Showing posts with label gluten-free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gluten-free. Show all posts

Monday, October 29, 2012

Gluten-free needed by some, for others a fad

Gluten-free needed for some, a fad for others
The Australian
ONCE relegated to dusty shelves and dressed in unflattering packaging, gluten-free foods are now as common as iPhones. Thanks in part to celebrity claims that a gluten-free diet will assist with weight loss, increased energy and improved digestive ...

Diet may not help cut risk of heart attack in diabetics
Zee News
Wellington: A rigorous exercise and diet regime made no difference to the risk of a person with type 2 diabetes developing heart disease, a new study has found. AUT University nutrition ... “Although the study found weight loss had many positive health...

Zee News

Health insurance industry dislikes 'Obamacare,' but finds the prospect of its ...
Washington Post
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield also stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who'll get health insurance under the law ...

Our View: A tale of two health care plans, and why this election is so important
Peoria Journal Star
The future of health care under a re-elected President Obama is somewhat clear, as embodied in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If you are currently uninsured, you will have new coverage options: access to Medicaid or subsidized commercial insurance ...

US Set to Sponsor Health Insurance
New York Times
Under the Affordable Care Act, at least one of the nationwide plans must be offered by a nonprofit entity. Insurance experts see an obvious candidate for that role: the Government Employees Health Association, a nonprofit group that covers more than ...

Oregon's health care workforce still is growing
Statesman Journal
The health care industry remained a stalwart bastion of employment growth, even through the rough patch called the Great Recession. Demographic trends underlie the industry's recession-resistant nature: The population is growing and aging, which means ...

Book tells history of health care reform through cartoons
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Health care reform has become a highly contentious issue this election year, but it is a debate that University of Rochester history professor Theodore Brown says dates back a century and has been fueled more by inflammatory rhetoric than reason. Brown ...

Iowa misses key federal health care deadline
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
According to the guidelines set out by the Patient Protective and Affordable Care Act — also called ObamaCare — states had until Sept. 30 to choose the “essential health benefits,” or minimums, that would be covered under ... “The state of Iowa will ...

Health care tops lobbyists' efforts
Kansas.com
... those issues to have an appropriate impact.” Like agriculture, banking and dozens of other industries and interests, the health care industry has a long history of lobbying in Topeka. But special attention has been focused on health care this year ...

Health care reform is inevitable, so is uncertainty
The News Journal
Regardless of who is president in January and how much of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) survives,health care reform will continue. Health care cost increases are unsustainable and our industry has advocated and designed delivery and payment reforms.

Health Insurance Companies Are Worried About A Romney Victory ...
By AP
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield also stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who'll get health insurance under the law. ... Things could get grim for the industry if Republicans succeed in repealing the Affordable Care Act's subsidies and mandates, but leave standing its requirement that insurers cover people with health problems. If that's the outcome, the ...
Business Insider

'A One-Termer Who Gambled and Lost on Universal Health Care ...
By Jeffrey H. Anderson
Read conservative news, blogs and opinion about 2012 Elections, Health Care and Obamacare from The Weekly Standard, the must read magazine available in online edition. ... He explains, “The most important fact of the 2012 election is that the Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] was passed in 2010; it just hasn't been fully implemented yet. If President ... If he's reelected, he will go down in history as the president who finally provided almost every American with health insurance.
The Weekly Standard Blog

How big data is transforming health care and predictive analytics ...
Jon Parks of Grapevine Technologies explains the impact that big data is having in health care ...
www.zdnet.com/how-big-data-is-transforming-health-care-and...

Seven Factors Driving Up Your Health Care Costs - Kaiser Health ...
There is no one villain in the battle against rising health care costs. ... We get tax breaks on buyinghealth insurance -- and the cost to patients of seeking care is ...
www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2012/.../health-care-costs.as...

Why It's Hard to Control Health Care Costs - The Daily Beast
On the other hand, they just settled a lawsuit by easing the restrictions on home health careprovision. You can argue that this is going to be good policy. But it's ...
www.thedailybeast.com/.../why-it-s-hard-to-control-health-car...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Actress Fran Drescher loses 15 pounds by following gluten-free, vegan diet

Actress Fran Drescher loses 15 pounds by following gluten-free, vegan diet
Examiner.com
In addition, she's following in the footsteps of Usher by becoming a vegan. Result: Fran has lost 15 pounds, reported the San Francisco Gate yesterday. What motivated Fran, however, wasn't the desire to lose weight. Get the skinny on her reasons and ...

Lose The Weight You Want To Lose With These Helpful Tips ...
By haleyjonas
Weight Loss. Do your best to not eat dinner late at night unless you absolutely must. If you eat earlier, your metabolism can get rid of the food quicker. Studies show that your metabolism slows considerably during the night time as your body is ... So if you buy equipment to use at home, you can have the privacy to exercise how you want. ... Workout with a game system, take the dog for a walk, or just spend some time playing with your kids in the yard to keep fitness fun and interesting.
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How to choose the right health care plan
Fox News
Tillman said effective ways of communication include posting information online, holding classes or bringing in health care vendors to discuss different packages. “I feel like it's an investment in the employees to prove health care,” Tillman said. “To ...

Health care costs are a mystery
Las Vegas Sun
With no end in sight to health care costs rising every year, many employers have switched to lower-cost, high-deductible, consumer-driven health plans. These insurance policies supposedly give consumers more control of how much they spend on medical ...

Small Business Health Insurance: Costs Still Going Up
New York Times (blog)
The small-business health care tax credit in the Affordable Care Act was meant to bolster that figure by inducing companies with the smallest and poorest-paid workforces to buy health insurance. (The credit is fully available to businesses with 10 or ...

