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Butyrate, an end-product of the breakdown of fiber in the gut, acts as an anti-cancer agent in a couple of different ways. more...  |
 Coffee Won't Keep You Sharp A Finnish study has found that drinking coffee offers no protection from the natural decline of mental abilities as we age. But it did find several factors that seemed to be good predictors ... more 11/05/09 Whole Grains Lower BP Risk Men who add more whole grains to their diet reduce their risk of hypertension or high blood pressure, a recent Harvard study has found. The study targeted men, but women see the same benefits... more 11/02/09 Leafy Greens, Folate & Cancer A study of women has found that folic acid or folate, a B vitamin found in green vegetables, citrus fruits and beans, reduced the risk of colon cancer. The effect did not seem to extend to men... more 10/28/09 Fructose and Blood Pressure Large quantities of fructose, the sugar sweetening most foods (don't worry about fruit), raises blood pressure and the risk of metabolic syndrome. The waste product uric acid is the culprit... more 10/22/09 Vitamin D Helps Prevent Falls Seniors who take over 700 IU a day of vitamin D were up to 26% less likely to fall, according to a recent review article. Vitamin D3 seemed somewhat more effective than D2. Bone strength is probably behind... more 10/20/09 This is Your Brain On Fat Eating foods high in saturated fats actually changes your brain chemistry, short−circuiting the normal messages telling you that you are full. No wonder those fries are so hard to resist.... more 10/09/09 Meat Fuels Independence? People who ate meat a couple times a week in middle age remained independent longer than those who did not, a recent study found. Eggs and fish seemed to have no effect.... more 10/09/09 A Speed Limit For Weight The Maximum Weight Limit, a simplification of the BMI, gives people what they most need – a weight over which they should not go. The calculation is easy... more 10/05/09 Mediterranean Diet & Diabetes For recently−diagnosed diabetics, following a Mediterranean−style diet may reduce the need for blood sugar medications. The effect of this diet on insulin sensitivity is one reason it appears to help.... more 10/02/09 For Antioxidants, Grab a Snack Snacks like nuts, cereal, crackers or popcorn may equal fruits and vegetables when it comes to providing antioxidants to combat the free radicals that can lead to oxidative stress...more 09/15/09 Mindful Eating, The Yoga Diet It may be no surprise that being mindful about food appears to be very useful to losing weight. But it may surprise you to learn that yoga practice may be a dieting tool...more 08/24/09 Seafood Fights Depression? Pregnant women who ate seafood during pregnancy were half as likely to suffer from depression. While one must be careful of mercury levels, depression puts mothers and babies at risk...more 08/13/09 Doctors and Parents Unite! Pediatricians can help parents plan a realistic strategy for helping kids lose weight. Make small, gradual changes and keep the health risks and benefits in mind...more 08/07/09 Protein Lowers Blood Pressure Eating a little more vegetable protein (think whole grains, beans and tofu) reduces systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Glutamic acid appears to be the source of the benefits...more 07/31/09 Glycemic Load & Breast Cancer Women who ate the highest glycemic load were at an 81% increased risk of developing estrogen receptor (ER)–positive/progesterone receptor (PR)–negative breast cancer...more 07/30/09 Young Adults Need More Milk Teenagers and young adults are not getting enough calcium. Their intake drops off even though their bone mass is due to peak between ages 20 to 30. What can be done?...more 07/06/09 The Breakfast Of Arteries Eating a low-glycemic index breakfast, such as high-fiber cereal, can actually improve your arteries’ ability to dilate and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease...more 07/02/09 Let Them Drink Water When kids switch from sugar-sweetened beverages to water, this simple change can result in a reduction of 200+ the calories a day. Eventually, pounds follow...more 06/17/09 Lettuce Praise The UV Boost Darker leafy greens like kale and spinach are more nutritious than lettuce. But the antioxidant content of lettuce – polyphenols – increases when the leaves are hit with ultraviolet light...more 06/09/09 Colored Labels Help Consumers It could end squinting at food labels in the grocery aisle: A system of red and green dots on labels helps shoppers make better nutritional choices, an Australian