Beat Back That Belly

There's a simple (and tasty!) tool that could help you lose that spare tire around your midsection -- blueberries. Early results of a study by University of Michigan researchers show that lab animals fed an otherwise unhealthy diet still lost abdominal fat, lowered cholesterol levels, and improved blood-glucose control when also fed the fruit. And those clinical changes ultimately diminish risks for heart disease and diabetes, two conditions for which HIVers are at particularly vulnerable risk.