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...What's driving the upswells? A rising standard of living and greater exposure to a Western diet rich in sugars and empty calories are certainly to blame, along with a more sedentary lifestyle. But many patients turning up at Jhingan's office and similar clinics are not fat-at least not by Western standards. It appears that a change in diet and a few extra pounds are enough to trigger the disease in many Asian and African populations...
...most likely the genetic legacy from ancestors who had to cope with cruel cycles of feast and famine. Under such conditions, survival favored those genetically blessed with a highly efficient ability to squirrel away calories during times of plenty by breaking food down into glucose, then storing it as fat. Now surrounded by a constant source of food and living a less active lifestyle, people born with that genetic pedigree are perfectly primed for diabetes. "It's not simply that Western food is causing diabetes but that different body types, influenced by genes, respond to the same food differently," says...
...favorably impressed by Clinton's deal with the U.S.'s three biggest beverage manufacturers to expel sugary drinks from school vending machines and substitute bottled water, unsweetened fruit juices, low-fat milk and sugar-free sodas. Clinton is setting a good example by using his influence to improve the quality of nutrition at U.S. schools. Although many American schoolkids are of the opinion that his campaign is futile, since sweetened drinks will still be available at after-school events, his struggle is the first step toward helping young people become health-conscious. I wish I had been offered healthful nutrition...
...food-court mentality--Johnny eats a burrito, Dad has a burger, and Mom picks pasta--comes at a cost. Little humans often resist new tastes; they need some nudging away from the salt and fat and toward the fruits and fiber. A study in the Archives of Family Medicine found that more family meals tends to mean less soda and fried food and far more fruits and vegetables...
After a career of small movie parts alongside his buddy John Cusack (Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank), on TV shows (Ellen, The Larry Sanders Show) and on stage (Neil LaBute's Fat Pig), the attention from the Entourage gig has landed Piven, who turns 41 next month, his first lead role in a studio film. "I was always No. 5 on the call sheet, No. 1 in your heart," he says. But with the upcoming Smokin' Aces, a mob movie in which he plays what he calls another "flawed Jew," Piven got top billing over co-stars Ben Affleck...