| The Celebrity Yoga Craze: How to Have a 20-year-old Body at 50 |
| Nowadays, you are not a celebrity if paparazzi don’t photograph you with a yoga mat. Singers and actresses like Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Meg Ryan practice yoga regularly. Don’t they look great? Their advice is simple: connect your mind, spirit and body, all together through Yoga. |
| Lower Your Hypertension: Vitamin C Might Improve Blood Pressure |
| An Italian researcher discovered that Vitamin C might help lower the hypertension and calm the overactive central nervous system. |
| Have Genetically-Enhanced Pork with Mouse Genes for Dinner |
| Genetically modified animals may arrive as food on the shelves of supermarkets soon, and they may contain genes from other species. The U.S. government’s steps to begin the approval procedures for allowing genetically modified animals as food may result in new types of fish, cattle, or chicken that either have a higher resistance to disease or yield healthier meat. |
| Green Tea Reducing Cancer Risk? |
| The green tea may reduce the risk of developing certain types of cancer, according to Carol Koprowski, assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of South California. |
| Diet and Workout Maintain Bone Health |
| Regular workout protects the bones from the effects of a calorie-restricted diet, according to a recent study. Since working out prevents bone loss during voluntary weight loss, calorie deprivation should be combined with exercising in order to achieve a balance between losing weight and preserving the bone, according to Dl. Villareal. |
| Stomach Banding Surgery: An Alternative to Gastric Bypass? |
| Obese teenagers may lose weight after a lap band surgery, according to a recent study from the NYU Medical Center. The surgery involves placing a silicon ring around the upper part of the stomach and so a smaller stomach is created. That makes people eat less and feel fuller. |
| Discovering Health with the Amish Community: the "Obesity Gene" |
| It’s official: obesity may be caused by a gene! However, the good news is, even those who have the “obesity gene” can overcome its effects through exercise and an active life style. |
| Over the Counter Weight Loss Pills Approved by the FDA |
| Orlistat has been approved for use by the FDA as a weight loss drug for overweight adults and will be manufactured under the brand Alli by GlaxoSmithKline. Since the drug will not work on its own, a reduced-calorie, low-fat diet and an exercise program are required, according to FDA. |
| Gene Responsible for Obesity Identified |
| People who have two duplicates of a certain gene show a seventy percent higher risk to become overweight compared to those without two copies of that gene, according to British researchers. This study proved a strong connection between certain genes and obesity. |
| Overweight Moms Making Overweight Children |
| Pregnant women who gain too much weight during pregnancy risk give birth to babies who will grow to be overweight children. The overweight women’s risk of having overweight children is four times greater than for women with lower weight gain during pregnancy, according to a recent study. |
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