Friday, August 26, 2011

Better Way to Predict Weight Loss?


Better Way to Predict Weight Loss?
WebMD
25, 2011 -- If you've ever been on a diet, chances are you know the 3500-calorie rule: Since there are 3500 calories in a pound of fat, you have to eat 500 fewer calories a day to lose a pound a week. But researchers now say the formula is wrong ...
New Children's Book Labeled "Dangerous" By Diet Guru
Medical News Today
The book, Maggie Goes on a Diet, written and self-published by Paul Kramer, is aimed at pre-teens with 'Maggie', the character, portrayed as a chubby, round jumper-wearing cartoon figure with orange pigtails holding up a tiny pink dress and looking ...
Chocolate Doesn't Have to Derail a Diet: Study
HealthNews
Overweight and obese women who added a bit of chocolate or other sweets on top of a healthy diet plan lost about 11 pounds over four months, on average. The study was funded by Hershey's, which provided its own candy for snacks, and two of the study ...
Lowering Cholesterol
Manila Bulletin
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE MANILA, Philippines — People who ate a diet rich in foods that lower cholesterol, such as nuts, soy, avocado, olive oil, and oats, saw a bigger drop in cholesterol than people on a low-fat diet, said a US study on Tuesday. ...
High sodium diet linked to cognitive decline in older people
The Independent
In addition to high blood pressure and increased risk of heart disease, a diet high in salt coupled with a sedentary lifestyle can also lead to cognitive decline in older adults, a new study shows. In what they claim is the first of its kind, ...
Berlusconi's diet secret revealed: herbal tea
The Independent
The irrepressible 74-year-old playboy announced yesterday that the drink formed the basis of a special diet that has enabled him to lose 4kg (9lb) in little more than a week. The regimen appears so effective that the opposition La Repubblica newspaper ...
Foods Unite for Med Diet Promo
Gourmet Retailer
The Mediterranean Diet, which features fresh fruits and vegetables, beans and nuts, whole grains, fish, olive oil and select other foods, is the theme of a co-marketing promotion with California avocados, Star olive oil and Cara Mia artichoke hearts. ...
Basic principles of a healthy diet plate
Tehran Times
Symbols, such as a pyramid, illustrate how the pieces of a healthy diet fit together. The base of the pyramid is typically made up of foods that should be the bulk of your healthy diet. In contrast, foods you should eat in smaller amounts or less ...
Healthy suggestions can help you fine-tune your diet
NOLA.com
Watch out, however, for products like pretzels, snack bars and 100-calorie packs marketed as "diet friendly." Most are primarily white carbs and aren't likely to keep you satisfied until your next meal. Instead, look for a combination of belly-filling ...
The benefits of a plant-based diet - which one might be right for you?
Las Vegas Review-Journal
As obesity rates continue to rise across the country and health-related issues take center stage, everyone from health experts and government officials to the American public are becoming more conscious of the role diet plays - healthy or otherwise ...
NIH research model predicts weight with varying diet, exercise changes
EurekAlert (press release)
"This research helps us understand why one person may lose weight faster or slower than another, even when they eat the same diet and do the same exercise," said Kevin Hall, Ph.D., an obesity researcher and physicist at the NIH's National Institute of ...
New HCG Diet Book To Reduce Weight Loss Dangers
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Natural Medical Supply & Lillian Morrison have released a must read 85-page hCG diet instructions book to help avoid the many dangers associated with the weight loss program. Natural Medical Supply found the hCG diet instructions contained within the ...
Banish gluten from your diet
Independent Online
What's the biggest problem encountered in eliminating wheat from a diet? There's wheat in so many things, from salad dressings to cough syrup, even the adhesives in envelopes. Is there any nutritional downside to not eating wheat? Not at all. ...
Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Manage LDL Levels Effectively
