Slim Down for the Health of It and Possibly Reduce Your Hot Flashes in the Process

"—Now women have yet one more incentive to lose weight as a new

study has shown evidence that behavioral weight loss can help manage menopausal hot flashes."

www.menopause.org/docs/default-source/2014/weight-loss-to-manage-hot-flashes-7-14.pdf

Leptin also influences brain cells that control appetite, Yale researchers find

"enty years after the hormone leptin was found to regulate metabolism, appetite, and weight through brain cells called neurons, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the hormone also acts on other types of cells to control appetite."

Leptin also influences brain cells that control appetite, Yale researchers find

Leptin also influences brain cells that control appetite, Yale researchers find

"enty years after the hormone leptin was found to regulate metabolism, appetite, and weight through brain cells called neurons, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the hormone also acts on other types of cells to control appetite."

Leptin also influences brain cells that control appetite, Yale researchers find

Are High Fuel Prices Killing Drivers? - On the Road - TruckingInfo.com

"According to a the folks at fitday.com, a health, fitness and nutrition website, junk food doesn't contain the nutrients your body needs to stay healthy. After scarfing down something quick, you may feel fatigued and lack the energy you need to complete daily tasks. "The high levels of sugar in junk food puts your metabolism under stress; when you eat refined sugar, your pancreas secretes high amounts of insulin to prevent a dangerous spike in blood sugar levels.""

Are High Fuel Prices Killing Drivers? - On the Road - TruckingInfo.com

Fighting Cancer with Dietary Changes

"If calorie restriction is as effective in women as it is in animal models, then it would likely change the expression patterns of a large set of genes, hitting multiple targets at once without toxicity."

Fighting Cancer with Dietary Changes

'Self Talk': When Talking to Yourself, the Way You Do It Makes a Difference - WSJ.com

"The results were consistent: People whose self-talk used their names or "you" reported less shame and ruminated less than the ones who used "I." The judges found the performances of those using "you" to be more confident, less nervous and more persuasive."

'Self Talk': When Talking to Yourself, the Way You Do It Makes a Difference - WSJ.com

Inexpensive food a key factor in rising obesity"

There are plenty of healthy low-cost foods that we could choose to eat and most of them are on the "WIC" approved foods you will find in the grocery store--beans, rice, eggs, grains, soy products, fresh or frozen fruits/veggies, milk, canned fish(tuna or salmon). "Americans are spending a smaller share of their income (or corresponding amount of effort) on food than any other society in history or anywhere else in the world, yet get more for it."

Obesity and economic environments - Sturm - 2014 - CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians - Wiley Online Library