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More fiber, but not necessarily less fat, good for teen diets
• Dieting • Nov 10 11
A diet high in fiber - but not necessarily one low in saturated fat or cholesterol - is tied to a lower risk of…
New review questions benefit of cutting down on salt
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 10 11
Reducing salt in the diets of the general population may not have an overall positive health impact, according to a review of more than…
A fish test to make food safer
• Dieting • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Nov 09 11
Nowadays, half of all the fish we eat comes from fish farms. The problem is that these fish are increasingly being fed vegetable matter,…
What Are the Best Diets for Healthy Living?
• Dieting • Nov 06 11
Diets are a dime a dozen these days. You can find them in bookstores, on the internet, and every downtown seems to have a…
Wine May Please the Palate but Not the Immune System
• Dieting • • Immunology • Nov 06 11
While the health benefits of drinking wine in moderation continue to make news, for some with allergies even a glass a day may be…
Thanksgiving Holiday Stuffed with Allergy, Asthma Triggers
• Allergies • • Dieting • Oct 29 11
Thanksgiving is about family, food and travel. And for the millions of Americans with allergies or asthma, it’s about navigating a minefield of triggers,…
Watermelon reduces atherosclerosis in University of Kentucky study
• Dieting • Oct 28 11
In a recent study by University of Kentucky researchers, watermelon was shown to reduce atherosclerosis in animals.
The animal model used for the study…
When do consumers try to increase social standing by eating too much?
• Dieting • Oct 21 11
Consumers who feel powerless will choose larger size food portions in an attempt to gain status, according to a new study in the Journal…
Fruits, veggies may weaken effect of heart gene
• Dieting • • Heart • Oct 12 11
Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may mitigate the effects of a gene linked to heart disease, Canadian researchers say.
The research…
Certain dietary supplements associated with increased risk of death in older women
• Dieting • • Gender: Female • • Aging and Gerontology • Oct 11 11
Consuming dietary supplements, including multivitamins, folic acid, iron and copper, among others, appears to be associated with an increased risk of death in older…
Healthy diet tied to fewer birth defects
• Childbirth • • Dieting • Oct 06 11
Women who eat a better diet leading up to pregnancy are less likely to have babies with birth defects, according to a new study.
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Green tea helps mice keep off extra pounds
• Dieting • • Weight Loss • Oct 04 11
Green tea may slow down weight gain and serve as another tool in the fight against obesity, according to Penn State food scientists.
Obese…
More U.S. Tax Dollars Spent on Junk Food than Fruit
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 02 11
The Iowa Public Interest Research Group has just taken a look at how U.S. government food subsidies are being allocated. They made a pretty…
An Apple a Day May Just Keep Strokes Away
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Sep 25 11
According to lead study author Linda M. Oude Griep, M.Sc., a postdoctoral fellow in human nutrition at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, “To prevent…
Apples, Pears May Reduce Stroke Risk
• Dieting • • Stroke • Sep 19 11
Eating lots of white-fleshed fruit such as apples and pears may significantly reduce the risk of stroke.
In a new study, Dutch researchers set…
Milk-drinking teens reap health benefits through adulthood
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 14 11
Developing healthy habits like drinking milk as a teen could have a long-term effect on a woman’s risk for type 2 diabetes, according to…
High-fat diet and lack of enzyme can lead to heart disease in mice
• Dieting • • Heart • Sep 12 11
It’s no secret that a high-fat diet isn’t healthy. Now researchers have discovered a molecular clue as to precisely why that is.
Writing in…
McDonald’s New Menu Includes Calorie Information, UK
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 06 11
The Department of Health announced today that starting this Wednesday, McDonald’s will be introducing calorie information to all of its menus in all of…
A pinch of doubt over salt
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 02 11
In Britain it started with Sid, the “giant slug with a message”, who slicked his way onto television screens back in 2004 as part…
Gut bacteria picky about what we eat: study
• Dieting • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 02 11
Gut bacteria - colonies of bacteria that live in the human digestive tract - appear to have fairly picky dining habits, with one type…
Half of Americans sip sugary drinks daily
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 01 11
When it was first invented, soda pop was a treat most people had once in a while for special occasions.
Now it’s a daily…
High-sodium diet can also damage the brain
• Brain • • Dieting • Aug 31 11
By now, most of us know the dangers of a high-sodium diet. But beyond causing high blood pressure and heart disease, a new study…
It’s official—chocolate linked to heart health
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Aug 29 11
High levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published…
Consuming cholesterol-lowering foods results in greater decrease in LDL than low-saturated-fat diet
• Dieting • Aug 23 11
Persons with high cholesterol who received counseling regarding a diet that combined cholesterol-lowering foods such as soy protein, nuts and plant sterols over 6…
Milk better than water to rehydrate kids: McMaster study
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Aug 18 11
Active children need to be watered with milk. It’s a more effective way of countering dehydration than a sports drink or water itself, say…