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Do you eat nuts regularly? You should consider making it an important part of your meal if you are working on your weight. Why? A new study reported that those that eat nuts regularly may find it easier to lose weight. This is contrary to the long held belief that nuts …

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  The 37-year old Egyptian woman weighed 1,102 pounds (500 kg), her family reported, prior to undergoing weight reduction surgery at Saifee Hospital in Mumbai in March. All signs looked positive immediately following the surgery for Eman, who had lost more than 200 pounds prior to the operation. “She is …

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Have you ever wondered why you yawn when others too? Recently one couple reported yawning back and forth many times, each triggering the other person’s yawn. Why is yawning contagious, you may ask. A new study by  researchers  at University of Nottingham suggests that the  human propensity for contagious yawning …

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Excessive weight gain and obesity have largely been seen as major problems limited to western countries. However, a recent study suggests that despite several economic challenges, food shortages and other problems in the continent, Africans appear to be getting fatter too, leading to higher rates of diabetes. This was the …

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  “A pot belly is a red flag for cancer,” reports the Mail Online after a new study found an increase in waist circumference carries similar risks for developing cancer as raised body mass index (BMI). The study used data from several European studies of more than 43,000 adults aged around …

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New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity suggests that being overweight, especially from a young age, may substantially increase the lifetime risk of major depression. The study by Deborah Gibson-Smith from VU University Medical Center in the Netherlands and colleagues found that being overweight at age 8 …

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  Recent evidence linking sugar with serious medical disorders   indicates  that we need to rethink and re-evaluate what we know about sugar and how we consume it. According to the  World Health Organization,  sugar should not be more than 10% of the calories you consume daily. This is about 30-50 …

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