Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Skinny About The Fat Cat; and "Diet glasses"

The Skinny About The Fat Cat
Technorati
So now he's with a foster family on a special diet, and he's supposed to shed 10 pounds before he can be put up for permanent adoption. His first weigh-in was quite public being duly recorded and photographed. And, as if that wasn't enough, ...

Technorati

'Diet-glasses' helps you lose weight: study
New York Daily News
The glasses will make you feel fuller simply by making your food look bigger according to Michitaka Hirose, one of the professors behind the "diet-glasses," Yomiuri online reported. They say one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach.

New York Daily News

New Mexico fat cat weighs in at nearly 40 pounds
The Coloradoan
The shelter plans to put the cat on a special diet so it can lose weight gradually. Adult cats typically weigh between 7 and 12 pounds. / The Associated Press/Santa Fe Animal Shelter, Ben The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Meow can't help but ...

Hungary to punish diabetics if they don't stick to diet
Mother Nature Network
Diabetics who fail to stick to their diet will be deprived of more modern treatments under a government decree aimed at cutting health spending. By Agence France-PresseMon, Apr 23 2012 at 3:14 PM EST TESTING: Diabetics undergo a blood test on average ...

Mother Nature Network

Diet myths: How not to eat yourself healthy
Irish Independent
By Kate Hilpern Faddy regimens and strict exclusion diets are not the way to achieve lasting fitness, although they do get a lot of attention. Kate Hilpern explodes the common myths about which foods are good for us, and makes some sensible suggestions ...
 
Irish Independent

11 dieting mistakes
Fox News
Here are a dozen dieting don'ts to help save your weight-loss efforts. 1. You eat fake foods We admit that prepackaged weight-loss products like shakes and bars are convenient, but they may not be helping you to lose weight in the long run.

Clue to Centenarians' Longevity: A Mediterranean Diet
MyHealthNewsDaily
The Mediterranean diet may be one of the keys to long life, a new study suggests. Researchers in Italy found that people living in mountain villages on the island of Sicily, who had lived to the age of at least 100, adhered closely to a diet rich in ...

Six Weeks To OMG: The diet that turns dieting on its head
Metro
However, controversial new diet e-book Six Weeks To OMG is telling you to forget everything you know and turn dieting on its head. Ranked No.7 in the iTunes Health &Fitness chart, the book is written by sports scientist Venice A Fulton, ...

Metro

Wash.'s fish diet spurs look at water quality
The Seattle Times
The Associated Press And health experts are recommending we eat fish at least 2X a week for good cardiac hea... (April 23, 2012, by kana) MORE "The state has begun the process of reviewing fish consumption levels...." .

'Healthy' Foods that Really Aren't: Nutritionists Weigh In
TIME
You'll be surprised at the list of health foods that some nutrition experts avoid. By Alexandra Sifferlin | @acsifferlin | April 19, 2012 | + “In my opinion, the only ingredient in peanut butter should be peanuts,” says Keri Gans, a registered ...

TIME

New Book, Lose Weight Without Dieting or Working Out, Soared to Number 1 on ...
PR Web (press release)
I realized there were a lot of hard-working people like me who didn't always have time todiet or exercise, but still wanted to lose weight and stay slim; And now, this program is designed just for them. After appearing on the Steve Harvey Morning Show ...

PR Web (press release)

4 more heart health questions
USA Weekend
What steps can I take to lessen my chances of getting heart disease? Luckily, you can makelifestyle changes that decrease your risk for heart disease. Maintaining a healthy diet is one of the simplest things you can do to improve heart health.

Pet Health: 7 Popular Excuses Vets Get From Pet Owners
Huffington Post
Still, this doesn't mean that you can't make a serious effort to switch over to a more appropriate, veterinarian-recommended diet if your cat or dog is overweight. I mean, what will you do when she refuses to adapt to a specialized diet that she may ...

Dame Edna Everage gets diet tips from Mel B as she's unveiled as new face of ...
Daily Mail
Unveiled as the new ambassador of the Jenny Craig weight loss club in Australia, Dame Edna admitted she was hoping to get advice from famous slimmer Melanie Brown, aka Mel B. I'm on a diet! Dame Edna Everage asks Mel B for weight lossadvice as she is ...

Daily Mail

Bad teeth may lead to bad diet: study
Ninemsn
"The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report on oral health and dental care suggests that dental problems do affect diet - but this question has never been addressed in studies of children born pre-term, and never in conjunction with another ...

Why that diet isn't working, and quick fixes
Modesto Bee
These are the surprising reasons your weight loss plan isn't working. You might need to bump up your calories to stoke metabolism. When you dip below 1200 calories per day, not only are you not eating enough to get all your nutrients, but your body ...

Five major health concerns for women
Hindustan Times
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 80 per cent of women face healthrisks associated with diet and the environment. While breast cancer is the most prevalent among women over 20, cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer.

Hindustan Times

Research shows trying to lose weight alters your brain and hormones so you're ...
Daily Mail
Meanwhile, brain scans reveal that weight loss makes it harder for us to exercise self-control and resist tempting food. Worse still, the more people diet, the stronger these effects can become, leaving some almost doomed to being overweight as a ...

Daily Mail

Vitamin E in diet `guards against many cancers`
Zee News
“Our message is that the vitamin E form of gamma-tocopherols, the most abundant form of vitamin E in the American diet, and delta-tocopherols, also found in vegetable oils, are beneficial in preventing cancers while the form of vitamin E, ...

