Archive for June, 2012
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 [...]
Low-carb diet may not be good for heart
A low-carbohydrate diet may not be good for the heart as it has been linked with higher cholesterol levels, a study says. The research, conducted in Sweden over 25 years, tracked the health of 140,000 people after it was noticed that occurrence of cardiovascular diseases was particularly high there in the 1970s. A diet programme [...]
‘Dessert’ With Breakfast Boosts Weight Loss
Starting your morning with a high-protein food and a “dessert” — such as a doughnut or a slice of cake — may help you lose weight and keep it off, a new study suggests. However, several nutritionists said they weren’t ready yet to embrace the study’s conclusions. When researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Wolfson Medical [...]
How to Choose the Healthiest Salad Dressing
When it comes to packing a nutritional punch, a colorful salad can’t be beat. But the dressing you choose may be just as important as the vegetables for maximizing the body’s intake of important nutrients, a new study shows. When researchers at Purdue University fed study participants vegetable salads topped with different types of oil, [...]
Snacking on Raisins Controls Hunger, Promotes Satiety in Children
New research recently announced at the Canadian Nutrition Society annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C., suggests eating raisins as an after-school snack prevents excessive calorie intake and increases satiety – or feeling of fullness – as compared to other commonly consumed snacks. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-snacking-on-raisins-controls-hunger-promotes-satiety-in-children-155974375.html The study, [...]
Vitamin D could matter in older women’s weight gain
We mostly get our vitamin D by exposure to the sun, and these days, who just goes out in the sun? So there’s been a lot of attention given to — and confusion over — vitamin D supplements, something many doctors recommend. Now there’s a new study a possible vitamin D benefit: In a group of women [...]
Vitamin D Supplements May Stave Off Disability And Mobility Issues In The Elderly
According to a new study published online in the Journal of Gerontologyelderly individuals with insufficient levels of vitamin D, regardless of whether obtained through diet, supplements or sun exposure, could have a higher risk of developing mobility problems and disability. Leading researcher, Denise Houston, Ph.D., R.D., a nutrition epidemiologist in the Wake Forest Baptist Department of Geriatrics and [...]
Is Higher Water Intake Advice Driven By Business Interests?
The suggestion that our bodies need about two liters of fluids each day is not specifically related to water. Spero Tsindos from La Trobe University published an editorial in the June edition ofAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, examining the reasons for people’s high water intake. According to Mr Tsindos, encouraging people to [...]
How to avoid weight gain? Eat on a schedule
Weight gain may caused in part by eating on an odd eating schedule, rather than only by eating too many calories, a new study in mice suggests. Mice in the study that were fed a high-fat diet and allowed to eat whenever they wanted to, not surprisingly, gained weight. In contrast, mice that had their feeding [...]
Ginseng Can Help Relieve Fatigue
Known for its bitter taste and potent effects, ginseng has for ages had a reputation as a natural energy booster. Now there is some evidence that ginseng’s claim to fight fatigue may be deserved. In a small number of independent studies, researchers have found that ginseng extracts seem to help combatcancer-related fatigue, one of the [...]
