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Salt, sugar and fat. Ever wondered why you can't put down that bag of chips after taking your first, second, third bite? A new book with three years of extensive investigative research reveals that large food companies engineer food to hit consumers "bliss points", similar to the sensation a drug addict feels after taking a dose of his drug of choice.
Healthy postmenopausal women who want to ensure healthy bones by taking 400 international units (IU) of vitamin D and up to 1,000 milligrams of calcium might not actually be doing anything to help prevent broken bones, but may instead increase the risk of kidney stones, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said Monday.
A new study has revealed that excessive TV watching could hamper their body coordination. According to the study, spending more than three-quarters of their time watching Television or playing video games, makes them nine times more prone to poor body coordination when compared to their peers who are active. The study involving 200 plus children found that children who were less active could not balance properly, jump up and down, hop on one leg over an obstacle or shift a platform.
Stomach ulcer, also known as peptic ulcer, is the most common ulcer occurring in an area of the gastrointestinal tract, and can be extremely painful. Researchers from Manchester University claim that potatoes have certain kinds of unique antibacterial molecules which can not only treat, but also prevent stomach ulcers and heartburn. Members of the University's Microbiology team now hope the substance, dubbed 'potato juice' could go into production as a daily diet supplement.
The increasing rate of obesity in US has been attributed to the easy accessibility to cheap junk food. However, a study by University of Queensland has found that even though this food is accessible to everyone, many people still lie in the healthy weight range. The reason behind has been pinned to different personality traits in people. UQ School of Psychology lecturer Dr Natalie Loxton and UQ student Samantha Byrne studied what exactly makes some of us more vulnerable to food temptation and gain weight.
Nearly two million Americans have celiac disease and according to a new survey by researchers at the Mayo Clinic, around 1.4 million of them don't know they have it.
Researchers have revealed that childhood obesity could be disrupting the timing of puberty and ultimately lead to a diminished ability to reproduce, especially in females.
Researchers have suggested that choline supplementation in pregnant women lowers cortisol in the baby by changing epigenetic expression of genes involved in cortisol production.
Researchers found that over nine months, a daily dose of curcumin appeared to prevent new cases of diabetes among people with abnormally high blood sugar levels that may progress to full-blown type 2 diabetes.
A latest research has found that eating apples regularly could help postmenopausal women lower the amount of blood cholesterol. They found that consuming the fruit for six months resulted in cholesterol levels going down by almost a quarter. Postmenopausal women are at the highest risk of heart attacks and strokes and consumption of apples was found to be most effective in the reduction of low-density lipoprotein (bad cholesterol) in them. The so-called 'bad' cholesterol is known to jam u...
A latest research says that being a couch potato might not be as much to be blamed for one's obesity, but the amount of food intake. According to the research, office workers burn no lesser calories than what their hunter gatherer ancestors used to burn centuries ago. This implies that it is not the amount of calories we burn every day but the amount of food we consume everyday that is to be blamed for the obesity epidemic.
European experts think that rather than asking people to choose healthier food, it is better that government increases tax on high salt and fat content foods and dangles subsidies on fruits and vegetables. The group from the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation said that it is needed to cut salt and fat in processed food and also important to put a clear food labeling.
Everyone who wants to follow a healthy diet knows that they need to keep away from cheese.
A new study by researchers from the University of East Anglia suggests that a diet high in antioxidants such as selenium and vitamins C and E may reduces the risk of pancreatic cancer by up to 67 percent.
If you love eggs but have been avoiding eating it for the fear of saturated fat in it, here is good news. According to researchers, eggs these days are much healthier than they used to be, three decades ago. Eggs are more nutritious and beneficial with low levels of fat, cholesterol and calories. Also, eggs these days are much richer in vitamin D compared, claim researchers. The study funded by the Department of Health claims that a medium-sized egg now has around 25 per cent less saturated fat ...
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