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Health and Weight Loss StudiesA collection of health and weight loss studies to facilitate your weight loss. 
New scientific discoveries are being made on a regular basis and sometimes all this information just makes things more confusing. How are you supposed to make a decision on how to reach your weight loss goal, when even the experts can’t agree on what’s best for you? I’ve done the hard work for you and sifted through the lot of articles! With this collection of health and weight loss studies I want to give you only what’s relevant for making your weight loss easier. Why we learn more from our successes than our failuresWe learn more from our success than from our mistakes. Important new discovery, especially for weight loss candidates, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Anatomy of health effects of Mediterranean dietIf you follow a Mediterranean diet you increase your changes for a longer life. This study shows that the most important part is actually moderate amounts of alcohol; one to two small glasses of wine a day, followed by moderate amounts of meat as the second most important. Body-mass index and mortalityObesity shortens your life. The severe health risks of obesity are now confirmed by scientific evidence. The Prospective Studies Collaboration investigated associations of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality using long-term prospective follow-up of approximately 900,000 participants. The analysis shows that increasing body weight can shorten your life by several years. Comparison of Weight-Loss DietsThe amount of weight loss after 2 years was similar in participants assigned to different diets. Most of the weight loss occurred in the first 6 months. After 12 months, all groups, on average, slowly regained body weight. Reported energy intakes and physical activity were similar among the diet groups. The participants who completed the study had a mean weight loss of 6.5 kg at 6 months, which corresponds to a reduction in daily energy intake of approximately 225 kcal. 20 foods for a long and healthy lifeDark chocolate, apples and coffee are among 20 foods essential for living as long and healthy a life as possible, according to a leading nutritional scientist.Gary Williamson, Professor of Functional Foods at the University of Leeds, has drawn up a list of what he calls ‘lifespan essential’ foods needed for a long and healthy life. 
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