4 Good Reasons to Include More Root Vegetables in Your Diet
Root vegetables, like carrots, parsnips, turnips, beets and radishes, don’t seem to get the respect they deserve. Not only do these humble veggies supply more nutrients than people realize, they are also a blessing in tough economic times as they cost less than many other vegetables and can be stored for long periods of time. [...]
European Researchers Call for New Doping Standards
Ethnic differences affect results with existing test, study finds New steroid doping tests are needed for testing athletes, because current tests ignore important ethnic differences in hormone activity, researchers contend. Testosterone and other hormones that increase testosterone levels are among the illegal performance-enhancing products most widely used in sports, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency. [...]
South Beach Diet – healthy diet – lose weight
Weight Loss :: South Beach Diet – healthy diet – lose weight We have heard lot about the South Beach Diet. You knoe the South Beach Diet is not low carb, not low fat diet. The South Beach Diet -a system- teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats and enables [...]
Changing to a Low Fat Diet Can Induce Stress
Stress :: Changing to a Low Fat Diet Can Induce Stress Changing one’s diet to lose weight is often difficult. There may be physical and psychological effects from a changed diet that reduce the chances for success. With nearly 65% of the adult population currently classified as overweight or obese and with calorically dense foods [...]
Low fat diets reduce breast cancer risks
Low Fat Diet :: Low fat diets reduce breast cancer risks The first experiment ever to show low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, with longer followup, that the benefit was almost exclusively to women whose tumour growth was not driven by hormones. Five servings of fruit and vegetables per [...]
Low fat diets may not cut cancer, heart attack risk
Low Fat Diet :: Low fat diets may not cut cancer, heart attack risk Low-fat diets may not cut the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer and heart disease in older women, new studies suggest. The eight-year study of nearly 49,000 postmenopausal women aged 50-79 found that those who ate low-fat diets were at the [...]
Low fat diet may increase bad cholesterol
Low Fat Diet :: Low fat diet may increase bad cholesterol A small study of women suggested that a diet low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables caused an increase in the plasma levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol, the bad cholesterol. This finding was unexpected, Dr. Marja-Leena Silaste from the University of Oulu [...]
Low fat diet controls weight into old age
Low Fat Diet :: Low fat diet controls weight into old age A new US study shows a low-fat diet alone is sufficient to maintain healthy weight into old age – no sweat or calorie counting necessary. The study on nearly 50,000 post-menopausal women in the US, published in the medical journal, the Journal of [...]
Do low-fat foods make us fat?
Low Fat Diet :: Do low-fat foods make us fat? “Low-fat” foods may not help in the fight against obesity. Cornell studies in movie theatres, holiday parties and homes show people eat an average of 28 percent more total calories when they think a food is low-fat. This is worse for obese people, who tend [...]
