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Rising European life expectancy undermined by obesity: WHO
Life expectancy in Europe continues to increase but obesity and the growing proportion of people who are overweight risks reversing this trend, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.
In its European Health Report, covering 53 countries in a vast geographical area from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the UN agency found well-being is the highest in the world but varies widely within the region.
Average life expectancy from birth has increased from 76.7 years in 2010 to 77.8 years in 2015. Women continue to live longer than men—81.1 years compared to 74.6 years for men, although the gap has slightly narrowed.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @09:23AM (3 children)
Imagine that! Eating less == less calories == weight loss? WOW!
Carbs are absorbed faster, that's why you can eat more of them. Your body is better at using carbs than fat. It's like if you eat grass, you'll also lose weight. As for cravings, you can train your stomach to only crave food at some parts of the day. If you stuff yourself all day long, you'll always feel hungry all day long. At least until your stomach is retrained. But replacing carbs with fats and protein is not exactly healthy choice for long term.
Kind of reminds me why 90+% of people fail at keeping weight off, even if most lose weight initially.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @10:39AM
I dont need to train anything, just not eat bread or rice with my meals or eat any candy/soda crap. Its not even hard, you can eat as much as you want.
So have fun with your training of the stomach, Ill eat less the easy way.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @10:28PM (1 child)
The science in recent years has confirmed the benefits of a low carb (keto) diet:
Better blood lipid profile, lower blood pressure, better insulin sensitivity, better energy levels, less body fat.
Why do you choose to remain ignorant? We eat too many carbs in industrialized countries. Veggies are good, but look out you don't eat too many grains especially.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @10:45PM
Source?
I have personally experienced this but actually could not find medical literature describing it.