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Doctors Can Predict Your Lifespan from Calcium Scans

| July 6, 2015 Comment

Doctors Can Predict Your Lifespan from Calcium Scans – According to doctors, a coronary calcium scan can help them predict how long their patients might live. People with calcium deposits in their arteries have a six times greater risk of early death from heart disease than those who don’t. Calcium deposits develop as a response […]

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Sugar and Carbs Are to Blame for Obesity

| April 23, 2015 Comment

Sugar and Carbs Are to Blame for Obesity – If you think you can exercise your way to normal weight, think again! In an editorial published in the the British Journal of Sports Medicine, experts point out that a diet that has excessive carbohydrates and sugar is responsible for the current obesity epidemic in Western […]

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Sedentary Lifestyle Deadlier than Obesity

| January 15, 2015 Comment

Sedentary Lifestyle Deadlier than Obesity – A sedentary lifestyle can cause  twice as many early deaths as obesity, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Research showed that even a 20-minute brisk walk every day can reduce the risk of premature death in all weight categories, normal, overweight, and obese. […]

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