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Obesity—One Third of All Cancers are Directly Related to It

Editor's comment: Obesity has been associated with a range of health problems including cancers, diabetes, and heart disease. But obesity should be considered a side effect of an unhealthy dietary practice and lifestyle rather than the cause for these diseases. If you are obese, it means you eat more calories than you need. When you use a plant-based diet with calories restricted, all the obesity related diseases will be gone.
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Clinical study with NuShape - one of the first to document sustainable weight loss with a dietary supplement (PR)

For Immediate Release                                                  Contacts:             Keith Keeney, 678/621-6010 or Amanda Leesburg, 404/687-0040   NuSirt Sciences to Present Latest Research Addressing Metabolic Health Risks, at Experimental Biology 2013 Clinical study with NuShape -  one of the first ...
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Inadequate diet leads to obesity - opinion

By Jimmy Downs Sunday Dec 30, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- The conventional wisdom on preventing and treating obesity dictates that a person needs to have a low ...
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Caffeine/green tea supplement, another weight loss aid

By David Liu, PHD Friday Nov 16, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Weight loss is not easy and weight maintenance after weight loss may prove even more difficult. ...
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New weight loss weapon: Caffeine/ephedra dietary supplements

By David Liu, PHD Thursday Nov 15, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- It is hard to lose weight, but not if you know how.  A new study released ...
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Can When You Eat Affect Your Health?

By Dr. Mercola Intriguing new research is adding weight to the notion that when you eat could be just as important as what you eat … and possibly even more ...
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Diet and Exercise Reverse Leptin Resistance, Thereby Promoting a Healthy Weigh

By Dr. Mercola Leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure, may be one of the most important hormones ...
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What Does It Mean to Be Fat Adapted?

By Mark Sisson www.MarksDailyApple.com When describing someone that has successfully made the transition to the Primal wayii of eating I often refer to them as “fat-adapted” or ...
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Are Soft Drinks the Only Reason We're Fat?

By Martha Rosenberg   Two thirds of U.S. adults are now overweight and one third are obese, making normal size people an actual minority. Americans have so ...
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Something better than orlistat in preventing obesity or weight gain

By David Liu PHD Thursday April 26, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Many people already know that there is an antiobesity medication called orlistat.  This medication, indicated to ...
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