Tax Sugary Sodas to Combat Obesity? Jul 28, 2009
I just went on a low carbohydrate, high fat diet-- now my FBS is 88. by ffoulkes-2009 July 28, 2009 12:47 AM EDT. (CBS News)
Understanding Low Fat Diets Jul 23, 2009
Low Carb Diet Food List. This article provides readers with tips on understanding low fat low carb diets. (Suite101.com)
Discovery May Open Door To Drug That Cuts Appetite And Boosts Energy Jul 23, 2009
The mice were put on a diet of 45 percent fat the equivalent of eating fast food everyday and even with this high fat diet, they did not gain as much weight as control animals on a regular diet. Diano said the next step is to study how PRCP is regulated. (Science Daily)
realbuzz.com Top 10 Diets Jul 15, 2009
Following too many Original Days may not help you lose too much weight, but creating a balance between the two should give you a low fat diet ... A low-fat diet will give you, if followed correctly, a good start towards eating healthily and losing weight ... Getting into the habit of eating a low fat diet may take a while but you are unlikely to be hungry and if it means increasing the amount of the 'healthy foods' in your diet then it must be good news. (PR Newswire)
Did Heart Disease Kill Billy Mays? Jun 30, 2009
A number of factors can influence a person s risk for heart disease, including heredity and lifestyle choices such as smoking, excessive drinking, history of diabetes and consuming a high fat diet. High blood pressure and high cholesterol are also risk factors for heart disease. (Fox News)
Fatty Diet Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Jun 28, 2009
Among the participants who consumed the highest amounts of total fats, the rate of cancer was 53 percent higher for men and 23 percent higher for women, compared to participants with the lowest fat diets. Combining the data for men and women, the researchers found that total fat consumption was associated with 23 percent higher rates of pancreatic cancer, while high intake of monosaturated fats was associated with 22 percent higher cancer rates. (ABC News)
Going Cold Turkey From Meat Jun 16, 2009
" (CBS)Dr. Esselstyn's 12-year study found that a low-fat vegetarian diet, combined with medication, gave heart patients lower cholesterol and clearer arteries. Take a look at these angiograms: on the left, a withered, dying artery of someone on a high fat diet; on the right, the same artery - looking good as new - after 32 months on Esselstyn's all-vegetarian program. But nutritionist Nancy Rodriguez says moderation and weight loss can achieve the very same results. "Simply losing weight for... (CBS News -- Health)
Diabetes Dishes For Everyone Jun 16, 2009
We've updated CBSNews. NEW YORK, June 9, 2009. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Intestinal Bacteria Associated With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Jun 1, 2009
This idea is supported by studies on mice, and by reports that probiotics can improve steatosis that is the result of a high fat diet. Importantly, there was no association between either small intestinal bacterial overgrowth or intestinal permeability and steatohepatitis or fibrosis, which argues against a primary role for gut bacteria in the progression of NAFLD to more severe liver disease. (Science Daily)
Compound In Turmeric Spice May Stall Spread Of Fat Tissue May 26, 2009
A control group s mix contained 4 percent fat, a high fat group s mix contained 22 percent fat, and another group was fed the same high fat diet supplemented with curcumin ... The study found that supplementing the animals high-fat diet with curcumin reduced body-weight gain and total body fat, even though food-intake was not affected, when compared to the nonsupplemented high-fat-diet group ... Researchers studied mice fed high fat diets. (Science Daily)
Jeremy Jarmon ineligible at Kentucky May 24, 2009
His family purchased different nutritional supplements for him, lower calorie, and he began eating a lower fat diet. He also began taking a supplement for about sixteen days before telling the University of Kentucky trainers. (BigBlueNation.com)
Turmeric Extract Suppresses Fat Tissue Growth In Rodent Models May 24, 2009
Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) studied mice fed high fat diets supplemented with curcumin and cell cultures incubated with curcumin ... "Weight gain is the result of the growth and expansion of fat tissue, which cannot happen unless new blood vessels form, a process known as angiogenesis." said senior author Mohsen Meydani, DVM, PhD, director of the Vascular Biology Laboratory at the USDA HNRCA. "Based on our data,... (Science Daily)
SemBioSys' plant-derived Apo AI(Milano) demonstrates encouraging biologic activity in seven preclinical models May 19, 2009
