Health Headlines - Friday

FRUCTOSE AND FAT:

NEW RESEARCH HAS FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHAT MAKES YOU PACK ON THE POUNDS.

A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS STUDY FOUND PEOPLE TURN FRUCTOSE INTO BODY FAT SURPRISINGLY FAST.

FRUCTOSE IS A SUGAR FOUND IN MANY FOOD AND DRINKS.

OUR LIVERS NORMALLY FIGURE OUT IF SUGARS ARE STORED ON OUR BODIES AS FAT, OR SPENT AS ENERGY.

BUT FRUCTOSE ACTUALLY BYPASSES THE LIVER ENTIRELY AND IS THEN QUICKLY TURNED INTO FAT BY OUR BODY.. MAKING US GAIN WEIGHT.

THE STUDY APPEARS IN THE JOURNAL OF NUTRITION.




WEEKENDS MAKE DIETING HARD:

A NEW STUDY CONFIRMS WHAT DIETERS ALREADY KNOW.. WEEKENDS ARE THE HARDEST TIME TO LOOSE WEIGHT.

A WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY STUDY SAYS MOST PEOPLE EAT MORE ON THE WEEKEND .. EVEN WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOSE WEIGHT.

RESEARCHERS SAY PEOPLE EAT AN AVERAGE OF 2260 CALORIES ON SATURDAYS.

THAT'S COMPARED TO ROUGHLY 2-THOUSAND DURING THE WEEK.

RESEARCHERS SAY THIS LEADS TO SLOWER THAN EXPECTED WEIGHT LOSS IN MANY DIETERS.
Health Headlines - Friday