Why is it that some people store their body-fat around their middle while others store it on their thighs and bottom? . . Your doctor will tell you that your genetics predisposes you to be either an “apple” or a “pear” when it comes to your body-fat distribution. So what kind of fruit are you? . . Generally speaking, women typically collect

Combining the best and/or worst aspects of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth and Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food / Omnivore’s Dilemma, U.K. author, Felicity Lawrence has written a new book (Eat Your Heart Out: Why the Food Business is Bad for the Planet and Your Health) detailing her investigation into the impact that

Being a personal trainer, I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have been asked about Nintendo’s Wii Fit. Is it a good workout? Will it help me lose fat? Will I be sucked into the Wii Fit like Jeff Bridges in the movie Tron? My answers: It depends Probably not Highly unlikely…I hope What is Wii Fit? For those readers without

In a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health, obesity researchers from the University of Michigan have found that physical exercise is effective in suppressing appetite. But wait, there’s a catch. The study, presented at The Endocrine Society’s 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco looked at the association between exercise, leptin (a hormone linked to

Without a doubt, the Atkins Diet is the most controversial weight loss plan of all time. Whether you loved it or hated it, anybody with a few extra pounds on their body knew about Atkins. They knew that Atkins was low carb. They knew that Atkins got rid of body fat faster than any other diet. They

A new study, out of Virginia Commonwealth University, suggests that your grandma was right! Eat a big breakfast and you won’t be hungry for the rest of the day. Yay Grandma!!! The Study The study compared a “Big Breakfast” or BB diet plan with a low carb / Atkins style diet plan. The BB group ate 610 of their daily

The doctor of NBC’s Tim Russert has said that the veteran journailst died at age 58 Friday after plaque ruptured an artery, causing a sudden coronary thrombosis. Russert suffered what is called sudden cardiac death or the unexpected natural death from a cardiac cause which occurs within a short time period, usually less than an hour

Published: June 16, 2008 at 8:35 AM Record gasoline prices are slowing the U.S. economy, pinching consumers and businesses alike but they also have an upside, social observers said. Gains can be found in increased use of mass transit, healthier citizens, fewer traffic accidents, shorter commutes and an increased focus on biofuels, Foreign Policy magazine reported online. Use

A waist-hip ratio greater than 0.8 for women, and more than 1.0 for men, spells potential danger. Abdominal fat reflects visceral fat, or fat around our abdominal organs. This type of fat is distinct from the normal “subcutaneous” fat that is deposited below the skin, over other parts of the body—arms, legs, buttocks, breasts. The risks   Those

Charlotte Hilton Andersen in the “Huffington Post” has just highlighted the next phase of “Obesity Denial”….are you ready for this…..Are You Metabo? “The New York Times recently introduced us to Japan’s aggressive yet motherly new public health mission of reducing the national waistline. All of which is very interesting in a can-you-legislate-health way. But the part