Posts Tagged ‘fat’

  • Why Are So Many Americans Overweight?

    28 June 2010
    Posted by Cheryl in: daily health blog, depression, News

    Is there is something in America's water that is making us one of the fattest and overweight countries in the world? Americans do eat a lot of empty calories, from sugary junk foods, for example. But, I wonder “why” do we eat so many bad food things? Is it from being too stressed out or have depression?

    Truth is processed foods have artificial flavors and sweeteners shown to increase your appetite and increase stomach fat. The worst …

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  • Body Weight & Inflammation Create Fat Cell Leakage

    4 September 2009
    Posted by Cheryl in: health, News

    Body weight and inflammation are often considered unrelated, but these findings show a strong connection.

    For a long time, fat was just thought of as “there”—perhaps unsightly and bothersome, but not active in its own right. We now know that excess body weight and fat stores can lead to bone and joint, cardiovascular, pulmonary, cellular and blood sugar unhealth.

    But that’s not all excess fat does. More recent findings indicate that fat is also busy making chemicals that cause inflammation

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