Fiber not only increases the bulk of the food and moves it through the gastrointestinal tract more rapidly, but also helps in preventing constipation and possible colon and rectal cancer.
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Fiber is good for you
Posted by Healthy And Fit on February 16th, 2010
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Comments OffStrange Science: Meat consumption increases risk of Type 2 diabetes
Posted by Healthy And Fit on November 3rd, 2009
A new meta-analysis concludes that a diet high in meat increases your risk of Type 2 diabetes by 17%. Eating a lot of so-called “red” meat was associated with a slightly higher increase (21%), and a high intake of processed meats increases your risk by a whopping 41%.
Media reports are quick to point out that this is just the latest in “an ever increasing list of bad news for red and processed meat.”
In all of these studies, the division of meat into “red” and “white” seems totally arbitrary, as I discussed at length in this post: Meat and mortality: What does color have to do with it?
In this particular case, the authors concede that the apparent association between meat consumption and diabetes risk could be explained by other factors.
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Posted in Health And Fitness Tags: Apparent Association, Bad News, Cancer Risk, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Cause Mortality, Convincing Data, Diabetes, Diabetes Risk, Dietary Habits, High Glycemic Foods, Meat Consumption, Meat Intake, Meta Analysis, Processed Meat, Processed Meats, Quantities, Red Meat, Strange Science, Type 2 Diabetes, Type Diabetes Comments OffYes It Is Possible To Have Great Abs In Just 14 Days
Posted by Kathy Forcey on July 10th, 2009
Every time you open the closet, does that size 6 dress mock you? Where you hoping to wear it for a special occasion that is coming up fast, but it’s way too tight around the waist?
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Posted in Diet and Exercise Tags: Diabetes, Diet, Diet and Exercise, Fitness, Health, lose belly fat, Lose Weight, Weight Loss, womens issues Comments OffGetting Your First Diabetic Meter
Posted by Diane Synderhelm on July 5th, 2009
Finding the perfect diabetic meter for yourself is a daunting task. There are hundreds of brands that want you to use their meter, but which ones are the best?
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Posted in Health And Fitness Tags: Diabetes, diabetic meter, diabetic meter review, Diabetic Meters, Diabetics, Glucose, Health And Fitness Comments OffHow Do You Know If You Have Diabetes
Posted by JT Miller on May 25th, 2009
Diabetes is a disease which prevents insulin from being used properly in the body of an otherwise healthy adult or child.
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Posted by Robert Hudak on May 15th, 2009
Some believe that once you reach the age of 40, everything heads downhill. Then comes the middle age weight gain.
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