Weight Watchers Finally Accepts Where Calories Come From Matters Too

A 100-calorie apple is now zero points in Weight Watchers PointsPlus plan while 100-calories worth of cookies or potato will clock up points.

Eating Vegetables, Fruits As Children Linked To Healthier Arteries As Adults

Children who consistently eat lots of fruits and vegetables lower their risk of having stiff arteries in young adulthood, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Arterial stiffness is associated with atherosclerosis, which underlies heart disease. When arteries are stiff, the heart works harder to pump blood…

Weight Watchers Introduces Revolutionary New Program To Help Americans Improve Their Eating Habits And Successfully Lose Weight

The new era of Weight Watchers is here. Today Weight Watchers, the world-renowned leader in weight management, has announced it is introducing in the United States a successor to its popular POINTS weight loss system – the new PointsPlus program…

Excess Fructose May Play Role In Diabetes, Obesity And Other Health Conditions

More and more people have become aware of the dangers of excessive fructose in their diet. A new review on fructose in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) indicates just how dangerous this simple sugar may be.

Satisfactory Results Of Interlaboratory Comparison Of Heavy Metals In Seafood

Fifty-seven laboratories from 29 countries volunteered to put their measuring competence to the test.

Satisfactory Results Of Interlaboratory Comparison Of Heavy Metals In Seafood

Fifty-seven laboratories from 29 countries volunteered to put their measuring competence to the test. Each laboratory received a sample without knowing the levels of heavy metals present, and was asked to measure and report the values back to the JRC…

Overweight Primarily A Problem Among Wealthier Women In Low- To Middle-Income Countries

A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) finds that high body mass index (BMI) in developing countries remains primarily a problem of the rich.

Middle East Meeting Addresses Global Food Security

At a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council to address global food security, ministers “pledged to a set of recommendations meant to improve co-operation and develop policies that could cope with a sudden interruption of food supplies” and vowed to “improve co-operation with international bodies such as the U.N…

The Obesity Riddle Finally Solved

Researchers at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, can now unveil the results of the world’s largest diet study: If you want to lose weight, you should maintain a diet that is high in proteins with more lean meat, low-fat dairy products and beans and fewer finely refined starch calories such as white bread and white rice…

More Protein And Less Refined Carbohydrate Is Best Way To Keep The Weight Off, Large Study

The best way to keep the weight off following a diet is to eat more protein like lean meat, low-fat dairy products and pulse foods such as beans and lentils and less high glycemic index (GI) foods such as carbohydrate from white bread, white rice and other refined starchy foods, said researchers conducting the world’s largest dieting study; they also said with this re…

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