Protection Provided By Probiotic-Derived Product In Model Of Intestinal Inflammation

Many people tout the beneficial effects of probiotics in preventing and/or treating several intestinal diseases, including ulcerative colitis…

Vitamin D Levels Low In African-Americans With Multiple Sclerosis

African-Americans who have multiple sclerosis (MS) have lower vitamin D levels than African-Americans who don’t have the disease, according to a study published in the May 24, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. However, most of the difference in vitamin D levels was due to differences in climate and geography…

How The Bitter Can Produce The Sweet Pre-Meal Dietary Supplement Developed At Hebrew University Can Overcome Fat And Sugar Problems

A little bitter with a little sweet, in the form of a nano-complex dietary supplement taken before meals, can result in a substantial reduction of fat and sugar absorption in the body, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University researchers have found…

Why Caffeine Can Reduce Fertility In Women

Caffeine reduces muscle activity in the Fallopian tubes that carry eggs from a woman’s ovaries to her womb. “Our experiments were conducted in mice, but this finding goes a long way towards explaining why drinking caffeinated drinks can reduce a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant,” says Professor Sean Ward from the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, USA…

Colorectal Cancer Risk Higher If You Eat Red And Processed Meat, Lower If You Eat Fiber

Your risk of developing colorectal cancer is much higher if you consume red and processed meat regularly, while consumption of foods containing fiber helps protect you against the disease, researchers from Imperial College London revealed today.

Most Authoritative Report On Colorectal Cancer And Diet Ever Conducted: Links With Meat, Fiber Confirmed

The most comprehensive and authoritative report on colorectal cancer risk ever published has concluded that red and processed meat increase risk of the disease and found that the evidence that foods containing fiber offer protection against colorectal cancer has become stronger…

Many Women Have Been On ‘More Than 20’ Diets

Women are being warned about the dangers of yo-yo diets after a UK-wide survey revealed that more than one in five women have been on at least five diets and regained weight and many have been on at least 20 diets without keeping the pounds off…

Ronald McDonald Stays, Despite Growing Childhood Obesity In The USA

Despite receiving a request from 550 healthcare workers to cease targeting children in its marketing campaigns of fast foods, Jim Skinner, McDonald’s Chief Executive, said “Ronald McDonald is going nowhere.” A group of nuns (The Sisters of St…

BU Study Finds Diet High In Vegetables And Fruit Associated With Less Weight Gain In African American Women

Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University have reported that African American women who consumed a diet high in vegetables and fruit gained less weight over a 14-year period than those who consumed a diet high in red meat and fried foods…

Diet high in vegetables and fruit associated with less weight gain in African-American women

A new study finds that African-American women who consume a diet high in vegetables and fruit gain less weight over a 14-year period than those who consume a diet high in red meat and fried foods.

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