Junk Food Addiction has much in Common with Drug Addiction

March 29, 2010

Bingeing on high-calorie foods may be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine, and could cause compulsive eating and obesity, according to a study published on Sunday.
The findings in a study of animals cannot be directly applied to human obesity, but may help in understanding the condition and in developing therapies to treat it, researchers wrote [...]

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How You Sleep Can Impact Weight Gain

March 22, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Younger adults who get either little sleep or a lot of it may see a greater expansion in their waistlines over time, a study published Monday suggests. Researchers found that among black and Hispanic adults younger than 40, those who typically slept for five hours or less each night had [...]

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High Protein Diet Doesn’t Help Weight Loss in the Long Run

March 15, 2010

There is no one who has more peer reviewed research on the subject of weight loss and overall health than Dean Ornish, M.D. He has sparked a revolution in cardiology with his studies which show that heart disease can be reversed through comprehensive lifestyle changes. His current research is showing that those very changes also [...]

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