Food Pyramid Built On Shaky Ground
The back story of the food pyramid scheme seems to change based on a ring-around-the-posey strategy where grains, fats or carbs is left out.
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Transparency It’s What’s for Dinner
We like junk food so much that we Americans consume 61% of our daily food from highly processed foods.
Read MoreHalf Of Americans Sweet On Sodas
Diet soda users as a group experienced 70% greater increase in waist circumference compared with non-users.
Read MoreThe Role Of Fatty Acids In Insulin Resistance
The underlying cause of insulin resistance appears to be inflammation that can either be increased or decreased by the fatty acid composition of the diet.
Read MoreToddlers Taking Vitamin D Have Less Body Fat
Researchers found children who had vitamin D stores above the threshold recommended by the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) averaged around 450 grams less body fat at 3 years of age.
Read MoreChina Pays Price For Western Lifestyle With Soaring Childhood Obesity
The authors speculated that boys are fatter than girls because they are given preferential treatment.
Read MoreCurb Cravings, Feel Full With Spinach Extract
Researchers found that when compared to a placebo, a single dose of five grams of thylakoids increased appetite satisfaction.
By interacting with fats and retarding fat digestion, thylakoids membranes are believed to promote the release of satiety hormones and reduce the hunger-stimulating hormone ghrelin.
The study also suggests that thylakoids supplementation may influence food cravings by acting on the reward system of the brain.
Read MoreGut Bacteria Disruption In Early Life Linked To Obesity In Adulthood
Early life is a critical window of host-microbe metabolic interaction.
Low-dose penicillin treatment amplifies diet-induced obesity
A transient early microbiota perturbation leads to long-term increased adiposity
The penicillin-altered microbiota has a causal role in inducing metabolic changes
Sleep Your Way Out Of Metabolic Disorders
Addressing some types of sleep disturbances may have a directly beneficial effect on patients’ metabolic health. Now that’s a sweet dream.
Read MorePoor Youth Breakfasts Linked To Metabolic Syndrome In Adulthood
Poor breakfast habits in adolescence predicted the metabolic
syndrome in adulthood. Of the metabolic syndrome components, poor breakfast habits in adolescence predicted central obesity and high fasting glucose in
adulthood.
Activity Schemes For Overweight Youngsters
Children aged from five to 16 who belonged to the highest categories of obesity not only lost weight but also gained in self-esteem and began to enjoy exercise, which they had previously hated.
Read MoreDetectable Methane and Hydrogen On Breath Testing Tied To Obesity
Elevated levels of hydrogen and methane on the breath are clues to obesity risks due to digestive tract microorganisms running amok.
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