Category: Weight Loss and Obesity

  • Why It Might Be Safer to Be Obese

    Abstract BACKGROUND: Many longitudinal studies have reported excess cardiovascular mortality among lean hypertensive subjects, suggesting that obesity may mitigate the cardiovascular risk of hypertension. Available evidence also suggests that in middle-aged and older hypertensive subjects, pulse pressure may be a better predictor of cardiovascular complications. However, there are limited data on the relationship between body…

  • Starch Does Not Make You Fat

      By themselves, starches do not cause weight gain, and increased sugar consumption tends to cause more weight gain than starch. Other problems with starch consumption include the starch feeding bacteria in the intestine, which leads to endotoxin and subsequent inflammation, and also presorption of the starch particles through the intestinal wall. “Intake of a…