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Is this the no-surgery breakthrough for saggy skin?
I just wondered if any of you have experience with this non-surgical tightening of loose-after-weight-loss skin? http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/78807.php
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What the Japanese Know About Being Slim
Here's a new take, from an article in Salon, on the reasons why the Japanese are almost universally slender and why American adults (especially those over 40) are almost universally overweight, with a large percentage of them being actually obese. Very interesting because it throws a cultural light on the problem of…
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Inhibiting Angio-genesis to inhibit obesity?
Hi all, Just came across this TED Talk by Dr. William Li. The object of his research was to study how the inhibition of blood vessel proliferation "starves" cancerous tumors. Blood vessel proliferation (i.e. angio-genesis) is how cancer grows in the body--otherwise, any tiny cancerous tumour would languish harmlessly.…
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Are We Fighting the Wrong Battle in the Obesity War?
This is a link to an intriguing new "TED-Med" lecture by a prominent surgeon: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_attia_what_if_we_re_wrong_about_diabetes.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2013-06-29&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_button "As a young surgeon, Peter Attia felt…
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Saturated fat and cholesterol vital to health
Big Pharma has tried to convince us that we need very low cholesterol levels to avoid cardiovascular disease (and they make incredible profits off of anti-cholesterol drugs, so is that surprising?). Here is the transcript of an interview with a medical researcher (with a Ph.D. in nutrition science) who says that…
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Xylitol as a sweetener?
Do any of you use xylitol as a sweetener? If so, what has been your experience?
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The Sugar Monster
Cardiologist, Richard J. Johnson has written a book called, "The Fat Switch" where he cites the newest information on how sugar and specifically its fructose component, (table sugar is 50% fructose) is devastating to the body. He details the biochemistry of fructose metabolism and its effect on body fat, Type II diabetes,…
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Food Peeves
Okay, I'll start. I find it irritating that most (if not all) cottage cheese has four times the amount of salt as an equivalent amount of yogurt--why would that be? :grumble:
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Hey Exercise Gurus---I need help!
I have these STUBBORN pads of fat from just above my knees to just below. I just bought a new smaller size of jeans (yahoo!) and the hips and tummy fit fine but they are pretty tight in my "trouble" area. (Pet peeve---not everyone has skinny legs--why do jeans manufacturers assume that we are all fatter on our tummys than…
