Macadamia nuts for healthy heart Macadamia nuts included in a heart healthy diet reduced low-density cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and should be included among nuts with qualified health claims, according to researchers.
"We looked at macadamia nuts because they are not currently included in the health claim for tree nuts, while other tree nuts are currently recommended as part of a heart healthy diet," says Dr. Amy E. Griel, a recent Penn State Ph.D. recipient in........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 4/13/2008 9:35:20 PM)
Are you what you eat? Maybe notIf identical twins eat and exercise equally, must they have the same body weight" By analyzing the fundamental equations of body weight change, NIH researchers Carson Chow and Kevin Hall find that identical twins with identical lifestyles can have different body weights and different amounts of body fat.
The study, published March 28th in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, uses a branch of mathematics called dynamical........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 3/27/2008 9:58:28 PM)
Weight bias is as prevalent as racial discrimination New Haven, Conn.Discrimination against overweight peopleespecially womenis as common as racial discrimination, as per a research studyby the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University.
These results show the need to treat weight discrimination as a legitimate form of prejudice, comparable to other characteristics like race or gender that already receive legal protection, said Rebecca Puhl, research scientist and lead author.
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High prevalence of eating disorders in narcolepticsThe majority of patients with narcolepsy/cataplexy experience a number of symptoms of eating disorders, with an irresistible craving for food and binge eating as the most prominent features, according to a study published in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
The study, authored by Hal Droogleever Fortuyn, MD, and Sebastiaan Overeem, MD, of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in The Netherlands, focused on 60 patients with........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 3/2/2008 8:50:49 PM)
How Do Dietary Guides Match Up?Since advice about what to eat for optimal health has evolved over time with advances in nutrition science, dietary recommendations are sometimes seen as contradictory. However, a review of three leading dietary guides by scientists at the National Cancer Institute found their essential recommendations are consistent despite the different methodologies used to create the guides.
The NCI scientists compared recommendations and nutrient values........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 3/2/2008 8:38:24 PM)
Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gainWant to lose weight" It might help to pour that diet soda down the drain. Scientists have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. The findings are reported in the recent issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Psychology experts at Purdue Universitys Ingestive Behavior........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 2/10/2008 9:46:26 PM)
Diet and lifestyle critical to recoveryDiet and lifestyle may play a much more significant role in a persons ability to respond favourably to certain drugs, including some cancer therapies, than previously understood, say scientists.
Writing in Nature Genetics, University of Manchester scientists have shown how the nutrients in the environment are critical to the fitness of cells that carry genetic mutations caused by diseases.
The findings for the first time provide a........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 1/17/2008 10:13:27 PM)
Health benefit of oatsThe first issue of Volume 2 (January/February 2008) explores the results of the Oats at 10 Years study, marking the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration claim that oats, as part of an overall heart healthy diet, could lower the risk of heart disease. The article, written by Mark B. Andon, PhD, and James W. Anderson, MD, looks at the history of the first food-specific health claim, theorizing that foods containing whole-oat........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 1/10/2008 10:46:05 PM)
Trying to stay on a strict diet?Repetition commonly makes people enjoy things less. Such satiation causes our favorites to lose their sheen, makes it hard to follow a diet, and pushes us to escalate our spending on novelty. Life has even been called a hedonic treadmill where we must find better and better experiences just to stay happy. However, new research from the recent issue of the Journal of Consumer Research finds that paying attention to details can help us avoid........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 1/8/2008 9:20:01 PM)
Why exertion leads to exhaustionResearchers have found an explanation for runners who struggle to increase their pace, cyclists who cant pedal any faster and swimmers who cant speed up their strokes. Scientists from the University of Exeter and Kansas State University have discovered the dramatic changes that occur in our muscles when we push ourselves during exercise.
We all have a sustainable level of exercise intensity, known as the critical power. This level can........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 12/20/2007 9:56:54 PM)
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Too much or too little weight gain poses risksWomen who gain more or less than recommended amounts of weight during pregnancy are likely to increase the risk of problems for both themselves and their child, as per a new report by the RTI International-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence-based Practice Center.
