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Government Study Finds Americans are Eating Themselves to Death
 
Inactive Americans are eating themselves to death at an alarming rate, their unhealthy habits fast approaching tobacco as the top underlying preventable cause of death, a government study found.

In 2000, poor diet including obesity and physical inactivity caused 400,000 U.S. deaths, more than 16 percent of all deaths and the No. 2 killer. That compares with 435,000 for tobacco, or 18 percent, as the top underlying killer. more


Meal Skipping Helps Rodents Resist Diabetes, Brain Damage

"Three meals per day plus snacks, which is the norm in our society, may not be as healthy as a meal-skipping diet," neuroscientist Mark Mattson, at the National Institute of Aging Gerontology Research Center in Baltimore, told United Press International.

A new mouse study suggest fasting every other day can kelp fend off diabetes and protect brain neurons as wall as or better than either vigorous exercise or caloric restriction.  more


Obesity a Major Obstacle to Good Sex Life (Study finds that extra weight depletes both desire and performance)

New research confirms the worst fears of those who worry about putting on extra pounds: Severely overweight people are much more likely to report poor sex lives.

In some areas of their sex lives, the obese report 25 times as many problems as people of weight levels considered healthy. Both men and women suffered from lack of sexual desire and enjoyment along with hampered performance. Many reported avoiding sex entirely.  more

Why is Fiber Important in Your Diet?

What can fiber do for you? Numerous epidemiologic (population-based) studies have found that diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol and high in fiber are associated with a reduced risk of certain cancers, diabetes, digestive disorders, and heart disease. more