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(Posted June 13, 2009) "An increased BMI is a cause of increased mortality rates from cardiovascular disease and cancer."; "Being overweight stresses your heart, blood vessels, and joints, accelerating age-related diseases,...Excess body fat also plays a role in the development of dementia, certain cancers, and eye diseases, including cataracts and age-related macular degeneration... overweight people who cut their daily calorie intake by up to 25% were more likely to have a lower core body temperature and normal fasting levels of insulin in their blood."; "...consumption of soft drinks is likely to increase normal caloric intake....at 37 percent sugar-sweetened beverages were the leading source of liquid calories. A standard 330 ml can of Coca-Cola contains 139 calories. Thus if a person were to consume a can of Coca-Cola with two meals per day, over a week that would result in an energy surplus of nearly 2,000 calories-more than a whole day's recommended calorie intake for the average woman, and about three-quarters of the recommended daily calorie intake for a man."; "Cutting back just one soda each day could produce more weight loss than skipping an equivalent number of calories from food....Each serving of sugar-sweetened beverages eliminated from the daily diet produced one pound of weight loss over six months."; "Besides obesity, high-fructose corn syrup has also been linked to kidney and liver problems. About 30% of fructose ends up as fat,.... A low-fat diet isn't really low-fat because the fructose doubles as fat."; "Drinking diet soda at least daily is associated with significantly greater risks for select incident components of the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) and type 2 diabetes...."; "...only three specific dietary factors had strong evidence behind them as proven heart disease fighters: Vegetable-rich diet; Eating nuts rich in monounsaturated fatty acids like walnuts and other nuts; Following a Mediterranean-style diet high in vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, whole grains, cheese or yogurt, and fish.... Researchers also found strong evidence behind the negative effects of the following dietary factors on heart disease risk: Following a Western-style diet high in processed meats, red meat, butter, refined grains, and high-fat dairy products; High-glycemic index foods; Trans-fatty acids."; "...diets rich in vegetables, nuts, and those that follow a Mediterranean pattern with lots of fruits, vegetables, and fish have "strong evidence" of lowering the risk of heart disease. In contrast, eating a Western-style diet, foods high in trans-fatty acids, or foods with a high glycemic index were shown to raise the risk of heart disease. Foods high in trans-fatty acids include processed baked goods and snacks and fried foods. Foods with a high glycemic index cause blood sugar levels to spike and include simple or refined carbohydrates like white bread, pasta, and rice.... Several other dietary factors -- including omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, whole grains, alcohol, vitamins E and C, beta carotene, folate, fruit, and fiber -- were shown to have moderate evidence to support a heart-healthy claim."; "If people can maintain a calorie deficit no matter what type of diet they were on, they're going to lose weight."; "Weight loss is very simplistically just reducing the amount of calories that you take in, and any kind of healthy diet that allows you to do that is the best."; "Greater amounts of weekly physical activity -- in the order of 250 minutes or more per week -- have been associated with "significant" weight loss,.... Overweight and obese adults will most likely lose more weight and keep it off with at least 250 minutes per week of exercise."

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