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March 7, 2007

Nine Reasons Why You Should You Eat Less

1) You reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

2) If you have diabetes, you can better manage the disease by reducing your weight.

3) You can live longer:

People who eat less are more efficient at converting food into energy, which may help them live longer, a new study shows.

Scientists at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, studied 36 overweight people for six months. A third of them ate a diet meeting their energy needs. A second group had their calorie intake cut by 25 percent, and a third group consumed 12.5 percent fewer calories and exercised to increase their energy expenditure by the same percentage.

4) You'll save money

5) You'll look better

6) You'll feel better

7) You'll be able to perform more physcial activities (sports, sex, etc.)

8) Clothes will fit you like they were designed to

9) You'll reduce global warming - a little far fetched but ...

Posted by Diabetologica at March 7, 2007 3:59 AM