The report, which was supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in partnership with the........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 5/7/2008 6:46:21 PM)
Silver Nanoparticles' Potential For Improving Food SafetyByron Brehm-Stecher, assistant professor in food science and human nutrition, has some big ideas for his work with tiny particles. His latest research project will allow him to study the potential of using silver nanoparticles to improve the safety of the world's food supply.
Eventhough the particles can't be added directly to foods, the ultimate goal of this project is to develop food-related applications such as microbe-resistant fabrics........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 4/10/2008 9:22:44 PM)
The lean geneYour friend can eat whatever she wants and still fit into her prom dress, but you gain five pounds if you just look at that chocolate cake. Before you sign up for Weight Watchers and that gym membership, though, you may want to look at some recent research from Tel Aviv University and save yourself a few hundred dollars.
A womans waistline may have less to do with rigorous exercise and abstaining from sweets than it does with the genes of........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 4/1/2008 9:51:10 PM)
Normal weight obesity: An emerging risk factorMore than half of American adults considered to have normal body weight in America have high body fat percentages -- greater than 20 percent for men and 30 percent for women -- as well as heart and metabolic disturbances, new Mayo Clinic research shows. The finding conflicts with the widely held belief that maintaining a normal weight automatically guards against disorders such as high levels of circulating blood fats and a tendency to develop........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 3/27/2008 9:17:22 PM)
Overweight But ActiveOverweight but active men responded dramatically better in comparison to their inactive counterparts in a first-of-its kind study from Indiana University that examined the vascular response to exercise in overweight men.
Vascular function is important because of its relationship to cardiovascular disease.
The active cohort saw an average 24 percent improvement in their vascular function, in comparison to the 32 percent decrease observed........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 3/18/2008 8:32:44 PM)
Link Between Obesity, Carbs and Esophageal CancerCases of esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma) in the U.S. have risen in recent decades from 300,000 cases in 1973 to 2.1 million in 2001 at age-adjusted rates. A new study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology shows that these rates in the U.S. closely mirrored trends of increased carbohydrate intake and obesity from 1973-2001.
The study illustrates what may be a public heath concern as the composition of U.S. diets changes and........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 2/25/2008 9:28:12 PM)
Cool Food: PastelA Brazilian snack with crunch, the pastel is a tasty treat that's far too good to be ignored. It's too bad that it's not readily available on every street corner like we see in Sao Paulo, Brazil, because it's fantastic. A deep-fried shell of pastry dough envelopes tasty fillings such as a palm mix, shrimp, or a ground beef center peppered with onions and flavor........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 2/12/2008 7:47:27 PM)
Whole grain diets lower risk of chronic diseaseDiets with high amounts of whole grains may help achieve significant weight loss, and also reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, as per a team of Penn State scientists at University Park and the College of Medicine.
"Consumption of whole grains has been linked to a lower body weight and lower blood pressure," said co-author Penny Kris-Etherton, distinguished professor of nutritional sciences at Penn........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 2/6/2008 5:26:28 AM)
Lipoic acid could reduce atherosclerosis, weight gainA new study done with mice has discovered that supplements of lipoic acid can inhibit formation of arterial lesions, lower triglycerides, and reduce blood vessel inflammation and weight gain all key issues for addressing cardiovascular disease.
Eventhough the results cannot be directly extrapolated beyond the laboratory, scientists report that they strongly suggest that lipoic acid supplementation may be useful as an inexpensive but........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 1/14/2008 3:31:58 PM)
Help teens maintain normal weightAdolescents who participate in physical education at school are more likely to maintain a normal weight as young adults, as per a research studyby scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For each weekday of physical education at school the odds of being an overweight adult decreased by 5 percent. Participation in all five days of physical education decreased the odds of being an overweight adult by 28 percent. The........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 1/7/2008 11:17:40 PM)
Obesity linked to decreased seatbelt useObese people are less likely to use their seatbelts than the rest of the population, adding to the public health risks linked to this rapidly growing problem.
The connection was made by Vanderbilt University psychology expert David Schlundt and colleagues at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.
We observed that when weight goes up, seatbelt use goes down, Schlundt, associate professor of psychology and assistant professor of........Go to the Weight-watch-blog (Added on 1/2/2008 8:29:50 PM)
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