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Lose that gut!

August 10, 2010 By Dr. Sean Leave a Comment
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I have been talking about the dangers of abdominal obesity for the last 15 years. There is lots of new data emerging and it all states that waist circumference is independently associated with higher mortality. The most recent study is from the Archives of Internal Medicine. In this study, they looked at 48,500 men and 56,343 women age 50 and older. The participants were part of the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. The study went from 1997 until 2006. After adjusting for BMI and other … [Read more...]

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Green Lemonade for health

August 1, 2010 By Dr. Sean Leave a Comment
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Hey guys. Here is a great recipe by our fitness expert Anna Weiss, P.T. Try it, I think you will love it! Dr. Sean Green Lemoade Anna Weiss, P.T. This is a recipe for "Green Lemonade". It contains good ingredients for weight loss and immunity. I recommend drinking 8-10 oz/ day if trying to lose weight. All the ingredients can be thrown into a juicer. For an added benefit, you can stir in some Chlorella and Spirulina powder to the drink. one bunch of kale one large cucumber 1-2 apples one … [Read more...]

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How obese is your state?

July 15, 2010 By Dr. Sean Leave a Comment
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According to the most recent government statistics, two thirds of Americans are now either overweight (BMI > 25) or obese (BMI > 30).  In 1980, about 15% of adults were classified as obese but that number increased to 34% by 2008.  So here are latest statistics on obesity broken down by States. Where does your State rank? Mississippi 33.8% Alabama 31.6% Tennessee 31.6% West Virginia 31.3% Louisiana 31.2% Oklahoma 30.6% Kentucky 30.5% Arkansas … [Read more...]

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Low Vitamin D levels and Diabetes

June 23, 2010 By Dr. Sean Leave a Comment
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I know you guys are probably sick of hearing studies about Vitamin D but I got two more for you. The studies were presented at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in San Diego. The gist of the studies were that participants with low Vitamin D levels had poorly controlled blood sugars and were at a higher risk for getting metabolic syndrome. The first study was a retrospective trial reviewing 124 charts of type 2 diabetics between 2003 and 2008. The researcher found that those patients with … [Read more...]

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Long-term effects of Exercise on Blood Pressure

June 18, 2010 By Dr. Sean Leave a Comment
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Here is a another great reason to start exercising. The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) trial looked at 4,618 adults ages 18-30 years old at the start of the trial. The researchers reevaluated them after two, five, seven, ten, fifteen and twenty years. They found that people with the lowest physical activity had the greatest likelihood of developing high blood pressure at the end of the 20 year followup. The fascinating thing about the results is that even after adjusting … [Read more...]

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Can peppers help with weight loss?

May 24, 2010 By Dr. Sean 2 Comments
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A small trial conducted by Lee et al (2010) looked at dihydrocapsiate (DCT) and weight loss. DCT is a compound found in peppers, belonging to the family of capsinoids.  The study consisted of fifty-one clinically overweight adults. All the participants followed a liquid meal-replacement diet that included just 800 calories daily. They were then randomly assigned to receive either a DCT capsule (either three or nine milligrams) or a placebo daily for four weeks. The results were a significant increase … [Read more...]

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FDA Warns About Tainted Diet Pills

December 6, 2009 By Dr. Sean 1 Comment
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Many weightloss pills are marketed as dietary supplements with the claim that they use only natural or herbal ingredients. In addition, many have proprietary blends listed on their labels that make it very difficult to know exactly how much of a particular substance you are getting. This is especially concerning since the United States Food and Drug Administration does not regulate dietary supplements. All the manufacturers have to write on the label is “this statement has not been evaluated by … [Read more...]

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Exercise in under 7 minutes a week?

February 19, 2009 By Dr. Sean 3 Comments
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We all know that obesity is an epidemic. The latest figures show that two-thirds of U.S. adults over the age of 20 are considered overweight or obese. Most of us also know that obesity is linked to several chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke and even cancer. What you might not know is the staggering economic burden of obesity. In 2000, the direct and indirect costs associated with obesity were $117 billion. Since then, those numbers have rapidly skyrocketed. In … [Read more...]

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Common medical myths

February 9, 2009 By Dr. Sean 1 Comment
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Hello everyone Here is my article just published at FitnessRx Magazine. Enjoy. Sean Hashmi When does an idea become proof? If enough people believe that the earth is flat, does that make it true? From ancient Babylon and Egypt to Greece and China, many powerful civilizations believed the earth was flat prior to 4th Century BC. Even today, some of our most respected experts have accepted certain myths as dogma. Let’s look at some of these myths to see how they went from fiction to fact. We’ll … [Read more...]

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The myth of drinking eight glasses of water a day

February 1, 2009 By Dr. Sean 1 Comment
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From our parents to our teachers to even our doctors, we have always been given the advice to drink eight glasses of water a day. But does this advice on water hold any water? … [Read more...]

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