Tag Archives: weight gain

Can Your Medication or Disease Make You Gain Weight?

September 17, 2010

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If you are taking medications to help you keep in check a chronic disease and you are overweight, your weight problems can be related to your medications. The best thing you can do is talk to your doctor to find out if that is the case. Your doctor can also tell you if your chronic […]

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Do Genetics Affect Weight and Weight Gain?

September 16, 2010

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Wouldn’t it be nice if we could blame our genes for our weight problems. “I’m fat! Too bad I can’t do anything about it because I have bad fat genes.” This is the reasoning some people use to avoid doing whatever it takes to lose weight. Such nonsense. It is true. I won’t deny it. […]

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Short Term Weight Gain Can Make Weight Loss More Difficult

August 25, 2010

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If you think that you can shake off the overindulgence you make while on vacation, think twice. According to a recent study done in Sweden at the Linkoping University any change in your eating behavior that leads to weight gain could make any future weight loss nightmare. In the study were involved 18 participants, with […]

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Is Soft Drinks Consumption What Causes Obesity

July 10, 2010

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Is soft drink consumption what causes obesity? That was the question posed by the American Beverage Association. Members of the association include Coca-cola, Pepsico Inc and Dr. Pepper. The question was posed after demands were made to increase taxes on soft drinks as an effort to stop the obesity epidemic Soft drink consumption is responsible […]

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Stress Leads to Binging, Binge Eating Leads to Weight Gain

July 7, 2010

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Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not!~Author Unknown Binging is a stress related eating disorder. Many people turn to food to solve problems that cannot be solved by food. Not a smart move. They get fat and ruin their health at the same time. Binge eating is not the solution, regardless how stressed […]

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A Hectic Eating Schedule Makes You Fat and Diabetic

May 5, 2010

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A recent study made by the researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies proved that a hectic eating schedule can in fact make you gain weight and diabetic. The whole study started from the observations that shift workers, especially those that work at night, are more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome. The metabolic […]

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Quitting Smoking Weight Gain: quit smoking without gaining weight

February 22, 2010

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Weight gain is the main fear of most people, especially when they decide to quite smoking. Generally, people who smoke more or that did for a very long period of time have a good chance to gain in a few pounds, but this does not necessarily have to be the case. Quitting smoking without gaining […]

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Winter Food: how to avoid winter weight gain

February 22, 2010

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Winter weight gain Did you notice that every winter you gain a few extra pounds? Most answers to this question will be affirmative. It is known that in the winter, the predisposition to gain a few pounds is greater, and then we spent the entire spring and summer to get rid of excess fat accumulated […]

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Gaining Weight the Healthy Way

February 2, 2010

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The biggest risks a thin person is exposed to are complications during an operation or a very slow recovery. But this can be corrected by adopting a diet which assures the necessary calories for gaining weight. Some people are thin no matter how much they eat and are always envied by people around them that […]

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17 Things You Don’t Know That Are Making You Fat

January 29, 2010

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1) Allergies – antihistamines increase the appetite. Pollen and mold allergies are extra troublesome because they wake you up tens of times during the night which drain your energy making you eat more. 2) E-mail– because you e-mail your friends and colleagues daily making you predisposed to getting fat from lack of exercise. 3) Artificial […]

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