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Online games new marketing tool for unhealthy foods
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 03 10
UC Davis public health researchers have found that children, who are already saturated with television messages about unhealthy food choices, are the targets of…
Chocolate milk is a ‘natural’ for post-exercise recovery
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 02 10
One of the best post-exercise recovery drinks could already be in your refrigerator, according to new research presented at the American College of…
No evidence organic foods benefit health: study
• Food & Nutrition • May 24 10
Consumers who opt for organic foods often believe they are improving their health, but there is currently no strong evidence that organics bring nutrition-related…
Caffeine Blues: Ten Ways Caffeine Harms Your Health and How To Kick The Habit
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 24 10
Australian scientists claim to have discovered a gene responsible for baldness in women which may lead to an effective treatment for hair loss.
Chocolate Enthusiasts And Obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • May 21 10
Chocolates have become one of the most well-liked confectioneries ever created and sold. Chocolate lovers, young and old, rich and poor, have found themselves…
Pistachios offer multiple benefits
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 20 10
Pistachio nuts, eaten as part of a healthy diet, can increase the levels of antioxidants in the blood of adults with high cholesterol, according…
Food industry pledges to cut products’ calories
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 20 10
Several of the nation’s largest food companies say they are going on a diet.
A coalition of retailers, food and beverage manufacturers and industry…
Eating nuts associated with improvements in cholesterol levels
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 10 10
Consuming more nuts appears to be associated with improvements in blood cholesterol levels, according to a pooled analysis of data from 25 trials reported…
Caffeine may help prevent cataract formation
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Food & Nutrition • May 06 10
Caffeine may be effective in protecting the lens against damage that could lead to the formation of cataracts, according to a study presented on…
How Dark Chocolate May Guard Against Brain Injury from Stroke
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • May 06 10
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a compound in dark chocolate may protect the brain after a stroke by increasing cellular signals…
Links between food, migraines still a mystery for headache researchers
• Food & Nutrition • • Headaches • • Migraine • Apr 30 10
In the world of migraines, the questions outnumber the answers — especially when it comes to food.
For most people, red wine, chocolate and…
Dual studies vilify sugar and salt in U.S. diet
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 21 10
Sugar and salt are damaging the health of Americans by raising blood pressure and cholesterol - and regulation may be the only way…
Taste for low-calorie alternatives may wane: study
• Food & Nutrition • Apr 16 10
The more people eat “diet” versions of richer foods, the less they may actually like what they are tasting, a small study suggests.
Soy won’t reduce cholesterol after menopause
• Food & Nutrition • • Menopause • Apr 02 10
Eating extra soy for one year doesn’t help postmenopausal women cut their cholesterol levels, new research shows.
The findings support the Food and Drug…
Researchers develop new method to detect melamine in milk
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 01 10
University of Miami assistant professor in the College of Engineering, Na Li and her collaborators have developed a fast, economical and easy method to…
Soy supplements show no diabetes benefit in study
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 01 10
Adding soy supplements to the diet may not improve blood sugar control in older women who are at high risk of or in the…
That headache could be caused by food
• Food & Nutrition • • Headaches • Mar 31 10
It’s not an allergy, but some foods might not quite agree with you. Wondered why, after lunch, you sometimes feel sluggish? Have you ever…
Junk food addiction may be clue to obesity: study
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Mar 30 10
Bingeing on high-calorie foods may be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine, and could cause compulsive eating and obesity, according to a study…
High protein diet won’t harm young women’s bones
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 26 10
Young women who eat a typical high protein Western diet need not worry that their protein consumption will harm their bone health.
Want kids to eat veggies? Keep it simple, study says
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 25 10
For all those parents out there who struggle to feed their children vegetables, Dutch researchers have some advice: keep them crunchy by steaming or…
A Dangerously Tasty Treat: the Hot Dog Is a Choking Hazard
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 22 10
Hot dogs, those ubiquitous and savory symbols of the American diet, have caught the attention of pediatricians at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and…
Diet may alter fibroid risk in black women
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 17 10
Black women who tend to eat foods more likely to lead to higher blood sugar may have slightly greater risk for uterine fibroids, suggest…
Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Mar 16 10
The researchers, writing in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday, suggested taxing could be used as a weapon in the fight against…
Taxing junk food could alleviate obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Mar 11 10
Researchers say an 18 percent tax on junk food would result in a loss of 5 pounds of weight per person per year.
Adding gluten early may cause constipation in babies
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 10 10
Giving gluten-containing foods to infants too soon may trigger long-lasting tummy troubles but more study is needed before changing recommendations for parents, Dutch researchers…