In Dr. Shah's laboratory, two types of whole animal model experiments were performed using hypercholesterolemic mice (mice with high levels of atherosclerosis resulting from a high fat diet) in order to determine the effects of SemBioSys' plant-made Apo AI(Milano). Single injection, short-term studies on cholesterol mobilization and plaque lipid content were conducted, as well as, longer-term, multiple injection studies on the extent of atherosclerotic lesion accumulation. (Canada Newswire)
Strata Recipe Overnight Breakfast C... May 9, 2009
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Have walnuts to control diabetes May 6, 2009
Fifty overweight adults with non-insulin treated diabetes followed a well balanced low fat diet with the SFC for a year. Researchers found the group that were given 30 grams of walnuts a day had more of the good fats in their diets than those who followed a low fat diet alone. (India Times, India)
Baby biscuits ditched over fats May 4, 2009
Page last updated at 02:07 GMT, Monday, 4 May 2009 03:07 UK. The charity looked at the make-up of 107 products. (BBC News -- UK)
Stress eaters,relax: 7 waysto fight fat Apr 11, 2009
7 ways to beat stress and fight fat - Diet and nutrition- msnbc. 7 ways to beat stress and fight fat. (MSNBC -- Health)
Alternative Medicine in Multiple Sc... Apr 6, 2009
Dr. Swank successfully used a low fat diet (the Swank Diet) in patients with MS that he followed for more than 35 years. Today, many naturopathic physicians use the Swank Diet to treat MS. Studies show that patients following this diet generally see improvement within 4-6 weeks. (Suite101.com)
Diet Affects Diversity Of Microbes In Human Gut, And In Turn, Colon Cancer Risk Apr 3, 2009
"A diet rich in fibre and resistant starch encourages the growth of good bacteria and increases production of short chain fatty acids which lessen the risk of cancer, while a high meat and fat diet reduces the numbers of these good bacteria." Professor O'Keefe went on. "Our investigations to date have focused on a small number of bacterial species and have therefore revealed but the tip of the iceberg, our colons harbour over 800 bacterial species and 7,000 different strains. The... (Science Daily)
Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight Loss Apr 3, 2009
"More studies are needed in both healthy and overweight individuals, but the early indication of this study is that high-saturated-fat diets are connected to heart disease risk, a fact that has been long known but not always seen when diets high in saturated fat are used for weight loss," Diekman noted. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Genetic Data From 1630s Backs Cancer Screening Mar 26, 2009
Using an extensive diet questionnaire, they also found that a high fat diet and obesity lends itself to more polyps. On the other hand, fish fats, bananas, calcium, aspirin and caffeine demonstrated some protective effects. (Science Daily)
Newsweek: Should you have bypass surgery? Mar 17, 2009
It's not realistic to expect people who have eaten a high fat diet all of their life to switch to the Dean Ornish diet. It would be nice if they could, but most people can't. (MSNBC -- Health)
Genetic Causes of Obesity Mar 17, 2009
A high-fat diet coupled with predisposed genetics can cause people to be over-weight ... PKC Beta Obese Gene is Triggered by a High Fat Diet ... Researchers found that normal mice fed a high fat diet produced protein kinase beta (PKC beta) and showed a rapid weight gain over the 12 week test period. (Suite101.com)
Benefit of a little less salt Mar 16, 2009
They found that while mice lacking MGAT2 had normal food intake and absorption, the mice were protected from obesity even on high fat diets. The reason. (Boston Globe)
Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise For Treating Obesity Mar 14, 2009
According to first author Lei Cao, assistant professor in the department of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics, the study involved injecting the BDNF gene in normal mice, diabetic mice and mice fed with a high fat diet, to determine how the gene transfer would affect their weight. "The gene was active in the overweight mice, but as they lost weight the gene expression was essentially 'dialed down,' using a novel RNA interference approach, thus stopping the weight from continuing... (Science Daily)
Three years and 100 pounds (10) Mar 14, 2009
I worked in an ICU (intensive care unit) and I had to tell people who had a heart attack that they needed to eat a low- fat diet. I felt hypocritical, as heavy as I was, Kundel said. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Drugs That Act On 'Fasting Signal' May Curb Insulin Resistance In Obese Mar 12, 2009