study has found...more 06/05/09 Acidic Drinks Erode Teeth The acidity of soft and sports drinks, as well as tea and fruit juice appears to be taking a toll on our tooth enamel. But wait before brushing...more 06/03/09 Hidden Salt – How to Find It What’s the first thing you should do to reduce the amount of salt in your diet? We’ll give you a hint: It does not involve putting away your saltshaker, but you do need to plan to...more 05/28/09 Go Green – Lose Weight Epidemiologists estimate that global obesity raises carbon dioxide emissions (and thus global warming) by about 450 tons a year. And then there’s the extra fuel to needed to move such big bodies around...more 05/18/09 Better Put That Donut Down Women who ate a low-glycemic breakfast – eating high fiber foods which take longer to break down and result in a slower rise in blood sugar – felt fuller and burned fat more quickly than...more 05/15/09 Real Men Eat Vegetables It’s about potency. Eating vegetables (and not eating meat) raises the quality of sperm men produce. In another study, cooking some vegetables actually raised their antioxidant content...more 05/14/09 McDonalds or McFamily? Families who eat together at home are doing more than just eating. They are instilling healthy food choices in children that carry forward into the teenage years and beyond when fast food...more 05/06/09 Omega-3 Oils Reduce Tumors Research on mice with tumors has found that the more Omega-3 fatty acids the mice consumed, the more their tumors shrank. Other variables related to tumor growth also showed...more 04/30/09 Teen Vegans, What to Know Vegetarianism in all its forms can be a very healthy thing. But for some, particularly adolescents, it can be a cover for an eating disorder that is far from healthy. New research looks at the odds...more 04/29/09 This Is Your Brain On Fish Teenage boys who ate plenty of omega 3 fatty acids – primarily through consumption of fish – had improved memory and other cognitive skills...more 04/22/09 Get Fresh -- Antioxidants Foods like green tea and olive oil need to be fresh in order to pack their full load of antioxidants. Buying in bulk or from a store with low turnover may mean you are not getting full benefit...more 04/21/09 3 Grams Less Can Save Lives We’re talking about salt, of course. A computer model predicts that if Americans reduced their salt intake by just 3 to 6 grams a day, it would save up to 800,000 life-years over the next decade...more 04/16/09 Green Tea May Help Gums Japanese researchers have found that men who drink more green tea have healthier gums and fewer periodontal problems than those who don't. It may be the antioxidants in green tea...more 04/13/09 Broccoli for Asthma Relief? Broccoli contains a substance, sulforaphane, that appears to protect airway cells and may serve as the basis for a new treatment for allergies and asthma...more 04/06/09 Girl Athletes Need to Eat Even girls who do not have an eating disorder may burn more calories than they consume, a situation that leaves them susceptible to low bone mineral density and injury. It can hurt performance, too...more 03/31/09 Iron's Link to Serotonin The serotonin transporter protein, SERT, is involved in anxiety, depression and alcoholism. Now, researchers have found that iron is needed to generate SERT, suggesting...more 03/23/09 Go Bananas and Lower BP A new study suggests that eating enough potassium – found in bananas, sweet potatoes and other foods -- and may actually help counteract salt's effects and lower blood pressure...more 02/18/09 A Honey of A Treatment Using honey to treat the stuffy nose and cough that leave so many children and parents sleepless is safer and more effective than drugstore remedies...more 02/17/09 Go It Alone To Lose Lbs. A large study by Consumer Reports found that people who are successful at weight loss tend to do it on their own, without fancy programs. They also end up eating very much like people who have never had a weight problem...more 02/11/09 Peanut Source of Salmonella The plant in Georgia responsible for the most recent outbreak of salmonella has been found. What the FDA has to say about finding the peanut butter from that plant in products on your grocer’s shelves...more 02/05/09 Fat? It’s About the Food As important as exercise is to health and staying trim, it is no cure for obesity, a new study has found. Weight gain, and subsequently, weight loss, happen because of what we do and don’t consume...more 02/02/09 Antibiotics in Vegetables?? It’s true. Even organic vegetables sold in the U.S. may contain small, but measurable amounts of antibiotics. This comes from