Tag: overweight

Hello,Is it okay to eat over one’s daily recommended sugar intake if the calories are coming from fruit?Thank you!ChelseaFollow @willclowerHi Chelsea! In one sense, the source of sugar doesn’t matterAll sugar, regardless of the source — whether it’s from a grossly over-sweetened faux food or from a perfectly healthy...

Follow @willclower Principles apply across condition. One principle for any business is that it is easier to adapt an existing successful business model than to reinvent the wheel and hope it turns out as well as the thing that already works. In other words, “find success … do that.”...

Follow @willclowerSpongy bones are breakable bones. So to keep them dense and strong, obviously you need to have calcium on board and the vitamin D necessary to help you body absorb that calcium. Got it. We know that already. But what else do you need to consider? This new study shows that...

Sorry, but that’s a trick question. It’s not the Chinese food per se, but something they put IN the Chinese food that’s packing on your poundage.  The flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG), most often associated with Chinese food and after-dinner headaches, may also be expanding your horizons (for your waistline, anyway),...

Carrying around extra pounds during middle age was associated with a higher risk of dementia later in life in a new study that followed twins in Sweden for 30 years. This wasn’t a subtle effect either. Being overweight increased the likelihood of later life dementia by about 80%.  Dr. Weili Xu,...