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Most Weight Loss Supplements Are Not Effective
Melinda Manore reviewed the evidence surrounding hundreds of weight loss supplements, a $2.4 billion industry in the United States, and said no research evidence exists that any single product results in significant weight loss — and many have detrimental health benefits. The study is online in theInternational Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. A [...]
New Research Links Concord Grape Juice to Healthy Circulation & Possible Memory Benefits
Two new scientific papers recently published in Nutrition Today and the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry suggest that Concord grapes may support healthy circulation to promote cardiovascular and cognitive health in certain populations. These reports add to the growing body of evidence for the role of Concord grapes and grape juice in healthy lifestyles. [...]
Common Cold Virus Attacks Cancer, Study Finds
A virus that causes the common cold can also track and attack tumors, according to a new study that opens the door to novel cancer treatments. British researchers injected reovirus into the bloodstreams of 10 patients with bowel cancer that had spread to the liver and found the virus set up deadly “reproduction factories” in the tumors but not [...]
Low-Carb Diets Can Raise Heart Risk
Bread lovers, rejoice: There’s yet another reason to skip a low-carb, high-protein, high-fat diet. Eating more fat and protein and less carbohydrates might lead to an increase in cholesterol and risk for cardiovascular disease, a 25-year study of 140,000 Swedish adults found. An effort to eat low-carb didn’t improve study participants’ body mass index (BMI), either: After adjusting for [...]
Lack of sleep associated with multiple health risks
The 30% of working adults who routinely sleep less than six hours a night are four times more likely to suffer a stroke, says a new study. The findings are the first to link insufficient sleep to stroke; they’re also the first to apply even to adults who keep off extra pounds and have no [...]
Study: To much Exercise Is Bad for Some People
Could exercise actually be bad for some healthy people? A well-known group of researchers, including one who helped write the scientific paper justifying national guidelines that promote exercise for all, say the answer may be a qualified yes. By analyzing data from six rigorous exercise studies involving 1,687 people, the group found that about 10 [...]
Vegetarian diet provides good nutrition, health benefits
A vegetarian diet provides adequate nutrition to adults and children and can also reduce health problems, an Australian study has found. The scientific research review, “Is a vegetarian diet adequate?” published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday, puts to rest the long-held belief a vegetarian diet lacks sufficient protein and iron, The Advertiser [...]
7 ‘bad’ foods that really aren’t so bad
1. Gluten and wheat They are “the most demonized ingredients beyond high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oil,” said Melissa Abbott, culinary director at the Hartman Group, a company specializing in consumer research. Yet decades of studies have found that gluten-containing foods, such as whole wheat, rye and barley, are vital for good health, and are [...]
Ginseng For Cancer Patients Says Mayo Clinic
The findings, which will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, looked at 340 patients who were either in the post treatment phase or under goingcancer treatment. 60% of the patients had breast cancer. Each day, the patients who were being treated at one of 40 different community medical centers were given 2,000 [...]
Health study: Stop couch surfing and you’ll eat less junk food
Simply getting your butt off the couch means you’ll munch fewer cookies. That’s the finding of a new Northwestern Medicine study, which shows that simply changing one bad habit has a domino effect on others. Knock down your sedentary leisure time and you’ll reduce junk food and saturated fat intake because you’re no longer glued [...]
