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Too Much Water Bigger Threat Than Too Little
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 18 12
Hyperhydration, rather than dehydration, may pose a greater health risk to athletes, according to two articles in a British medical journal.
Heat-induced dehydration rarely…
Moms’ caffeine not tied to kids’ behavior problems
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Pregnancy • Jul 10 12
If your kindergartner is hyperactive, there’s no reason to blame the caffeine you had during pregnancy, new research suggests.
In a study of more…
Fewer public schools selling sugary drinks
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 06 12
Fewer elementary school students can buy soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks at school than could a few years ago, according to a new study.
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In U.S. soda scuffle, experts say it’s no easy choice
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 05 12
At Andrea Giancoli’s community nutrition classes, participants bring in cans and bottles of whatever they typically drink every day, from sodas and fruit juices…
Not All Calories Equal, Study Shows
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 28 12
A diet based on healthy carbohydrates - rather than a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet - offers the best chance of keeping weight off without…
People turn to high-calorie food first after fasting
• Dieting • Jun 28 12
People who haven’t eaten for many hours turn to high-calorie foods like starches and proteins - not vegetables - once they can satisfy their…
Regular, moderate, coffee drinking may reduce heart failure risk
• Dieting • • Heart • Jun 27 12
If you drink coffee regularly in moderation, you could reduce your risk of heart failure, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s…
Vitamin D plus calcium tied to longer life
• Dieting • • Aging and Gerontology • Jun 16 12
Older adults who take vitamin D and calcium supplements may live a bit longer than their peers, a new research review suggests.
Researchers found…
Just what America needs: Pizza vending machines
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 14 12
Ever have a sudden urge for crisp-crusted, ooey-gooey, cheesy pizza? You want it STAT. Not in the time it takes to preheat the oven…
‘Bad’ dieting increases cardiovascular disease risk
• Dieting • • Heart • Jun 10 12
A 25 year study in Northern Sweden, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Nutrition Journal, is the first to show that a regional…
Junk Food More Appealing When You’re Sleepy: Study
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 10 12
Unhealthy foods, such as sweets and chips, are more appealing to people who haven’t had enough sleep, new research suggests.
When researchers examined the…
Kids don’t eat less when serving themselves
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 08 12
Allowing pre-schoolers to help themselves to food is thought to teach kids healthy eating habits like portion control, but a new study finds that…
Eating fruits and vegetables may help smokers quit
• Dieting • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 08 12
Eating fruits and vegetables may help some people quit smoking, a new study suggests.
In the study, smokers who ate the most fruit and…
Soy doesn’t boost brainpower in older women: study
• Brain • • Dieting • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jun 05 12
Taking daily soy supplements doesn’t improve thinking and memory skills or keep them from declining in older women, new findings suggest.
The study of…
Fewer food choices don’t help weight loss: study
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Jun 01 12
Reducing people’s options for junk foods helps them to cut back on the amount of calories they take in, but it doesn’t reduce their…
California teens eat fewer calories in school
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • May 18 12
High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in…
Study suggests lower death risk for coffee lovers
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 16 12
Older people who reported drinking a few daily cups of coffee were less likely to die over the subsequent 14 years than were those…
Diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup may make you forgetful
• Brain • • Dieting • May 16 12
The brain freeze from that hot fudge sundae might last longer than you think.
A new UCLA study on rats is the first to…
Study sheds new light on importance of human breast milk ingredient
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • May 14 12
A new University of Illinois study shows that human milk oligosaccharides, or HMO, produce short-chain fatty acids that feed a beneficial microbial population in…
Deep belly fat may increase after liposuction
• Dieting • • Obesity • May 09 12
A new study suggests that women who have liposuction to trim their tummies may gain some fat deeper within the abdomen - a type…
Kids’ TV time tied to unhealthy food choices
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 09 12
Kids and teens who watch a lot of television are less likely to get their fruits and veggies and more likely to snack on…
Pork and Genes: How Pork Smells Genetically Determined, Says Study
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 04 12
If you find the smell of pork revolting, it could be because that’s how you’re genetically programmed to perceive it, according to a new…
Drinking energy and sports drinks like “bathing” teeth in acid
• Dental Health • • Dieting • May 04 12
Energy drinks and sports drinks might provide a quick boost for consumers, but at the cost of their teeth. A new study finds people…
Missing Teeth Can Lead to Obesity
• Dental Health • • Dieting • • Obesity • May 01 12
There has always been a link between missing teeth and poor nutrition. After all, chewing is the first step in the digestive process. It…
Drinking tea and coffee didn’t too much increase the risk of urinary incontinence, in fact somewhat decrease the risk
• Dieting • • Urine Problems • Apr 30 12
Several studies has suggested that drinking coffee can causes or worsening the urinary incontinence or bladder leakage or overactive bladder, despite the results itself…