Diet & Exercise

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Health News Roundup: Sleep Apnea, Hot Peppers, and Erectily Dysfunction

Today’s roundup: Sleep Apnea Raises Flying Risk, Erectile Dysfunction a Strong Harbinger of Heart Trouble, and Why Eating Hot Peppers is Good for You.
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Eat This… Not That: Simple food swaps to prevent weight gain

By making some simply food swaps — eating this instead of that — you can prevent gaining extra weight.
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The push-up is the ultimate barometer of fitness

Push-ups provide a good indication of what kind of physical condition you’re in. [video]
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Exercise for your Brain

One form of training, however, has been shown to maintain and improve brain health — physical exercise.
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How eating two eggs for breakfast can help you lose weight

The key to losing weight could be as simple as having two eggs for breakfast.
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Exercise pill tricks body into burning twice the fat

American scientists have discovered a so-called exercise pill that switches on a gene that tells cells to burn fat.
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52 Ways to Lose a Pound a Week

No quick fixex. No unhealthy diets. No pills. No expensive food substitutes…
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Your Weight is Not the Problem: It is Your Waist

In their book, You On A Diet, Oz and Roizen set out to educate readers about the science of weight gain — the biology of blubber as they call it — with the belief that once we understand how our bodies process and store fat, we’ll be better able to identify and control our weight-gaining tendencies.
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Fatty Fish May Protect Against Kidney Cancer

The heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids abundant in fatty fish like salmon and sardines may help protect your kidneys against cancer, new research suggests.
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Report Says Sugary Drinks Pile on Pounds

Soft drink trends have marched lock-step with the growing obesity epidemic, but industry groups have long fought efforts to say one directly caused the other. Regardless of this debate, a single 12-ounce can of soda provides the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of table sugar, the Harvard review says.
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