Celebrity Weight Loss After Divorce
Huffington Post
It's not uncommon for celebrities to lose weight for movie roles, but they also tend to shed pounds for a more stressful reason -- divorce. Both celebs and non-famous folks alike unintentionally find themselves on the "divorce diet" after a split ...

Weight loss: 10 Success Secrets
Equities.com
John Barrett Hawkins new book Penitentiary Fitness: the Amazing Weight Loss Formula is based on research studies that were conducted of the world's top universities and medical schools. Over a 10-year period Hawkins compiled and ... One medical school ...

Green coffee bean extract diet: Fat burner or lame buzz?
Today.com (blog)
Green coffee bean extract contains caffeine, a stimulant linked to weight loss. It also boasts high levels of chlorogenic acid, a polyphenol antioxidant that researchers speculate may promote weight loss by reducing the absorption of fat and glucose in ...

List of diet foods to help with weight loss
6abc.com
September 14, 2012 (WPVI) -- If you are trying to lose weight or just keep it off, there is a list of certain foods that can make it easier. Apples and pears keep you feeling fuller longer. Natural peanut butter also helps. It has a chemical that has ...

6abc.com

Diet Chef discusses food addiction and over-eating
Sacramento Bee
If categorised it could lead to changes in the treatment of obesity and helping people to lose weight. Caron Leckie, nutritionist at Diet Chef, a home delivery weight loss company, says, "The evidence to come within the next 5 years will be interesting ...

A weight loss regime with a comfortable twist, by Marcus McCarroll
The Keene Sentinel
I've recently been losing weight, and people have been inquiring as to whether I've been dieting or not. Yes I'm ... My doctor has been telling me to lose the gut for years, it would help my blood pressure. It helps ... In weight loss, it's all about ...

Jennifer Lopez dishes on diva diet, life after 'American Idol' and new judges
Examiner.com
In addition, when Jennifer needs to lose weight, she uses the Dukan diet, according to the Daily Mail. This plan involves different phases, starting with a quick weight loss plan similar to Atkins. To keep her metabolism high, Jennifer performs yoga ...

Librarian claims 'Starbucks diet' led to 80-pound weight loss
Yahoo! Canada Shine On (blog)
The key to all of these weight-loss methods? Convenience. For some, it would seem that a diet that involves grilling a chicken breast or steaming a head of broccoli yourself is simply too much work. Grande skinny vanilla latte (130 calories), anyone?

Yahoo! Canada Shine On (blog)

Healthy snacks to help you keep the weight off
NewsNet5.com
... Losing weight is never easy. Keeping it off is often harder, but the foods you include in your diet may actually promote weight loss. ... addition to any diet. Studies have shown women who eat three apples or three pears a day were more likely to ...

NewsNet5.com

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Gluten-free: food fad or alternative remedy?

Gluten-free: food fad or alternative remedy?
NBCNews.com
Next story in Diet and nutrition Work burnout tied to stressed eating in women ...They buy gluten-free because they think it will help them lose weight, or because they seem to feel better, or because they mistakenly believe they are sensitive to gluten. ... it today, making it four times more common now than it was 50 years ago, Murray and his colleagues reported Tuesday in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Don't miss these Health stories. Image: Alberto Perez, founder of Zumba Fitness, performs on stage ...

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Over The Counter: Helping teens stay healthy in body, mind
Norwich Bulletin
Johnson Compounding & Wellness Center takes a holistic approach to supporting health and wellness –– with this approach including suggestions on a proper diet; recommendations on exercise, rest and stress reduction; supplement regimens; and, ...

Matthew McConaughey on extreme weight-loss diet
Mother Nature Network (blog)
Agreed — if you want to lose weight, just stick to a healthy combination of lots of fruits and vegetables and exercise. The results may not happen as fast as they do for these celebs, but your body (and mental health) will benefit in the long run.

Mother Nature Network (blog)

Weight-loss success
Jamaica Gleaner
They concluded, "Obese adults were more likely to achieve meaningful weight lossif they ate less fat, exercised more, used prescription weight-loss medications or participated in commercial weight-loss programmes." Researchers also found that liquid diets, non-prescription diet pills and popular diets had no association with successful weight loss. Those who lost at ... fad diet or diet pills. Information courtesy of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Tufts University Health& Nutrition Letter, July 2012.

Jamaica Gleaner

Colin Farrell Reveals His Diet Secrets: 'Loads Of Green Tea And S*** Loads Of ...
Entertainmentwise
When you think of Colin Farrell, you don't necessarily think of health and fitness, but apparently the Irish actor now lives off a diet of green tea and a "s*** load of vitamins". The 'Total Recall' actor has turned his life around after being the bad boy of Hollywood ...

Entertainmentwise

No fad diet: family-based program promises long-lasting weight loss for obese ...
Prevention Action
Most important, the program involves the whole family, which is key to sustaining the lifestylechanges needed to keep weight in control [See Diet and lifestyle change begins at home]. The program developers recognize that children alone cannot keep up the ...

Abdominal obesity linked to poor sexual performance?
India.Com Health
A bulging waist is not only bad for your physical health it can ruin your sex life as well. A new study has found that men with bulging waits are not only at a higher risk of blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes but it also dampens your sex life. Researchers ...

What's Happening: CrossFit Games, Salt In The ... - The Paleo Diet
Another week has gone by and there is always loads of interesting things worth sharing amongst our Paleo community. In fact, the Paleo Diet Lifestyle team has.

Prasouda Diet Lifestyle | Lose Twenty Pounds
The Prasouda diet is increasingly becoming one of the more popular diet or weight-loss plans across the globe. The plan calls for a holistic approach to weight ...
www.losetwentypounds.net/tag/prasouda-diet-lifestyle/

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