health
Heart Disease Begins At Childhood
A study by the Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health in New Orleans suggests that the route to heart disease begins in childhood.
The researchers state that two of the biggest threats to heart health that can be traced to childhood are prehypertension and obesity. Prehypertension is blood pressure just below the official high blood pressure […]
Obesity Rates Disturbingly High
New research by Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina shows frightening levels of obesity in the United States.
Dr. Gregory L. Burke, the principal investigator at Wake Forest University, says “the obesity epidemic has the potential to reduce further gains in life expectancy, largely through an effect on cardiovascular disease mortality.”
Of over 6,800 middle-age or […]
Nuts May Help With Weight Control
Many people avoid nuts, believing they are too high in calories; however research now suggests that nuts can help with weight control.
Nuts, with the exception of chestnuts, contain 160 to 200 calories per ounce. Most of these calories come from unsaturated fats. Populations studies have shown that people who eat nuts regularly are […]
Wellternatives Finds Healthy Alternatives At Restaurants Via Cell Phone Or The Web
WellSphere has launched Wellternatives, which recommends healthy alternatives to your favorite foods at numerous chain restaurants from any cell phone or by using the web.
From WellSphere:
We just launched Wellternatives – our new free healthy eating service that recommends healthy alternatives for your favorite dishes at hundreds of thousands of chain restaurants. We designed it so […]
Frequent Weight Gain And Loss May Weaken Men’s Bones
A study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo examined 4,601 men between the ages of 25 and 50 for 28 years. The researchers found that the more often these men lost and regained weight, the more likely they were to suffer a fractured forearm after the age of 50.
The researchers believe […]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #13
Tip #13
Unhealthy ‘Health Foods’
by Dr. John Berardi Products that claim to be ‘Cholesterol Free’ and ‘Low in Saturated Fat’ often have the most trans-fatty acids. Unfortunately these are […]
Soda May Lead To Osteoporosis
Research at the University of Connecticut Center for Osteoporosis has shown that soda and carbonated beverages may compromise bone health.
Dr. Lawrence Raisz, director of the University of Connecticut Center for Osteoporosis, says “there is enough evidence that high consumption of soda and carbonated beverages is associated with somewhat lower bone mass in children.”
Researchers are not […]
Alcohol Affects Risk of Cancer In Postmenopausal Women
Research has shown that excessive alcohol drinking could increase the risk of breast cancer.
The study was lead by the University of Chicago. The first author, Jasmine Q. Lew, was a recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Institutes of Health Research Scholarship at the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Division of Cancer Epidemiology and […]
Exercise May Protect The Aging Brain
Researchers in the Netherlands have found that aerobic exercise may increase older adults’ brainpower.
The researchers gathered data from previous clinical trials. They found that when healthy adults older than 55 improved their fitness through aerobic exercise, they also improved in memory, attention, or other mental abilities.
Dr. Maaike Angevaren and colleagues at the University of […]
Chocolate Shown to Lower Cholesterol
Research at the University of Illinois has shown that eating chocolate lowers cholesterol levels.
The researchers recruited 49 participants with slightly elevated cholesterol and normal blood pressure. Each of the participants followed the American Heart Association’s “Eating Plan for Healthy Americans” two weeks before the study started. They remained on this diet for the […]
