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Diet, Food, News - Jan 23, 2008 14:40 - 5 Comments

Americans are officially the fattest humans on the planet

fat.jpgStatistics don’t lie — Americans are fat
There’s no polite way to say this: Americans are the fattest people on the planet.

Americans are heavier than Mexicans, Australians, Greeks, New Zealanders and the British — and they aren’t too far behind, the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States said.

Americans’ love of water — Americans drank more than 23 gallons of bottled water per person in 2004 — is balanced by a love of sweets. Americans ate more than twice as much high-fructose corn syrup per person in 2004 as we did in 1980.

Most of the statistical tidbits provided by the abstract come from a variety of sources, including the government. In releasing the abstract Friday, the Census Bureau said the information is presented raw, without explanations, interpretations or cautions.
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Diet, Food, Nutrition - Jan 23, 2008 15:09 - 12 Comments

7 foods you may think are healthy, but aren’t

eat.jpgAre you going to eat that?

Pick a fruit, any fruit, and you know it’s good for you. It’s the same with vegetables and many whole grain foods. They deserve their nutritional halos.

Some foods, however, have gotten the healthy nod, when they’re actually laden with fat, sugar or both.

Some of you may be scratching your heads, wondering, “you mean, frozen yogurt isn’t good for me?”

Well, no. That’s why you should always read the label. To save you some time, here are seven items that you may think are good snacks, but might be better left on the store shelf.
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News, Opinions - Jan 23, 2008 14:20 - 2 Comments

Brains can recover from alcoholic damage

brains.jpgBrains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible

The researchers from Germany, the UK, Switzerland and Italy measured the patients’ brain volume at the beginning of the study and again after about 38 days of sobriety, and they found that it had increased by an average of nearly two per cent during this time. In addition, levels of two chemicals, which are indicators for how well the brain’s nerve cells and nerve sheaths are constituted, rose significantly. The increase of the nerve cell marker correlated with the patients performing better in a test of attention and concentration. Only one patient seemed to continue to lose some brain volume, and this was also the patient who had been an alcoholic for the longest time.

The leader of the research, Dr Andreas Bartsch from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, said: “The core message from this study is that, for alcoholics, abstinence pays off and enables the brain to regain some substance and to perform better. However, our research also provides evidence that the longer you drink excessively, the more you risk losing this capacity for regeneration. Therefore, alcoholics must not put off the time when they decide to seek help and stop drinking; the sooner they do it, the better.”
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