High fat diets have led to a surge in the adult-onset form of diabetes, known as type II, which occurs when patients' tissues become resistant to insulin, a hormone produced when we eat that controls how cells use glucose as an energy source. At last count, 23. (Science Daily)
Link Between Type 1 Diabetes And Common Viral Infection Suggested By Genetic Mutations Mar 7, 2009
(June 29, 2005) A University of Alberta team of researchers has discovered an additional 2 million Canadians who have a high fat diet or are overweight may be at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes if they. . (Science Daily)
Fat may reduce allergic reactions Mar 6, 2009
However, while a high fat diet may lessen the severity of allergic reactions it may also compromise the body's immune system. Published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Allergy, the study looked at a high fat diet on non-obese mice ... Those on a high fat diet had reduced allergic symptoms, with a marked decrease in certain cells responsible for the allergic response - eosinophils - in the lungs. (BBC News -- Health)
DOCTORS TALK TRIGLYCERIDES Mar 3, 2009
My cholesterol is under control with Zocor, low fat diet and exercise. However my triglycerides are high at 245. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Tannat - a Wine for Your Heart Mar 3, 2009
A few red wines contain high levels of a class of compounds known as procyanidins that counteract the effects of high fat diets. Drinkers of these wines have better cardiovascular health, lower levels of diabetes and hence greater longevity. (Suite101.com)
High-fat Diets Inflame Fat Tissue Around Blood Vessels, Contribute To Heart Disease Feb 21, 2009
20, 2009) A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati shows that high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to cardiovascular disease ... Weintraub says that high fat diets contribute to atherosclerosis or the hardening of arteries in a number of ways ... Elevated blood lipids or cholesterol levels can worsen with the intake of high fat diets, and this is known to contribute to atherosclerosis,... (Science Daily)
Differential susceptibility to obesity between male, female and ovariectomized female mice Feb 17, 2009
Other articles by authors. Related articles/pages. (Nutrition Journal)
Mediterranean diet may prevent prostate cancer Feb 15, 2009
During a Spanish study, men and women with elevated levels of cardiovascular risk factors were randomised to either of two Mediterranean diets, along with olive oil or nuts, or to a control low fat diet. After 3 months, the Mediterranean diet groups had lower mean plasma glucose, systolic blood pressure and total/HDL cholesterol ratio than the control group. (Times of India)
Understanding Heart Failure Feb 14, 2009
Staying active with regular exercise within the limits of your capability is important to improve circulation as is taking a suitable salt-free, anaemia-preventing, low fat diet. As for medicines, what is most important is to regularly take the medications prescribed for you. (Suite101.com)
Novel Benefits Of Fatty Acids In Arteries Shown Feb 12, 2009
The study was conducted in three separate populations of mice: one that was fed a balanced diet, one that was fed a diet resembling a "Western" diet high in saturated fat, and a third that was fed a high fish fat diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids ... 23, 1999) Cholesterol-lowering, low fat diets have abounded in recent years in the quest to reduce the risk of heart disease, the most familiar being the American Heart Association's "Step II" ... Mice put on a low-fat diet were more. (Science Daily)
An egg a day is good for you, says British Nutrition Foundation Feb 11, 2009
The study concludes that health chiefs and GPs should demolish the myths about eggs and heart disease and communicate a message that there is no need to limit the number eaten as long as they are part of a healthy low saturated fat diet. Professor Griffin said: The ingrained misconception linking egg consumption to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected. (Times Online)
Fountain Of Youth In A Wine Rx? Feb 8, 2009
(CBS) Seventeen years ago, 60 Minutes first examined the so-called French paradox, which suggested that the French - despite a high fat diet and high consumption of wine - had a remarkably low incidence of heart disease, compared with Americans. Most researchers agreed that there was something in the wine that offered protection, and a few years later, even the highly cautious federal dietary guidelines say that moderate consumption of red wine can be beneficial. (CBS News -- 60 minutes)
