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Muscle Fat Can Be Deadlier Than A Pot Belly

Science Weighs in On How Fat Raises Cancer Risk

According to a study published in the journal Radiology conducted by a team of researchers from the Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique at UCLouvain in Brussels, Belgium, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, those with a high concentration of fat in their muscles (myosteatosis) are twice as likely to die prematurely compared to …

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Fast Food Linked To Liver Disease

Heavily Processed Foods Cause Overeating And Weight Gain

A study recently published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology may give people more cause to rethink not-so-healthful food choices of convenience, findings indicate that eating fast food is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, also known as liver steatosis is a potentially life-threatening condition where fat builds up in the liver, …

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