using manure from antibiotic-fed animals as fertilizer...more 01/22/09 Richer Formula Helps Preemies Feeding premature infants a formula with greater concentrations of calcium, protein and other nutrients helps them build stronger bones well into childhood...more 01/21/09 Meat Promotes Bone Loss The 2-year-old in your grocery cart is absorbing lessons about what to eat based on the foods you choose at the store. So what are you teaching them? ...more 01/16/09 Lessons In A Shopping Cart The 2-year-old in your grocery cart is absorbing lessons about what to eat based on the foods you choose at the store. So what are you teaching them? ...more 01/09/09 Go Nuts: It’s Good For You Eating a Mediterranean diet that includes plenty of nuts helps prevent metabolic syndrome, according to a new study...more 12/31/08 Sugar-Addicted Rats! When rats are denied access to sugar after having had easy access to it, they show classic signs of addiction – bingeing and withdrawal, leading researchers to believe...more 12/30/08 Buffering Acid Protects Bones Neutralizing the metabolic acidity of the proteins and sugars typical of the American diet can help reduce bone loss...more 12/22/08 Vitamin K, More Good News Vitamin K appears to slow the progression of insulin resistance in elderly men. The lack of effect on women may be because those in the study were overweight... more 12/17/08 Peppermint Oil And IBS New research suggests that treatments for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) do not have to be expensive to be effective. In fact, they don't even have to be pharmaceuticals. Peppermint oil and soluble fiber... more 11/24/08 Diet Promotes Diabetes A new study has found that people who eat a calorie-dense diet (think steak and ice cream) are up to 60% more likely to develop adult onset diabetes.... more 11/19/08 Salmonella In Dog Food A salmonella outbreak has been tied to dry pet food. There are simple steps you can take to protect yourself... more 12/08/08 Fruits Help Fight the Flu A compound found in many fruits and vegetables, particularly apples, appears to lessen the chances of upper respiratory infection, especially after... more 10/17/08 Mediterraneans: More Good News The Mediterranean Diet is the current poster child for healthy eating, and a new look at the data only underscores its health benefits... more 10/15/08 Eating Fish Benefits Babies Women who eat fish regularly while pregnant and who breastfeed tend to see better physical and mental development... more 10/8/08 Is A Raw Diet The Real Deal? Eating raw foods avoids many of the pitfalls of a traditional Western diet – like added salt and sugar. But it is not so simple as it seems... more 10/03/08 Killer Salt: Another Look A high-salt diet remains a sure way to develop hypertension, the high blood pressure that increases the likelihood of heart disease and stroke. And genes won’t... more 10/02/08 Eat Your Broccoli! Add protecting blood vessels in diabetes patients to the long list of broccoli’s health benefits. A new study has found that a compound in broccoli... more 10/01/08 Your Brain On Chocolate Chocolate may help keep dementia at bay by increasing blood flow to the brain ...more 9/23/08 Eating Eggs for Breakfast May Help Dieters Shed Pounds A recent study has found that eating a fairly low calorie breakfast of eggs is far better for your diet than eating a similarly low-calorie bagel… ...more 8/7/08 Another Reason to Avoid Beef? Prions, the proteins that cause mad cow disease, can be transmitted by feces, a new study has found, raising questions about safe disposal...more 8/7/08 Jotting Down What You Eat May Be the Key to Increase Weight Loss Subjects in a new diet study who kept written track of what they ate lost twice as much weight on average as fellow dieters who didn't keep a diary...more 7/30/08 Beat the Heat, Win the Meet Dehydration is a problem for elite athletes and the not-so-elite athletes, especially children...more 7/25/08 A User's Guide to Flavonoids Flavinoids are credited with extending life, offsetting the effects of aging, AND they are found in chocolate...more 7/22/08 Teen Weight Gain: The Big Three Young women who stay up late surfing the Internet, drinking alcohol and losing sleep were more likely to gain weight...more 7/21/08 Eat Better and Enjoy It More -- Enhancing Senior Nutrition Older adults often don't take in the nutrients they should, and the consequences can be serious...more 7/11/08 Salmonella Outbreak Continues; Many Clues But Few Answers Read what the current thinking is...more 7/9/08 FDA's Trans Fat Labels: Misunderstood The label says four grams of trans fat. Seems