Zee News

Dr. Aaron Tabor Launches New "Inside Out Beauty" Concept in Skincare and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
POTOMAC, Md., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Healthy Directions, a leading healthpublisher and provider of proprietary, doctor-formulated nutritional supplements, announced today the launch of beauty and health expert Dr. Aaron Tabor's new ...

Numbers, Weight, Quality of Life and the Best Proven Strategies for Weight Loss
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health andfitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50 miles a week and flies a Cherokee Arrow 200. Numbers have long been the ...

CalorieLab Calorie Counter News

Medjool Date Growers Gear Up for Summer With Tasty-But-Healthy Recipes
MarketWatch (press release)
Knowing that eating healthy doesn't have to mean a diet of lettuce and celery sticks, the growers of Bard Valley Natural Delights Medjool Dates, the country's leading Medjool date brand, have created six delicious new guilt-free recipes for the summer.

How to fuel a better mood
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
But if croissants get the thumbs down for mental health, weight loss approaches emphasising low-carb, high-protein diets aren't helpful either - they can affect levels of the feel good hormone serotonin, says Tara Diversi, an Accredited Practising ...

Sydney Morning Herald (blog)

In vegan debate, one thing parents must agree on
Los Angeles Times
By Alexandra Le Tellier Is it nutritionally risky to put babies and children on a vegan diet, or is it the best thing for them? "When a mother eats meat, her breast-fed child's brain grows faster and she is able to wean the child at an earlier age, ...

New Research Suggests World's Most Popular Fruit May Also be One of the Healthiest
MarketWatch (press release)
The researchers compared the diets of over 13000 individuals participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2001 and 2008 to the Healthy Eating Index (HEI), a quantitative measure of diet quality relative to ...

Positive Changes: Fuel up for a workout
Freeport Journal-Standard
By Jane Lethlean Now that I am working out and getting serious about being healthier, I have cut mydiet to only include those foods that are healthy. Not a huge fan of fast food, I look for sub sandwiches to fill the void when I am on the road and ...

Feeding Tube Diet: Shut Up, and Eat
Huffington Post
"Feeding Tube Diet," anyone? The recent New York Times article about a new diet fad among brides-to-be has generated a flood of headlines and outrage. And rightly so. Who could have predicted that such extreme dieting methods had the potential to ...

The next health care overhaul? Look to employers
BusinessWeek
They may get tagged as health risks and nudged into diet programs. -- Some companies will keep the health care law's most popular benefit so far, coverage for adult children until they turn 26. Others will cut it to save money.

US: Mangoes fruit of the healthy
FreshPlaza
New research, presented this week at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) meeting in San Diego, not only suggests people who eat mangos have a better diet, but the fruit also contains a substance that may have an effect ...

FreshPlaza

Weight Loss Diet Options By Kareena Kapoor: What To Eat And What Not
South Asian Observer
Bebo discloses what's hot and what's not on her diet list. The fuss surrounding Kareena Kapoor and her diets won't fade, or so it looks. During the shoot of Ra.One we all heard that Bebo was having milk shakes and maple syrups during odd hours to ...

Healthy Hollywood: Get Movin' Monday – Mariah Carey's Mommy Workout!
Access Hollywood
Inspired to take off the pounds, Mariah started on the Jenny Craig diet, which also hired her as the brand's ambassador. The program helped her shed 30 pounds in six months. Not bad! But, to really tone up and tighten her post-baby body, ...

Access Hollywood

Ask the Expert: Don't starve yourself thin
DesMoinesRegister.com
What's the maximum number of pounds someone should lose in a healthy manner? ANSWER: It is generally accepted that a safe and reasonable amount of weight to lose is about 1-2 pounds a week, or 1 percent of your total body weight.

RUBEN STUDDARD: “DIET OR DIE!”
The National Enquirer
And now experts warn that if he doesn't lose weight, he'll be lucky to see his 40th birthday. “It's diet or DIE for Ruben,” an insider told The ENQUIRER. The 6-foot-4 “Velvet Teddy Bear” was already huge when he won “American Idol” in 2003, ...

The National Enquirer

Ways to manage menopause
Wicked Local
Making lifestyle changes may ease the discomfort of menopause symptoms and promote health in the long run. Here are tips from womenshealth.gov: 1. Eat healthy food. Eating a balanced diet can provide energy and protect your health.

Diet Goggles Serve Food for Thought | Care2 Healthy Living
By Chris from NewsLook
Tokyo University scientists are developing what they call diet goggles designed to trick dieters into eating less. When worn over the eyes, the goggles. ... How Healthy is the Raw Food Diet? 34 comments ...
Care2 Healthy Living

Are Brides Using Feeding Tube Diets Before Their Wedding? | CRC ...
By CRC Health Group
Some soon-to-be brides are resorting to the feeding tube diet (also called the K-E Diet) to quicklylose weight in preparation for their wedding day. ... CRC Health Group April 24, 2012 Weight Management. Are Brides *Really* Using Feeding ...
CRC Health Group Blog

The Single Most Effective Way To Lose Weight
By Matt Fitzgerald
There are many dietary changes that work for weight loss only in theory. The most extreme example is the very low-calorie diet (VLCD). If you reduce your daily caloric intake to the bare minimum required to maintain basic health (which is ...
Triathlete.com

Is my diet healthy? Should I change anything? - Yahoo! Answers
I'm not trying to lose weight and I wouldn't mind gaining more weight. I'm 23 ... read about it herehttp://up.vc/wltad50 open the second and sixth brown link ...
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