For many people, attempting to lose a significant amount of weight through diet and exercise results in frustration and little change on the scale. Body weight is the result of many factors, including environment, family history and genetics, metabolism and behavior. There are some factors you have no control over. However, you can change other…
Comedian and Celebrity Apprentice star, Lisa Lampanelli, has received a lot of attention recently, and not just for her sharp tongue or performance credits, but because she has lost 80 pounds after receiving weight loss surgery. Lampanelli said in a recent interview with In Touch Magazine that she’s tried “every diet out there” without success, and has…
Earlier this year we posted an article about the 2 year findings of the on-going APEX (Lap-Band AP Experience) study, which had encouraging results for obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Just 2 years after Lap-Band surgery, as much as 95 percent of the patients in the study had achieved improvement or remission of diabetes. …
When couples are trying to conceive, the woman’s weight and age are often the focus. But now a new study shines the spotlight on men and how their excess weight may affect their fertility, as well as fetal development. Australian scientists at the University of Melbourne Department of Zoology found indications that a man’s obesitymay…
Almonds are well-known for their nutritional profile. The Mayo Clinic lists the nuts as one of the ‘top 10 foods recommended for healthy eating’ and they are packed with nutrients including fiber, riboflavin, magnesium, iron and calcium. Most of the fat in almonds is considered a healthy type of fat, called monounsaturated fat, which may…
Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which a person has one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while sleeping. There are three types of sleep apnea: obstructive, central, and mixed. Of the three, obstructive sleep apnea, often called OSA for short, is the most common. As a result of the disruption in…
The findings of the 2 year interim report of the APEX (Lap-Band AP Experience) study show encouraging results for obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Designed in 2008, the APEX study is a multicenter, prospective, open-label, 5-year assessment of severely obese patients undergoing the LAP-BAND AP System surgery. In the report, researchers are presenting data…
Two new studies on the brain have provided a better understanding of how exercise affects our desire to eat. The first study, conducted by researchers at California Polytechnic State University, looked at how exercise affected what is called the ‘food-reward system’ region of the brain, in 30 physically-fit young adults. They looked at the participants’…
Millions of obese Americans are unable to achieve sustainable weight loss through diet and exercise alone, yet are unable to receive bariatric surgery, or would be better suited to a less extreme option than surgery. We have on-going hope that this gap in obesity treatment could potentially be filled by an anti-obesity drug. However, the…
Heartburn and other symptoms of acid reflux seem to be much more common than they were a decade ago and according to the largest studies ever to examine the issue, weekly heartburn and other symptoms of acid reflux have increased almost 50 percent over the past decade. Acid Reflux Disease or Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)…