Health
Coffee: Bad Reputation, Good Health
Coffee has long had a special place in my heart. Although I am not too fond of American brewed coffee — it’s too weak, in my opinion — even that is a variety I am learning to like. Nothing beats the smell of a freshly pulled shot of espresso. It livens the senses in every [...]
Why eating bugs is good for your health and the environment
What would it taste like to eat a cricket? That’s what I wondered recently while watching a mother bird feed its fat, hungry babies. As it happens, Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo has an insect chef serving crickets on the weekends this summer, so I had the chance to find out! While at Brookfield’s Xtreme Bugs exhibit, I tasted crickets [...]
Diet or exercise: Which is more important for weightloss?
This has been an ongoing controversy for many years. For optimal fat loss, should you focus more on your diet or your exercise routine? All in all, you do need a balance of both. You must follow a diet and exercise in order to get the absolute best result. But when it comes down to [...]
Foods That May Help Keep Eyes Healthy
Your vision is important, and the foods you eat may help to keep your eyes healthy. Your eyes require vitamin A for normal vision, and research indicates that nutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin E, beta carotene (vitamin A precursor) and an antioxidant called lutein may help to reduce the risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration – [...]
Egg for breakfast best way to fight the flab
Eggs are the best way to start the day for those who want to lose weight. A major UK review of studies into the effects of eating eggs has found that egg contains a powerful ingredient that can help to cut the amount of calories people go on to eat at lunch and dinner. Scientists [...]
New Study Suggests Low-fat Diets Aren’t Effective
With Americans becoming increasingly overweight each year, weight loss is big business. This paves the way for any number of diet books and fads. Some of these are based upon sound scientific principles, while others may not work at all, or may result in a modest weight loss followed by rebound weight gain. A preliminary scientific study — [...]
A High Intake of Certain Dietary Fats Associated With Lower Live Birth Rates in IVF
Women with a higher intake of dietary saturated fats have fewer mature oocytes available for collection in IVF, according to results of a study from the Harvard School of Public Health funded by the US National Institutes of Health. The study investigated the effect of dietary fat (classified as total, saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, omega 6, [...]
Not all calories equal, study shows
A diet based on healthy carbohydrates—rather than a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet—offers the best chance of keeping weight off without bringing unwanted side effects, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests. Study participants following a low-glycemic-index diet, which is similar to a Mediterranean diet and focuses on fish, fruit, [...]
Insufficient Vitamin D Linked With Increased Weight In Older Women
Your weight and your vitamin D levels may be linked, according to new research. A recent study from the nonprofit Kaiser Permanente Center for Heath Research shows that women who have insufficient vitamin D levels are also more likely to gain about two pounds over a nearly five-year period, compared with people who have enough [...]
Fiber For Fat Loss?
Fiber for fat loss, are you crazy? That’s right folks, fiber can actually help you lose fat. We all know that fiber will help fight against heart disease, cholesterol, diabetes and colon cancer, but it also plays a role in fighting obesity. Fiber is a compound that only plants contain. The fiber we consume [...]
