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Fat Around the Heart Worse Than Body Fat

Posted August 1, 2008 10:22 AM

The location of fat -- around the heart -- may be more important to heart health than the total body fat, U.S. researchers said. Researchers at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., found fat deposits around the heart known as pericardial fat were more related to the levels of calcified coronary plaque than total weight or waist circumference. Even a Read more...

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Overcoming Obesity

Started by SJones00 on July 31, 2008 2:02 AM

I've battled with the scale most of my life, and I've yo-yo dieted. Five years ago, I was able to fit into size 10 pants, and I felt good about that. But now my weight has increased by 35 pounds again, and my health is also in jeopardy, because I have high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I've gained so much weight that it takes an enormous amount of energy to be able to exercise. I can't afford a trainer. Any advice on what you've done to successfully lose weight? Motivational words would also help at this point?

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What Does Your BMI Mean?

What Does Your BMI Mean?

"Your BMI tells you whether your weight falls into a range that's optimal for health and longevity," says Morton Maxwell, M.D., co-director of the Obesity Center at the University of California at Los Angeles. The catch is, different authorities name different BMIs as optimal.

While the U.S. Government says a BMI of 30 and over equals obesity, Dr. Maxwell points out, "30 per cent is really quite high, while most every study in the medical literature shows that the ideal BMI for health and longevity is about 22 per cent."

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What Does Your BMI Mean?

"Your BMI tells you whether your weight falls into a range that's optimal for health and longevity," says Morton Maxwell, M.D., co-director of the Obesity Center at the University of California at Los Angeles. The catch is, different authorities name different BMIs as optimal.

While the U.S. Government says a BMI of 30 and over equals obesity, Dr. Maxwell points out, "30 per cent is really quite high, while most every study in the medical literature shows that the ideal BMI for health and longevity is about 22 per cent."

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So, Who Says I'm Fat?

By Kyle Roderick

For centuries the definition of fat has been up for grabs. A hundred
years ago, a man's bulging belly or a woman carrying 20 extra pounds
signified wealth, desirability and high social status. But if today's
rail-thin supermodels were transported back to those stodgy times,
their figures would doubtless be deemed undernourished and under-sexy.

By Kyle Roderick

For centuries the definition of fat has been up for grabs. A hundred
years ago, a man's bulging belly or a woman carrying 20 extra pounds
signified wealth, desirability and high social status. But if today's
rail-thin supermodels were transported back to those stodgy times,
their figures would doubtless be deemed undernourished and under-sexy.

Count Cholesterol

Posted June 22, 2008 11:36 AM
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Seventy percent of your cholesterol comes from that which you yourself manufacture, mostly in the liver; only one-third comes directly from the diet. This is why a low-cholesterol diet is not as important as a cholesterol-lowering diet.

Cholesterol

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Physical activity can greatly affect your cholesterol levels. By exercising, you raise your metabolism and burn calories, losing fat weight. Exercise, while lowering total cholesterol, also increases the good HDL cholesterol, which helps prevent plaque from forming on the walls of the arteries. ... View slideshow >>

Cholesterol

What Not to Eat

The No. 1 foods to avoid? "Anything that is deep-fried," says nutrition director Marlene Lesson, M.S., R.D. "Also, foods containing hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils are the enemy. These include margarine, pastries, packaged cookies, crackers, potato chips and other snack foods." Other foods to give up include cheese and other dairy products, poultry skin (remove it... View slideshow >>

So, Who Says I'm Fat?

For centuries the definition of fat has been up for grabs. A
hundred years ago, a man's bulging belly or a woman carrying 20 extra
pounds signified wealth, desirability and high social status. But if
today's rail-thin supermodels were transported back to those stodgy
times, their figures would doubtless be deemed undernourished and
under-sexy.

In more recent decades, insurance companies set general standards in
the United States for healthy height and weight. But their definitions
of overweight and obese have grown skinnier over the years.

For centuries the definition of fat has been up for grabs. A
hundred years ago, a man's bulging belly or a woman carrying 20 extra
pounds signified wealth, desirability and high social status. But if
today's rail-thin supermodels were transported back to those stodgy
times, their figures would doubtless be deemed undernourished and
under-sexy.

In more recent decades, insurance companies set general standards in
the United States for healthy height and weight. But their definitions
of overweight and obese have grown skinnier over the years.

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