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With the onset of menopause, many women may experience a variety of symptoms, including a decrease in lean muscle, an increase in fat mass, and a reduction in cardiorespiratory fitness – which may predispose the menopausal woman to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Research says that one such intervention is aerobic exercise – consisting of 30 to 40 minutes of daily moderate-intensity repeated for three to four weeks over a six month duration.

JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Network Open reported in July 2019 that, “normal-weight central obesity in women was associated with excess risk of mortality, similar to that of women with BMI-defined obesity with central obesity.”

2002 research published in PubMed notes that the typical American diet is deficient in fruits and vegetables and contains excessive amounts of meat, refined grain products, and dessert foods. "Such a diet, notes the research, "can have numerous adverse biochemical effects, all of which create a proinflammatory state and predispose the body to degenerative diseases."

Research supports the premise that regardless of age, sex, race, and comorbidities (simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or conditions), there is an inverse relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and mortality. By the same token, CRF has also been associated with a higher quality of healthy life – owning to reductions in the risk to coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, and cancer.

Research—Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk with Incidence of Dementia—published in June of 2019 on JAMAnetwork.com (Journal of the American Medical Association), states that "a favorable lifestyle was associated with a lower dementia risk among participants with high genetic risk.”

Research, which appears in the June 2019 issue of Nutrients – Association of Dietary Omega 3 & 6 Fatty Acid Intake with Hypertension: NHANES 2007-2014 - says, “that dietary n3 (omega 3) and n6 (omega 6) fatty acids intake were inversely associated with the risk of hypertension in US adults.”

Recent studies indicate that for those with cardiovascular health issues, eggs are not the villain they were once thought to be.

Recent clinical trials compared the effects of supervised high-intensity interval endurance training vs. resistance training in reducing two kinds of high-risk cardiac fat, epicardial and pericardial. Results showed that both types of exercise reduced the epicardial fat, while only the resistance training was effective in reducing the pericardial fat. My 40 years of experience back up just how effective that compound approach can be in reducing both total and visceral fat in both ...

According to June 2019 research – Association of Exposure to Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) While Sleeping with Risk of Obesity in Women – published on line in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Internal Medicine, “artificial light at night while sleeping was significantly associated with increased risk of weight gain and obesity, especially in women who had a light or a television on in the room while sleeping. Associations do not appear to be explained by sleep duration an...

In the August 2019 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Justin C. Brown, Director of the Cancer Metabolism Program at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center and colleagues report that, “for colorectal cancer patients, new research shows a clearer connection than previously known between fat deposits in certain areas of the body and higher rates of death from all causes within seven years of cancer diagnosis.”