Mindfulness decreases fasting glucose in obese women
MBSR, or mindfulness-based stress reduction, is taking the health world by storm. Instead of dieting and exercising, the developer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, of the University of Massachusetts [...]
Medicine
Six pharmaceuticals that cause weight gain
All else being equal, losing weight is difficult enough. When you take pharmaceuticals known for causing weight gain, the battle of the bulge gets that much harder. For your information, be [...]
Doctors sell short-term benefits of weight loss surgery without disclosing long-term failure statistics
Surgeons are in the business of selling surgery. It appears that, like any salesperson interested in making as much money as possible, they may be pitching the benefits without mentioning t [...]
Adding vitamin D to weight loss protocol reduces inflammation biomarkers
In a study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, it was revealed that adding vitamin D supplementation to weight loss protocols has a greater effect on reducing inflammation [...]