ThirdAge
Adding cholesterol-lowering foods to your diet, can drop levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol more than a low-fat diet alone can, a new study suggests. Foods with plant sterols have known cholesterol-lowering properties, and, when combined with a lower fat ...
Nutri-Med Logic Corp Says that in Asthma, EPA and DHA of Omega-3 Show Equally ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Nutri-Med Logic Corp says that the most recent published study, regarding two derivatives of Omega-3, D1 from DHA and E1 from EPA, can only suggest a new relationship between "a specific anti-inflammatory diet" and potential benefits in Asthma. ...
The Dukan Diet: Find Your Healthy Weight
EmpowHer
By Joanne Sgro HERWriter August 25, 2011 - 12:12pm The Dukan Diet was developed by a French medical doctor, Dr. Pierre Dukan. With his original emphasis on neurology, he switched his emphasis to clinical nutrition in an effort to help solve the obesity ...
Daily TV round-up – X Factor Kitty in illegal diet drug storm
Yahoo! News UK
'X Factor' contestant Kitty Brucknell is apparently in hot water after boasting about taking an illegal diet drug in order to stay thin. According to reports, her place on the show could now be at risk over posts she left on Facebook raving about ...
Curvier Megan Fox talks weight gain and ditching strict diet
SheKnows.com
The Jennifer's Body actress recently told the Italian magazine Amica that she put on weight after she quit her strict vegan diet. "For a year and a half, until about four months ago, I followed a strict vegan diet based on raw fruits and vegetables, ...
Gwen Stefani eats protein diet
Belfast Telegraph
"Gwen follows a protein-based diet with vegetables. She has lots of salmon or chicken and vegetables at lunch and dinner, while omelettes, a protein shake or porridge make good breakfast choices." Mike says there is a lot of pressure on female ...
10 Tips to knock a decade off your age
Times of India
A healthy diet loaded with lean protein and whole grains will allow you to retain muscle tone but lose excess fat as you age, while plenty of antioxidant-rich fruits and veggies will help stave off those wrinkles. The waistlines of middle-aged people ...
The American 'Food Fight'
Huffington Post
I recently posted a news story about Novak Djokovic, the Serbian professional tennis player who started winning shortly after he switched to a raw, dairy free, gluten free, vegan diet. No surprise that readers from all ends of the dietary spectrum rose ...
Celebrity stylist Brent Barber on how to flaunt your hair
Daily News & Analysis
By Sharanya CR | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA Be experimental and follow a healthy diet in order to flaunt your hair, says celebrity stylist Brent Barber. 1. The foremost step in order to sport great hairdos is to identify a good stylist. ...
Kale: An often overlooked superfood that everyone should include in their diet
This Dish Is Veg
Including anti-inflammatory foods in our diet is a necessity. But it doesn't stop there. Kale is a cancer fighter due to the abundance of antioxidants it provides. Kale has been found to have a very high concentration of caroteniods and flavonoids. ...
Get Skinny Fast Diet Tips
becomegorgeous.com
Sculpt your body by experimenting with the following diet tips to get skinny fast. Lose weight radically with simple changes in your lifestyle. People with a busy schedule are keen to find out more about the secret of quick weight loss. ...
Diet alone helps lower bad cholesterol: | The Manila Bulletin ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A diet based around plants, nuts and high-fiber grains lowered "bad" cholesterol more than a low-saturated-fat diet that was ...
mb.com.ph/node/331857/diet-alone-help
The Paleo Diet - Alice G. Walton - Forbes
Would going back to basics – Cave Man food – help prevent and treat disease?
www.forbes.com/pictures/eihg45khd/the-paleo-diet
Diet alone helps lower bad cholesterol: study - Yahoo! News
Read 'Diet alone helps lower bad cholesterol: study' on Yahoo! News. NEW YORK ( Reuters Health) - A diet based around plants, nuts and high-fiber grains ...
news.yahoo.com/diet-alone-helps-lower-bad-cholesterol-study...

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