Healthy Living and Your Weight

Stress and Your Weight: Men vs. Women
Posted By Margaret Furtado, M.S., R.D. - Wed, Aug 05, 2009, 10:18 am PDT
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A new study reports that men and women gain weight very differently when they are exposed to stressful situations. Researchers found that women gained weight when subjected to a much wider variety of stressors…Read More
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6 Tips to Outsmart Stress
Posted By Margaret Furtado, M.S., R.D. - Wed, Feb 18, 2009, 5:18 pm PST
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In a previous entry, I talked about how stress can actually encourage weight gain by triggering the release of cortisol, a powerful biochemical some have dubbed the "stress hormone."Cortisol and other chemicals…Read More
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How Stress Can Make You Heavy
Posted By Margaret Furtado, M.S., R.D. - Sun, Feb 15, 2009, 6:12 pm PST
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I see patients in my nutrition practice all the time who are stressed to the max, and yet I so often get funny looks when I ask them how they go about reducing that stress. Some of them say they walk or…Read More
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