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REAL-News -- May- 2025May 01

May 1, 2025 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – May 2025

May 2025 Ozempic-like Drugs for Childhood Obesity? From 2011-2020, obesity in the US increased to almost 20% of kids ages 2-19 years. Multiple studies have demonstrated that obese kids are likely to become obese adults, increasing their risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), heart disease, and many cancers. For more on childhood obesity, read this,Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: alcohol, calcium, GLP-1, knee arthroplasty, knee replacement, liraglutide, low back pain, NSAID

Jan 07, 2016

January 7, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Alcohol and Body Weight Don’t Mix Well

Years ago, I read an article in a lay journal about alcohol’s effect on body weight. It mentioned three ways by which drinking alcohol affects weight gain. First, it is a load of empty calories, which means a small amount has a lot of calories that our bodies prefer not to use in a healthfulRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: alcohol, body weight, high calorie diet, water, weight loss

Alcohol and Exercise Consumption?Jan 06

January 6, 2011 By Irv Rubenstein

Alcohol and Exercise Consumption?

Here’s an article that stimulates absolutely no thought in my mind: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/does-exercising-make-you-drink-… The essence is that exercise seems to stimulate rather than blunt alcohol consumption. Humans present one layer of evidence; mice, which we assume do not have social circumstances centered on alcohol consumption, also seem to thrill on alcohol intake if they are exercisers.Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: alcohol, Exercise, fitness, lifestyle, training

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