Oct

31

Despite countless diet programs and fitness regiments extolled by nutritionists, dietitians and the media, obesity continues to be a national health problem in the United States.

While some people are enjoying success with a healthy weight maintenance plan, others are only joining the weight gain cycle. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Department of Health reports over 72 million adults in the U.S. are obese, a startling number that continues to rise with failed diet programs, poor eating habits and drugs that cause weight gain – perhaps the major culprits fueling the epidemic.
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Oct

27

If wrinkles, fine lines and sagging skin are taking their toll on your appearance, you may have considered a facelift or other facial rejuvenation procedure to restore your youthful looks. Face lifts can tighten and firm up the skin after just one treatment, and some may even help increase collagen levels that help you maintain that youthful glow.

Still, some experts suggest skipping surgery entirely in favor of lifestyle changes and a healthy eating plan. The Perricone Nutritional Facelift is just one of several diet programs that encourage us to combat the signs of aging by making key changes in the daily diet. From increasing Omega-3s to drinking at least 10 glasses of water per day, the diet may be a valuable alternative – or supplement – to a procedure. But are these suggestions based on fact, or is the plan just another diet program? Read more

Oct

27

What Happens

After you are infected with hepatitis C, you will enter an early, shorter-term (acute) stage of the disease. Some people with acute hepatitis C fight off the virus permanently and never have any liver problems. But up to 85% of people who are infected with the virus will go on to develop long-term (chronic) hepatitis C.2

Long-term infection with hepatitis C often causes tiny scars to gradually form in your liver. If you develop a lot of these scars, it becomes hard for your liver to work well. About 25% of people who develop chronic hepatitis C eventually develop more serious liver problems such as cirrhosis or liver cancer, usually over a period of 20 or more years.1
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Oct

27

We could soon be wearing jumpers made from corn cobs and driving cars powered by prairie grass, according to Steen Riisgaard, a Dutch
microbiologist.

It sounds outlandish, but the company Riisgaard runs, Novozymes, is the world’s largest maker of industrial enzymes, the brothy solutions that convert corn and sugarcane into everything from biofuels to washing-powder additives.

The biofuel industry, however, is beset by problems. Corn should be used to feed the hungry not fill up your car, critics argue. Converting crops into fuel is often far more polluting than the petrol and diesel it is supposed to replace and has created surges in food prices that have led to unrest, such as last year’s riots in Mexico. Read more

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