Large Study Points to the Brain Benefits of Eating Fish
Many studies have suggested that a diet rich in fish is good for the heart. Now there is new evidence that such a diet may ward off dementia as well. One of the largest efforts to document a connection — and the first such study undertaken in the developing world — has found that older adults in Asia and Latin America were less likely to develop dementia if they regularly consumed fish.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/health/21fish.html?ref=health
Is Eating Till Your Full or Too Fast Setting You Up for TOO MUCH WEIGHT
Is Eating Till Your Full or Too Fast Setting You Up for TOO MUCH WEIGHT – Separately, they add to the chance of being overweight. Combined, they raise the risk to triple.
Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated
The debate over a tax on sugary soft drinks — billed as a way to fight obesity and provide billions for health care reform — is starting to fizz over.
Social Snacking Next to a Size Zero
It is well established that we look to others for cues about how much food to eat. Break bread with a glutton, and you’ll most likely eat a big portion too. But a paper soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research explores the way that these choices are affected by the body type of the other person eating.
Mediterranean Diet Reduces Need for Diabetes Drugs
The so-called Mediterranean diet — rich in nuts, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables — reduces the likelihood that patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes will need antihyperglycemic drug treatment, a new study found.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/15764
9/20/09 Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity Linked to Lower Risk for Alzheimer's Disease: Mediterranean Diet Reduces Need for Diabetes Drugs
Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity Linked to Lower Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease: Two new studies come to slightly different conclusions about the merit of adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet on the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, Mediterranean Diet Reduces Need for Diabetes Drugs: The so-called Mediterranean diet — rich in nuts, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables — reduces the likelihood that patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes will need antihyperglycemic drug treatment, a new study found.
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9/20/09 Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated, Social Snacking Next to a Size Zero
Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated : The debate over a tax on sugary soft drinks — billed as a way to fight obesity and provide billions for health care reform — is starting to fizz over. Social Snacking Next to a Size Zero: It is well established that we look to others for cues about how much food to eat. Break bread with a glutton, and you’ll most likely eat a big portion too. But a paper soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research explores the way that these choices are affected by the body type of the other person eating.
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Teach your Kids Healthy Habits Now!
Recent articles in the New England Journal of Medicine provide evidence that childhood obesity leads to heart disease.
http://www.healthcentral.com/high-blood-pressure/c/88/20775/kids
Organic Foods: Not More Nutritious?
Organically grown food is no more nutritious than conventionally grown food when it comes to the amount of certain important nutrients, according to a new review of published studies
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20090730/organic-foods-not-more-nutritious
9/13/09 Organic Foods: Not More Nutritious?
Organic Foods: Not More Nutritious? Organically grown food is no more nutritious than conventionally grown food when it comes to the amount of certain important nutrients, according to a new review of published studies.
