Archive for May 22nd, 2006

Cancer + Soda

Posted by Tobias | on May 22, 2006

in category: Food

More about the danger of soda and cancer causing agents. Benzene is often found in various sodas, and Mercola has a list of the worst offenders through the jump.

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About.com polling for attitudes about gastric bypass surgery

Posted by Tobias | on May 22, 2006

in category: General

About.com has an interesting poll going on wondering what people think about the trend towards gastric bypass surgery.
Personally I think it should be a last ditch effort for someone, as surgery does bring with it a risk, but then so does being morbidly obese. My one worry is that everyone come to think of it [...]

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Does television cause obesity?

Posted by Tobias | on May 22, 2006

in category: General

Dr. Mirkin points out to a study that asks Does television cause obesity?:

A study from Harvard School of Public Health shows that the longer women watch television, the more likely they are to become obese and develop diabetes (Journal of the American Medical Association, April 9, 2003)
The summary of the findings shouldn’t be all that [...]

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