Can this make a difference?
10 Weight Loss Supplements Versus Science
What do green tea, black tea, chili peppers, coffee, pure caffeine, calcium, conjugated linoleic acid, fish oil, flax oil and drinking cold water have in common? They all are sold as or said to be weight loss aids, that supposedly increase your metabolism, burn more calories and let you lose weight almost effortlessly. What does […]
How Much Salt Is Healthy?
It practically has become a health mantra: Minimize salt intake to protect your health. A Belgian study, however, found that lowering salt consumption does not protect from high blood pressure (hypertension) and heart attacks. In fact, deaths caused by heart disease were higher in those with little salt in their diets.