“They’re taking people who have been inactive and are not in good shape and boom, automatically subjecting them to this stress,” Carol Wolin-Riklin, the bariatric nutrition coordinator for the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, told LiveScience. “Things are going to happen.” -Biggest Loser’ has big health problems
MY COMMENT: I don’t watch the show but let me guess that the exercise gets a wee bit over dramatized? I’ll assume these people are medically cleared?
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Biggest Loser
You brat eating Wisconsin Cheeseheads should have your cholesterol checked anyway.
We’ve spent billions of our tax dollars trying to prove the diet-heart hypothesis. Yet study after study has failed to provide definitive evidence that saturated-fat intake leads to heart disease - from the article What if Bad Fat Isn’t So Bad?
Cut your saturated fat and reduce your heart attack risk. This is the advice we’ve been following for a couple of decades. Now some researchers are giving the saturated fat-heart disease link another look.
This article by Nina Teicholz on msnbc.com is a well-written summary of the questions surrounding evidence that a diet high in saturated fat alone contributes to heart disease.
If it’s not saturated fat causing all of this heart disease, then what is it? You have to read the very last paragraph of Nina’s article to find a proposed answer to that question.
If you consistently consume more calories than you burn, and you gain weight, your risk of heart disease will increase — whether you favor eating saturated fats, carbs, or both.
Finally, check out this latest study published in the respected American J of Clinical Nutrition in Jan of this year. Researchers pooled the results from 21 studies involving more than 347,000 subjects and found “that there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD or CVD. More data are needed to elucidate whether CVD risks are likely to be influenced by the specific nutrients used to replace saturated fat.
Holy cow!
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heart disease, saturated fat
Does eating eggs contribute to heart disease? Not according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health that “
looked at a population of 117,000 nurses who had been followed for eight to 14 years and found no difference in heart disease risk between those who ate one egg a week and those who ate more than one egg a day.” -medicine.net
The Berkley Wellness Newsletter summarizes the benefits of eggs as part of a healthy diet:
One large egg contains 6 grams of high-quality protein (in both the yolk and the white). The yolk is also a source of zinc, B vitamins (including riboflavin and folate), vitamin A, iron, and other nutrients.
In addition to lutein and zeaxanthin, egg yolks provide choline, an essential nutrient, which is especially important for fetal brain development. Researchers have also identified other compounds in eggs that may have anti-cancer, anti-hypertensive, immune-boosting, and antioxidant properties.
While one egg does contain more than 200 mg of cholesterol, according to the Harvard Health Letter, “For most people, only a small amount of the cholesterol in food passes into the blood.”
It’s highly unlikely that one egg per day is not going to increase your cholesterol or risk for CV disease. The sausage is another story!
Health Risks, Nutrition
cholesterol, egg, health
While none of the ice samples exceeded U.S. drinking water standards, coliform bacteria was detected in 48% of the beverages and 20% had a heterotrophic plate count greater than 500 cfu/ml.
More than 11% of the beverages analyzed contained Escherichia coli and over 17% contained Chryseobacterium meningosepticum. Other opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms isolated from the beverages included species of Klebsiella, Staphylococcus, Stenotrophomonas, Candida, and Serratia. Most of the identified bacteria showed resistance to one or more of the 11 antibiotics tested. These findings suggest that soda fountain machines may harbor persistent communities of potentially pathogenic microorganisms which may contribute to episodic gastric distress in the general population and could pose a more significant health risk to immunocompromised individuals -sciencedirect.com
MY COMMENT: I’d stay away from drinking soda out of dispensers typically found in fast food joints! Get a bottled water instead.
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contamination, e-coli, soda
In a six-year study of healthy men and women ages 20 to 78, weight gain was not related to weight cycling in men. Women weight cyclers, who gained about one pound a year, showed only a slight tendency to gain more weight than those whose weight did not cycle. -msnbc.com MY COMMENT: You don’t want to continue with yo-yo dieting if you can help it. Once you lose the weight, stick with regular exercise and monitor your weight weekly. Set a threshold that you do not want to exceed! If you lost weight with a very restrictive diet, you’ll probably regain some weight , but getting comfortable with healthier eating habits should keep you satisfied and leaner.
According to the article, risk of weight regain and risk factors including diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer and high cholesterol are NOT linked to history of weight cycling (losing and regaining). Correlations do exist between these risk factors and high body mass index.
Health Risks, Medical Conditions, Research
Health Risks, yo yo dieting
Fructose intake was calculated based on a dietary questionnaire, and foods such as fruit juices, soft drinks, bakery products, and candy were included. Dr. Jalal’s team found that people who ate or drank more than 74 grams per day of fructose (2.5 sugary soft drinks per day) increased their risk of developing hypertension. -medicalnewstoday
MY COMMENT: I know- I just posted a study that indicated high fructose corn syrup might not be so bad- however this study provides evidence to the contrary- at least in terms of hypertension. 74 grams is close to 2 x 12 ounce sodas.
Health Risks
high fructose corn syrup, hypertension
The market-leading weight loss supplement Hydroxycut has been reformulated and re-launched in the United States, just months after being recalled for potentially causing liver damage.
“The only ingredient left in from the original formulation is caffeine. We do not have any evidence that caffeine causes liver toxicity,” an FDA spokesperson told NutraIngredients-USA.com.
Iovate confirmed that “all of the product’s herbal ingredients and extracts have been replaced”, and that the reformulated product was on the market. However, the firm declined to answer any further questions. -Nutraingredients
MY COMMENT: How can this be? An entirely new product developed, tested, manufactured, and distributed in just 4 months?
Diet Pills, Health Risks, Weight Loss News
Diet Pills, hydroxycut
Reducing calorie intake slows aging and significantly delays the onset of age-related problems such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and brain atrophy in monkeys, a new study says.
According to the study, the incidence of cancerous tumors and cardiovascular disease in the monkeys on a restricted diet was half that seen in the animals that were allowed to eat freely. -webmd.com
MY COMMENT: I’d like to see what difference physical activity can make- will the monkeys be able to eat more and remain just as healthy? Also, good luck selling calorie restriction to the general public- we already know that most people would be better off if they ate less, and there is no sign that we are eating less.
Health Risks, Research
calorie restriction, health
Long-term regular consumption of a multivitamin may reduce the risk of dying from heart disease by 16 per cent, according to a new study from the US. -nutraingredients.com
Intakes of vitamin E over 215 milligrams per day over the course of ten years were also associated with a 28 per cent reduction in the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
MY COMMENT: These findings contradict earlier studies that found no benefit. Stay tuned! For your information, I take the Lifepak Nano by Pharmanex- expensive but I am confident worth every penny. I’ve seen what they do for my Skin Carotenoid Score (increased from 36,000 to as high as 70,000 plus!)
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