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 Getting My Walk On - Leah Bush
Leah loses 100 pounds and finds a whole new person.
I have struggled with my weight all of my life. I remember being overweight as far back as junior high. Having lived my entire adult life dieting, I have gotten nothing in return but the yo-yo effect.
My family has a history of weight problems as well. Mother always struggled with her weight, and I have a brother who has battled with his own weight problems.
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Got (Skim) Milk?
By Dr. David Tichansky
In my endless campaign of reading labels, I came across a label that has always been right in front of my face. I never noticed how good it actually was. I was looking for something to drink to take the edge off my hunger, and after the second glass of water didn’t do it, I started looking for something that was not “clear” to hold me over. I picked up the milk jug and realized how good skim milk really is. Here are the numbers, in each ounce of skim milk there are 10 calories, 1 gram of protein, and zero fat. Purely from a protein standpoint, that’s great. Almost better than a lot of protein drinks, the zero fat is always a plus. But we also notice that many of our patients are deficient in vitamin A and vitamin D and we all know how important calcium is. Skim milk has calcium, but is also enriched with vitamins A and D. Maybe instead of one of our protein drinks, we should all drink a 12 ounce glass of skim milk daily. That will help from a protein, vitamin A, vitamin D, and calcium standpoint. Give it a try, milk is good food.
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Go Nuts For Heart Health!
By Whitney Orth, RD
February is the time for cupids, valentines, and paper-hearts. Most of us will take time out of the day to let that special someone know how much we care about them. How about taking some time out of the day to think about your real heart.
February is American Heart Month. Americans are urged to learn more about heart health and to try to reduce their risk factors for serious heart conditions.
One of the many risk factors associated with heart diseases is high cholesterol levels. High cholesterol can be the result of heredity, obesity, physical inactivity, age, sex, and diet. To improve cholesterol levels through diet it is important to understand the different measurements of cholesterol and how diet can affect them.
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 Obesity is a serious problem - a lifelong progressive disease of fat storage with serious medical, physical, social, psychological and economic effects. It results from a mixture of genetic problems, environmental effects, abnormal physiology and overeating.
We know the frustrations, the tensions, the discrimination due to obesity-the impaired self-image and lost opportunities to participate in the physical and social fruits of life. But the problems are much greater. Consider the heart, lung, bone and joint disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, sleep disorders, shortened life-span and many other serious medical problems associated with obesity.
Many surgical procedures now make use of less invasive means as opposed to open surgery, a change which often results in less pain, fewer scars, and a shortened recovery time. Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), often referred to as laparoscopic surgery, can be used with a wide variety of procedures including bariatric surgery
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