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Diet and Obesity : More dairy foods in the diet may boost fat burning
Eating plenty of dairy foods may help people who are trying to maintain their weight to burn more fat and eat more calories without putting on excess pounds, according to new research published in the journal Nutrition & Metabolism.
Lifestyle choices can ease health risks
Diet, stress, exercise and exposure to chemicals may affect your chances of getting Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease, a report by two environmental health advocacy organizations has found.
The key to reducing your risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s seems to be in leading a nutrition-conscious, active lifestyle. Here are tips:
Nutrition labeling is a healthy initiative
There now is more hope that the food industry finally will fulfill its ethical obligation to fully inform consumers what is in its products.
The big hitters — from General Mills to Kellogg’s to Coca-Cola — have agreed to adopt a front-of-package nutrition labeling system.
Diet and Weight Program : Dietary pills laced with drugs
After-market scrutiny: FDA warns about Blue Steel, other supplements that do not have to prove their safety.
The little blue pills sold by a Georgia company under the name Blue Steel claimed they were an all-natural dietary supplement.
But the pills, marketed as an “extreme sexual stimulant,” were spiked with a drug similar to Viagra —- putting […]
Lifestyle choices can ease health risks
Diet, stress, exercise and exposure to chemicals may affect your chances of getting Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease, a report by two environmental health advocacy organizations has found.
The key to reducing your risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s seems to be in leading a nutrition-conscious, active lifestyle. Here are tips:
Health Tips : Sugar and Breast Cancer
Does eating sugar cause breast cancer?
In a word, no. Of course not. If you have a Snickers bar, it will not give you cancer. If we dig a little deeper, however, there are some interesting schools of thought around sugar and the role it plays in our cancer diagnosis.
Prevention guidelines for Breast Cancer
Breast cancer awareness
takes centre stage in October. Most women are interested in preventing breast cancer
The evidence is not clear, but there are drug trials which have been shown to reduce the risk of recurrent breast cancer in women. The results from the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial have also shown that women at high risk for […]
Cancer Food Nutrition, Turning Up The Heat On Tomatoes Boosts Absorption Of Lycopene
Turning up the heat on the red tomato during processing has the potential to give the popular garden staple added disease-fighting power, Ohio State University research suggests.
Scientists have found that lycopene molecules in tomatoes that are combined with fat and subjected to intense heat during processing are restructured in a way that appears to ease […]
Food Components for Diabetes Diet
Compared to fats and protein, carbohydrates have the greatest impact on blood sugar. Both the amount and type of carbohydrate affect blood glucose. Carbohydrate types are either complex (as in starches) or simple (as in fruits and sugars). One gram of carbohydrates equals four calories. The current general recommendation is that carbohydrates should provide between […]