The suspicion stems in part from its chemical structure, which resembles that of theophylline, a common asthma medication that relaxes the airway muscles and relieves wheezing,shortness of breath and other respiratory problems. Indeed, when caffeine is ingested and broken down by the liver, one byproduct is small amounts of theophylline.
Habitual drinkers -- those drinking one to two sugar-sweetened beverages a day on average -- had a 26% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and a 20% increased risk for developing metabolic syndrome compared to those who drank the beverages once a month or not at all. [more]
"If recent increases in diabetes incidence continue and diabetes mortality is relatively low, prevalence will increase to 33% by 2050. A middle-ground scenario projects a prevalence of 25% to 28% by 2050," Theodore J. Thompson, of the agency's Division of Diabetes Translation, and colleagues reported Friday in the journal Population Health Metrics."
“Prescription overdose deaths now account for more deaths than all hard drugs combined,” said McCabe. Unintentional deaths from many of the drugs collected Saturday increased 110 percent from 1995 to 2009, he added.
"When it comes to mortality rates — measured as the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births — the United States ranked 50th on a United Nations list of countries, behind nearly all other industrialized nations and even behind not-so-prosperous ones like Serbia and Slovakia. In some respects, the American situation has worsened in the last two decades, said Nan Strauss, an Amnesty researcher."
When pilots are given a nap of just 30 minutes on long haul flights, they experience a 16 per cent increase in their reaction time. Nonnapping pilots experience a 34 per cent decrease over the course of the flight.
"With Zeltiq's CoolSculpting device, you sit in a chair while a technician sucks a handful of fat into a gizmo the size of a paperback that holds on tight and starts chilling. The area goes cold, then numb while you read, sleep or relax for about an hour while your fat cells receive a fatal, freezing dose."
"...sugar and high fructose corn syrup are nutritionally the same, and there's no evidence that the sweetener is any worse for the body than sugar, said Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The bottom line is people should consume less of all sugar."
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“Between 1995 and 2008, the proportion of potential recruits who failed their physicals each year because they were overweight rose nearly 70 percent”
"As people age, their ability to build muscle mass declines. The new study suggests that pumping muscles full of nuclei early in life could help stave off muscle loss with age. This could be an argument for mandatory physical training in schools."
"Just a spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of blueberries, but with less sugar and more fiber and vitamin E antioxidants," researcher Dr. Zhimin Xu, associate professor of food science at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in Baton Rouge, said."
The researchers concluded that patients with a high level of belly fat & a high level of insulin insensitivity wereunlikely to ever be successful at improving their situation with lifestyle modification.
Ever.
Ergo…to lose weight, they would need the help of pharmaceuticals and/or weight loss surgery.
Zemco Industries in Buffalo, New York, has recalled approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat from Wal-Mart stores nationwide; the meat may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday.
Those of us who immerse ourselves in the world of Physical Culture are especially sensitive to all of the “spin” and surface-level (at best) understanding that’s unleashed upon the public on a daily (hourly?) basis. Just listen to all the “leading authorities” on this subject or that; the total lack of knowledge/understanding displayed is shocking. And unfortunately, this is the window through which the vast majority of the population “sees” Physical Culture. Is there any wonder as to why our society in embroiled in the heathcare crisis that it is? The real wonder is why we’re not actually worse off than what we are. I guess I should concentrate more on “H8′n the game, not the playuh”, but things such as Shape Ups and the Cookie Diet just ain’t gonna cut the most direct path to to an exemplary expression of Physical Culture, folks.
"Rather than grunting and straining to lift heavy weights, you can grab something much lighter but you have to lift it until you can't lift it anymore," says Stuart Phillips, associate professor of kinesiology at McMaster University. "We're convinced that growing muscle means stimulating your muscle to make new muscle proteins, a process in the body that over time accumulates into bigger muscles."
Tracy Byrne, a podiatrist specialising in podopaediatrics, believes that wearing shoes at too young an age can hamper a child's walking and cerebral development. "Toddlers keep their heads up more when they are walking barefoot," she says. "The feedback they get from the ground means there is less need to look down, which is what puts them off balance and causes them to fall down." Walking barefoot, she continues, develops the muscles and ligaments of the foot, increases the strength of the foot's arch, improves proprioception (our awareness of where we are in relation to the space around us) and contributes to good posture.
