Obesity is responsible for generalized inflammation in the population, a recent study confirms.

Generalized inflammation, also called asymptomatic inflammation (because you can measure it in the blood, but it doesn’t necessarily cause pain or discomfort) is closely correlated in many studies with serious disease. For example, it correlates closely with both cancer and heart disease. In fact, inflammation correlates more closely with heart disease than do LDL cholesterol levels.

As we age, generalized inflammation tends to increase, as measured by the presence of inflammatory markers such as c-reactive protein (CRP) and many other blood factors. This is one factor that makes us more likely to develop degenerative diseases as we age.

But this study showed that a larger waist circumference caused a greater rise in inflammation than a smaller waist size.

Just another reason to get that weight down.

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Let’s face it, it is tricky to decide on a healthy diet. (It is even trickier to stick to your healthy diet!)

I like very much the intelligent and considered approach of Michael Eades MD to, among other things, healthy diet. As I do, he believes a high carb/low fat diet is neither good for health – nor for the weight reduction for which it is often adopted

In this blog post, Michael Eades displays a YouTube video of a Stanford University researcher discussing the merits of four popular diets. He then discusses the recorded analysis at length, making clear his own well thought out views.

The four diets discussed are the Atkins diet, the Ornish diet, the Zone diet, and the LEARN diet.

This is a chunky post! But if you are prepared for a long watch (YouTube), and a longish and intelligent read, you can learn tons about the best diet for you from a thorough read of this post.

I will certainly be keeping an eye on Michael Eades’ blog from now on. Very interesting and well informed.

Atkins, Ornish, Zone, LEARN – Healthy Diets Compared is a post from: Living To 150

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