small, right? Actually, those four grams represent approximately 70 percent...more 7/8/08 Boron May Reduce Lung Cancer Risk in Women Tiny, trace amounts of the mineral boron can help prevent lung cancer according to a new study...more 6/25/08 With Teens, "Diet" May Lead to Obesity Parents who feel their teen is overweight can do more harm than good by suggesting a diet, a new study has found...more 6/19/08 "Bulking Up" and Heart Disease A study of NFL linemen has found they tend to high blood pressure, high levels of bad cholesterol and lipids, and high body weight...more 6/10/08 Treating Heart Risk in the Obese -- Pills Are Not Enough Overweight people with hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol may think that the medication they take will protect them from heart disease...more 6/3/08 The Anti-Jet Lag Diet This diet will help you avoid the exhaustion and dislocation traveling across time zones...more 5/30/08 100% Natural -- Hype? Do you know the difference between "100 percent natural" and "organic" and "free range?" You should...more 5/23/08 "Appetite" Hormone Discovered Scientists have discovered the hormone that gives food its appeal even when we aren't hungry...more 5/21/08 You Are What Your Mom Ate The declining male birthrate may be related to women's diets just before conception...more 5/12/08 Healthy-Size You Reducing your intake of fast food can reverse the liver damage caused by a high fat diet...more 5/9/08 Using Breakfast to Stabilize Blood Sugar What you eat for breakfast can reduce the insulin rollercoaster and your risk for heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and heart failure...more 5/6/08 Making Counting Calories Count A new NYC regulation requires restaurants to put the calorie count of foods on their menus and menu boards...more 4/30/08 School Lunch to the Rescue A new study has found that when schools establish guidelines and rewards for healthy eating, obesity rates by half...more 4/23/08 Normal Weight Obesity Normal weight people who have a high percentage of body fat for their weight face the same health issues that obviously obese people do...more 4/11/08 Green Tea Improves Effectiveness of Antibiotics Drinking green tea can make antibiotics up to three times more effective, even against drug-resistant strains of bacteria...more 4/10/08 Should We Take Multivitamins? A multivitamin in addition to eating nutrient-rich foods may leave men at risk for prostate or colorectal cancer...more 3/10/08 Low Fat Diet Helps Lower Blood Pressure Women following a diet with plenty of low-fat dairy products are at lower risk for high blood pressure...more 3/6/08 Zinc, An Economical and Effective Treatment for a Major Health Problem Zinc helps end diarrhea in children, a finding that may make it a simple answer to an international health problem...more 2/27/08 Getting Our Children off the Road to Heart Disease Good eating and exercise habits need to begin early...more 2/25/08 No-Cal Weight Gain Saccharin may actually make it harder to lose weight and leave you vulnerable to metabolic syndrome...more 2/15/08 Folate Deficiency Triples Dementia Risk People who are deficient in folate are 3.5 times more likely to develop dementia...more 2/12/08 Got Gout? A man's chances of getting gout go up with his fructose-sweetened soda consumption...more 2/9/08 Food Fighters: Should Dieters Enlist Carbs or Protein in the War on Appetite? The hunger hormone, ghrelin, is providing researchers with a way of measuring whether carbs or protein affect hunger...more 2/4/08 New Research Challenges Idea of Vitamin D Deficiency A new study has found that Vitamin D deficiency may be a good thing for our ability to fight disease...more 2/1/08 Sweet Drinks, Stealth Calories Calorie-intake from beverages has nearly doubled in the past 37 years. Any wonder why obesity is up? more 12/18/07 As Fat As It Gets? Holiday food alert: Obesity rates have leveled off. Or should we say topped off? They are astounding...more Broccoli's Day in the Sun Broccoli prevents sunburn. You don't even need to eat it...more 11/27/07 Chewing the Fat (Off) Chewing gum before a meal can reduce hunger...more 11/12/07 Fasting: Is It a Good Idea? Fasting reduces the size of fat cells as well as weight...more 9/26/07 Vitamin E: Yes and No Vitamin E is good for some, but not for all...more 9/18/07 Vitamin C + Fat Consumption = Trouble Too much fat combined with vitamin C can cause cancer...more 9/10/07 Eat More Fish Oil, Less Vegetable Oil Fish oil causes less inflammation than vegetable oil...more 8/3//07 Low Cholesterol Associated with Cancer? Side effects of cholestrol-lowering