Original article written by Joseph Mercola, DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) In a recent study, researchers took a group of sedentary, overweight men and women and over 18 months and trained them to run a marathon. The men lost just a few pounds, and the women in the study averaged no change to their weight. One [...]
Fat and estrogen are known to go together. Since one out of eight women will develop breast cancer in the U.K. (and the U.S.) it makes sense that women have more to lose than men in terms of obesity and they should control their weight.
Most people on this planet are unaware that their body requires certain fats or that body will sicken and may ultimately die! That is why medical scientists call these fats: ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS. WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS? Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia: “Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that humans [...]
From a single sexual contact, you can acquire a sexually-transmitted parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis, and it increases your susceptibility to becoming infected with HIV. Trichomonas infections stay with you until you are treated. In women, it commonly infects the vagina and urinary tube to cause vaginal irritation, discharge and odor; burning, discomfort and frequency urinating; [...]
When this planet first got its license to operate as a Zoo there was practically no free oxygen on it. Because oxygen is needed for life forms to create high-energy bonds, no life forms existed until oxygen became sufficiently plentiful.
Not everyone gets high blood pressure from taking in too much salt. The people who are most likely to get high blood pressure from taking in too much salt are those whose cells do not respond well to insulin.
Combining a measure of central obesity with body-mass index (BMI) is better for assessing mortality risk in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) than using BMI alone, new research shows.
A review of 17 prospective studies shows that EATING FISH ONCE A WEEK, compared to eating less fish, was associated with a 16 percent lower risk of fatal heart attacks.
