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* Good bacteria helps ease symptoms of ulcerative colitis *
According to Canadian research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology July 2005, a severe inflammatory disease of the colon, ulcerative colitis often produces bloody diarrhea and is associated with an increased risk of colon cancer.
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* Your Personal Trainer's 2007 primer: Your weight -- and your Food Diary *
Here's a "Get Honest with Yourself 25-Point Daily Checklist". . .
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* Your Personal Trainer's Rules for Effective Weight Loss *
evalu8.org columnist Deborah Ramsay makes weight-loss -- and staying on track -- easy!
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A disease to fight famine? *
Feeling hungry, but aren't tempted to eat? Want instead to start running and keep chugging as long as you can?
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A steady diet of good information *
It used to be that eating right was simply a matter of common sense.
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Atkins: Is it good for you? *
The death of a celebrated diet doctor raises the question: How safe is the low-carb, high-protein Atkins diet? Health reporter ANDRE PICARD investigates.
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Beachbody *
"Decide. Commit. Succeed."
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Can Jack Sprat eat no fat? *
Britain launches a drive to slim down amid growing fears of 'obesity epidemic'
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Childhood obesity linked to lack of exercise *
Growing body of evidence indicates that childhood obesity is linked to a lack of exercise.
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Diet doctor died fat *
Dr. Robert Atkins, whose popular diet stresses protein-rich meat and cheese over carbohydrates, weighed 258 pounds at his death and had a history of heart disease, a newspaper reported Tuesday
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Diet of TV junk-food ads tied to obesity in children *
A barrage of television commercials for junk food is one of the most likely causes of childhood obesity, say two U.S. reports released this week.
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Dieting commonplace among preteen girls *
Almost one-third of girls in Grades 6 to 8 who are of healthy weight are currently dieting because they believe they are too fat, a new study reveals. And one in 10 of the girls exhibits behaviours consistent with eating disorders.
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Eat, drink and be wary in a universe of diets *
For acolytes of the late diet guru Robert C. Atkins, the news could scarcely have been worse. . .
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Fat 'the new tobacco,' heart group warns *
Statistics show one in two Canadian adults overweight and one in seven obese.
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Fat is the new tobacco: Heart and Stroke Foundation *
Canadians' struggle to control their weight poses a public health risk on par with the fight to curb tobacco use in the 1970s, the Heart and Stroke Foundation said Tuesday.
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Faulty gene for bowel disease found *
Canadian discovery, made public today, will help sufferers of painful Crohn's, researchers say.
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Fructose sweetening could be even worse than using other sweeteners *
According to Pharmaceutical News, a University of Cincinnati (UC) study provides new evidence that drinking large amounts of beverages containing fructose adds body fat, and might explain why sweetening with fructose could be even worse than using other sweeteners
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Garber Gastronomic: What's happening to our food? *
A report from the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo, Las Vegas, July 2004.
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Go ahead and eat the pie -- just work it off *
Physical activity allows Amish to thrive on diet high in fat, calories, new study discovers.
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High glycemic load increases stroke risk in overweight women *
A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology examined the association of dietary carbohydrate, glycemic index, and glycemic load with stroke risk among 78,779 U.S. women.
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Liberty, equality, fraternity . . . obesity? *
France is taking steps to curb the worrisome obesity epidemic among its youth. . .
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McDonald's pledges to battle the bulge *
While stressing that its current menu is healthy and asserting that it is not bowing to obesity lawsuits in the United States, McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Ltd. has rolled out a wide-ranging pledge to help Canadians become healthier.
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Minimize me *
Soso Whaley was so infuriated by a new documentary that claims McDonald's food will make you fat and unhealthy she set out to prove the opposite. ANDRE MAYER reports.
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More and more otherwise-healthy adult Canadians are dying from the effects of excess weight *
Canadians' expanding middles are killing them in middle age: New research shows that about one in every 10 deaths among adults aged 20 to 64 is directly attributable to excess weight.
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Nova Scotians urged to seek trans fat ban *
The NDP's health-promotion critic wants Nova Scotians to sign a petition asking Ottawa to ban trans fatty acids -- artificial ingredients that have been linked to heart disease.
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Obesity to top smoking as No. 1 killer in U.S.: study *
More Americans soon will be dying of obesity than from smoking if current trends persist, which would make being fat the nation's No. 1 cause of preventable death, the government says.
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Scientist wants the skinny on why Newfoundlanders are fat *
Could Canada's chubbiest province be harbouring the secret to weight loss?
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Statscan survey details obesity rates *
We are the fit and we are the fat.
The latest health survey from Statistics Canada shows that a region near James Bay in Northern Quebec has the highest population of obese people, at around 47 per cent, while residents of British Columbia's scenic East Kootenay region can lay claim to being the most physically active.
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Stress linked to obesity in school-age children *
British researchers have found a new explanation for soaring childhood obesity rates: stress.
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Study links extra pounds to more disease *
It has long been known that being fat is unhealthy. But a new study shows that extra pounds can significantly increase the risk of dozens of conditions.
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The folly of no folic acid *
Fad of low-carb dieting ignores danger of eliminating essential vitamin.
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The lessons of diet doctor doom *
What's supposed to make you stronger can be a killer. HEATHER MALLICK explains why health's high command is cursed.
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The numbers show we're a nation of big, fat liars *
Canada might be a much fatter and fib-prone nation than anyone ever realized. New research suggests that more than two-thirds of Canadians are overweight, not less than half, as commonly reported.
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Waist-not, Want lots *
New guidelines on prevention and management of obesity suggest health check-ups should include a measure of waist circumference.
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We should learn to subtract added sugar *
Is our innate preference for sweetness the cause of our expanding waistlines? The latest culprit to be blamed in our obesity epidemic is sugar, but not just any sugar. Researchers are pointing their fingers at high-fructose corn syrup, a liquid sweetener made from cornstarch that entered the food supply in the 1980s.
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What do we make of soy? *
Eating foods rich in soy appears to reduce a woman's chances of getting cancer of the endometrium, the lining of the womb, according to a study of Chinese women.
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A new generation of couch potatoes *
Preschoolers getting only fraction of exercise needed, report finds, putting them at risk of adult obesity.
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