Saturday, October 10, 2009

EASY WEIGHT-LOSS TIPS | Women's Health Magazine

Read these 50 smart tips to fight overweight, they involve tiny tweeks in cooking and eating.

Try this "Grate carrots, squash, or zucchini into any meatball mixture. They add bulk, moisture, and vitamins but don't alter that meaty flavor you are after".

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EASY WEIGHT-LOSS TIPS | Women's Health Magazine

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Being Overweight Super-sizes Both Risk And Consequences Of Sleep-disordered Breathing

Excess weight increased the severity of oxygen desaturation in the blood of individuals with sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB) during and after apneas and hypopneas.

Each 10-point increase in BMI predicted a 10 percent increase in the severity of oxygen depletion associated with SDB events.

"This means that if, for example, a six-foot tall, 160-pound 45-year-old man (BMI= 22), had an apnea that produced a six-percent reduction in oxygen saturation, then a man with the same characteristics who weighed 235 pounds (BMI=32) would be expected to have a 6.6 percent reduction in blood oxygen saturation during a similar event,".

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Being Overweight Super-sizes Both Risk And Consequences Of Sleep-disordered Breathing

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How Soy Reduces Diabetes Risk

Soy Isoflavones Act Like Anti-Diabetes Drugs, by increasing the activity of certain transcription regulators in the fat tissue.

Researchers found that these isoflavones enhanced adipocyte differentiation, or the formation of fat cells, through activation of a key transcription regulator, the same receptor that mediates
the insulin-sensitizing effect of anti-diabetic drugs.


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How Soy Reduces Diabetes Risk

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