drugs = increased cancer risk? more 7/23/07 Food Cravings and Weight Control In general, cravings are for foods high in calories...more 7/23/07 Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12 Folic acid hides vitamin B-12 deficiency? more 7/9/07 Can Omega-3 Prevent Blindness? Omega-3 may protect against several common types of blindness...more 6/21/07 Eat Too Much Hormones Synthetic "satiety hormone" may help avoid binge eating...more 6/11/07 Keeping It Off Is the hopeless cycle of weight loss and gain a myth? more 6/11/07 Red Wine Protects the Prostate Are flavonoids found in red wine the key to lower prostate cancer risk? more 5/29/07 Can Salt Cause Ulcers? Exposure to salt makes bacteria stronger and more virulent...more 5/29/07 Digesting Protein -- a Hidden Problem Digesting protein can be more difficult than usual...more 4/30/07 The Elderly & Vitamin D Vitamin D is important to overall health...more 4/23/07 First Evidence of Alcohol-Cancer Link Scientific confirmation of alcohol leading to cancers...more 3/22/07 Zinc Health For Children Third-world children protected from disease by zinc...more 3/15/07 Belly Fat and Disease Excess belly fat contributes to increased inflammation? more 3/15/07 Gastric Bypass & Vitamin B1 Deficiency Weight-loss surgery can lead to dangerous vitamin deficiency...more 3/12/07 Fewer Carbohydrates, More Weight Loss New study finds Atkins diet = more weight loss over a year...more 3/7/07 Hot Brewed Health Positive effects of coffee on health...more 1/23/07 Echinacea: Can It Make You Sick? Echinacea's possible adverse affect on the gastrointestinal tract...more 12/29/06 Huntington's Linked to Cholesterol Levels in Brain? Cholesterol accumulation indicates Huntington's disease...more 12/5/06 Folic Acid Cuts Heart Disease Risk Using folic acid as a cheap and simple way of combatting heart disease and strokes... more 11/28/06 Can Diet Can Protect Us Against Cancer? Dietary weapons to protect ourselves from cancer... more 11/20/06 Take Vitamin D to Slow Breast Cancer? Early stagers had higher levels of vitamin D...more 10/23/06 Does Breastfeeding Really Make Your Child Smarter? A new study finds that breastfeeding has little or no effect...more 10/9/06 Prenatal Vitamins and Brain Tumors Prenal multivitamin may reduce risk of child tumor development...more 9/27/06 Gastric Bypass Surpassed? Another surgery better than gastric bybass... more 9/27/06 Read Any Good Food Labels Lately? Poor literacy and math skills affect comprehension of food labels... more 9/27/06 Can a Vitamin Fight MS? Vitamin B3 fights long-term MS disability?... more 9/22/06 Rapid Weight-Loss and Dementia A link between weight loss and dementia...more 9/18/06 Vitamin D Fights Pancreatic Cancer Vitamin D cuts pancreatic cancer risk in half...more 9/12/06 Obesity and Your Baby's Diet Minimally processed food better for baby...more 9/7/06 Drinking and Running How much is too much? more 8/1/06 Can a Curry a Day Keep the Oncologist Away? Not only tasty but really good for you, too...more 8/1/06 Keep on the Sunny Side Could sunlight help reduce risk of cancer? more 8/1/06 Obesity Surgery: Yes or Maybe Not The good and bad of surgery to remedy obesity...more 7/31/06 Less is More Utensil size could affect how much one eats...more 7/26/06 Can Calcium Make Pregnancy Safer? Increased calcium intake during pregnancy beneficial...more 7/18/06 Drink to Your Health Watch what you - drink? more 7/7/06 Pomegranate 1, Cancer 0 Pomegranate juice fights prostate cancer? more 7/1/06 Quit Smoking. Get Fat. Weight gain comes with quitting smoking... more 6/30/06 If You Needed a Reason to Drink Coffee Coffee fights Type 2 diabetes... more 6/30/06 Super E Designer vitamin E could kill cancer... more 6/1/06 Sugar Buster A common food may reduce the risk of diabetes... more 3/30/04 No Fad Diets that avoid supposedly unhealthy food categories may themselves be unhealthy... more 11/4/02 Kids and Cod Researchers say that a daily spoonful of cod liver oil can protect children from those nasty ear infections... more 9/25/02 C Mystery Solved? Researchers find a clue about how Vitamin C and cancer prevention... more 2/12/02 And Baby Makes... A new study suggests that America's mothers are eating too much during pregnancy... more 3/30/01 Got Dairy? Researchers find that milk products may help you lose weight... more 6/7/00 As Easy As Pie Nutritionist claim that cherries are a powerful triple threat in the body's battle against cancer... more 4/3/00 Lactose Intolerant? New research suggests drinking milk might be the best remedy... more 3/27/00 | |
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