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Drinking This Gives You a Fat Gut – if You’re Over 65

We all know diet soda can make us fat. New research from the University of Texas reveals just where it makes us fat, however--and it's not good news if you'd like a slim tummy. According to new research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, older adults who drank diet soda regularly were more likely to gain weight in their abdomen, called central obesity. Central obesity won't just give you a dreaded "beer gut" either; it's also linked…
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Reduce This By 10% To Prevent a Deadly Heart Condition

While most of us associate a fluttering heart with a bout of anxiety, scientists know it's probably a heart condition, called atrial fibrillation. Despite a common heart condition, few people know about it--or the heart attack or stroke risk it carries. New research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 64th Annual Scientific Session says there's no need to fear, however: A cure could be as simple as watching your weight. According to Rajeev Pathak, M.D., who presented the research…
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This Simple Diet Change Reduces Blood Glucose By 20%!

Have trouble controlling your blood glucose? There's an easy fix for that now, say researchers from Tel Aviv University--and all it involves is a simple, high-calorie breakfast. According to the findings, which appear in the health journal Diabetologia, diabetics who ate a high-calorie breakfast followed by a low-calorie dinner were less likely to experience blood glucose spikes, which helped control their disease better. This is important, as repeated blood glucose spikes could eventually lead to a loss of brain cells,…
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Use These 2 Smartphone Apps to Lose MORE Weight!

Want to lose more weight? While using a weight loss smartphone app could help, researchers say you're better off pairing it with another app--one that encourages you to exercise as well. Reported earlier this month by LiveScience, the research shows that people who paired a weight loss app with a fitness app ended up losing more weight; on the other hand, those who used a weight loss app alone were less likely to shed weight. And the biggest reason why…
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Watching This Makes You Eat 55% More Food!

It's not uncommon to reach for a snack while watching a late-night movie. New findings from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab say that a certain genre of movie could make you eat more, however--by as much as 55 percent. According to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine, people who watched "tearjerker" movies in movie theaters ate at least 28 percent more popcorn, with some movies, such as Solaris, causing people to eat twice as much. However, the same applied…
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You Won’t Die From a Heart Attack With This Diet

Meat-heavy diets, such as the Paleo diet, are said to be the best for weight loss. However, when it comes to lowering the risk of certain health conditions, such as heart disease, it ranks dead last--at least when compared to this diet. According to new research reported at the American Heart Association EPI/Lifestyle 2015 meeting, people who ate a semi-vegetarian diet, which emphasizes less meat consumption, were 20 percent less likely to die from heart disease and stroke. In addition,…
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This Makes You 70% More Likely to Exercise

They say spouses do everything together--even eating right. Now new research from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health reveals something else they shouldn't do alone. According to the research, which was presented at the American Heart Association's EPI/Lifestyle 2015 Scientific Sessions in Baltimore, MD, husbands whose partners were physically active were 70 percent more likely to exercise as well, suggesting spouses can directly influence physical activity. Conversely, wives whose husbands were physically active were 40 percent more likely to…
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This CRAZY Trick Could Make You Thin – AND Live Longer!

While intermittent fasting has been shown effective for extending the life of rats, new research from the University of Florida reveals even better news: It could do the same for humans. According to the research, reported in the current issue of Rejuvenation Research, people who practiced intermittent fasting showed an increase in something called SIRT3--a gene that increases longevity. In turn, it also triggered protective pathways in cells, something that could also improve a person's lifespan. "We found that intermittent…
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This Habit Means You’re 38% More Likely to Die!

For many people exercise isn't a regular habit--but this could motivate them to do it more often. According to a new report, John Hopkins researchers say they've developed a formula that calculates a person's risk of dying over the next decade based on how well they perform on a treadmill. Not surprisingly, the worse you perform, the more likely you'll die. "The FIT Treadmill Score is easy to calculate and costs nothing beyond the cost of the treadmill test itself,"…
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This 1 Simple Mistake Could Make You FAT!

Losing weight is undoubtedly a difficult battle--especially if you're obese. Now researchers have discovered a troubling reason why you can't lose weight, and it has nothing to do with your genetics. According to a new study from the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, mice who had the choice of eating a high-fat or low-fat diet didn't lose weight at all--in fact, they gained more weight. The findings appear in the latest issue of the journal Endocrinology. "We…
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