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How fructose can wreak havoc on your health
Matching calorie for calorie with the simple sugar glucose, fructose causes significant weight gain, physical inactivity and body fat deposition, according to a recent study. Published in the journ…
Dehydration derails NASCAR driver
Dehydration caught up to NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway last month. Toward the end of the race, Hamlin began feeling ill and was later treated for d…
Positive messages about food have the best impact
Parents can often be heard telling their children, “No candy today. It will rot your teeth.” According to a new study, that may be the wrong approach. Researchers from the Cornell University Food a…
Don't be a 'bridezilla' on your wedding day
Some brides-to-be turn into “bridezillas” as their wedding day approaches. With wedding season just around the corner, Dr. Rani Sharma, an Advocate Medical Group internal medicine physi…
Body image affects women’s overall health
The media is a forceful transmitter that feeds ideas and sometimes values into the minds of its consumers, and despite the recent push to diversify the size of models, body image issues continue to…
High fat + high salt = weight loss?
People typically attribute a fast metabolism to the fact that some people can eat fatty and salty foods on a daily basis without gaining a pound. However, researchers now may have another explanati…
Trans fat is getting the boot
The Food and Drug Administration has given the food industry a deadline to phase out partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of artificial trans fat. Companies have until June 18, 2018, to eit…
Is the obesity epidemic getting even worse?
The obesity problem in America is not going away anytime soon, according to a new health report that found that 36 million men and almost 29 million women in the U.S. are overweight and 32 million …
Protein powders go mainstream
Once reserved for body builders and those looking to build muscles fast, protein powders have gone mainstream with entire sections of grocery stores filled with many varieties. As they gain popular…