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Doing This Before Exercise Burns More Calories

Having trouble losing those last few pounds? Here's a new way to drop it for good: Eat protein and exercise for 30 minutes. According to new research from the University of Arkansas, women who ate a high protein meal followed by 30 minutes of moderate exercise burned more calories compared to those who exercised on an empty stomach. Protein just isn't great for building muscle, it appears. "We looked at the effects of protein consumption alone on total energy expenditure,…
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The #1 Way to Lengthen Your Life – Revealed!

Want to live longer? Unfortunately, researchers haven't found the Fountain of Youth yet--but this finding could set your physical age back a few decades. Publishing their findings in the American Journal of Medicine, researchers say that having more muscle mass could stop premature death--death that occurs due to a illness or injury years before their expected demise. Unfortunately, many adults don't focus on building muscle mass well into their elderly years. "So many studies on the mortality impact of obesity…
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This 1 Simple Change to Your Diet Lowers Bad Cholesterol

It's a fact: Bad cholesterol could increase your risk for heart disease. Yet when it comes to controlling it, few people have it under control, despite it being one of the easiest risk factors to change--by eating a low-cholesterol diet. If you're still struggling to keep these numbers low, however, researchers say there may be a new way to treat it. The treatment? A daily serving of lentils. "Canadians have a lot of room in their diets to increase their…
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These 2 Tricks Increase Fat Loss By 37%!

Want to give your weight loss a boost? Try this deadly combination: Exercise and green tea. A new study from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences shows that mice put on an exercise and green tea regimen reduced their body fat by 36.6 percent in just 16 weeks--as well as reduce their blood glucose and lessen insulin resistance, two factors that can lead to diabetes. While researchers note that mice studies don't always correlate to the same effects as humans,…
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The #1 Reason Why You Can’t Lose Weight

For many people, it's a constant battle: Trying to lose weight despite the scale refusing to go down. Now new research from Stanford University says there's a good reason why--you just might be on the wrong diet. "We have a saying that no diet works for everyone and every diet works for someone," says Gail Woodward-Lopez, an associate director for the UC Berkeley Atkins Center for Weight and Health. "There's no magic bullet. But for those who have specific needs,…
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Why This Trick Won’t Raise Your Metabolism

You've probably heard diet gurus say it: If you want to lose weight, you need to eat frequent meals to stoke that metabolic fire. But is this really true? According to new research presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual BES conference, chances are you're just wasting your time. Instead, what really matters are watching your calories, says researcher Dr. Milan Kumar Piya. "Firstly, that the size or frequency of the meal doesn't affect the calories we burn in a…
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This Diet Can Actually Make You Lazy?

It's a common stereotype: Being lazy and sedentary makes you fat. Yet new research from UCLA suggests that the opposite may be the case. Led to UCLA scientist Aaron Blaisdell, researchers say that mice fed a diet high in "junk food"--for humans, that's a diet of fries, chips, and candy--took longer to complete certain tasks and took longer breaks, something typical of sedentary people. But those who consumed a healthy diet finished these tasks twice as fast. "Overweight people often…
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This 1 Weird Trick Lowers Your Body Mass Index (BMI)

Losing the battle against the bulge? Here's a novel new way to fight it: Get up early and go outside. The research, published Wednesday in the journal PLoS ONE, says that those who expose themselves to light early in the day are more likely to have a lower body fat index, or BMI--something that, oddly enough, seems to affect their hormones. In this case, scientists say it specifically affects the hormones leptin and ghrelin--"hunger" hormones which determine how much you…
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Uh Oh! Why Running Could Cause This 1 Disease

It's a fact: Exercise makes you healthier. But can a lot of exercise be too much of a good thing? As it turns out, the answer could be yes, according to a new study presented at the 2014 American College of Cardiology annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Dr. Martin Matsumura, who helped research the study, says that this study shows a direct link between excessive running and a higher mortality rate. "Our study didn't find any differences that could explain…
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Adding This to Your Diet Could Make You Live Longer

So what's the best way to eat a healthy diet? Researchers now say recommending people eat five fruits and vegetables per day simply isn't enough--instead, you need to eat more. Their findings, now published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, reveals that those who ate at least seven portions of fruits and vegetables daily were 42 percent less likely to die from any sort of cause, including diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. "The clear message here is that…
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