Americans Getting Too Many Empty Calories From Sugary Drinks

The American Heart Association advises people to consume no more than 36 ounces or about 450 calories from sugary beverages a week, but a new study taking a look at the impact of sugar intake stemming from regular sodas, energy drinks, sports drinks, fruit drinks and sweetened bottled waters, reports that people ages 20 to 39 who drink sugary beverages consume 336 calories a day from them alone…

Overall Health Affected By Viruses In The Human Gut And Their Dynamic Response To Diet

The digestive system is home to a myriad of viruses, but how they are involved in health and disease is poorly understood. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have investigated the dynamics of virus populations in the human gut, shedding new light on the gut “virome” and how it differs between people and responds to changes in diet…

Vitamin C May Be Beneficial For Asthmatic Children

Depending on the age of asthmatic children, on their exposure to molds or dampness in their bedroom, and on the severity of their asthma, vitamin C has greater or smaller beneficial effect against asthma, according to a study published in the Clinical and Translational Allergy…

Healthy Eating And Physical Activity Among Preschoolers Could Be Promoted By Child-Care Facilities

Eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime can develop at an early age.

‘Pascalization’ Boosts Healthful Antioxidant Levels In Fruit

Scientists are reporting new evidence that a century-old food preservation technology, finding a new life amid 21st century concerns about food safety and nutrition, more than doubles the levels of certain healthful natural antioxidants in fruit…

Do We Really Want To Know What’s Really In That Luscious Chocolate Aroma?

The mouth-watering aroma of roasted cocoa beans – key ingredient for chocolate – emerges from substances that individually smell like potato chips, cooked meat, peaches, raw beef fat, cooked cabbage, human sweat, earth, cucumber, honey and an improbable palate of other distinctly un-cocoa-like aromas…

Foods Rich In Protein, Dairy Products Help Dieters Preserve Muscle And Lose Belly Fat

New research suggests a higher-protein, lower-carbohydrate energy-restricted diet has a major positive impact on body composition, trimming belly fat and increasing lean muscle, particularly when the proteins come from dairy products…

It’s Official Chocolate Linked To Heart Health

High levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published on bmj.com today. The findings confirm results of existing studies that generally agree on a potential beneficial link between chocolate consumption and heart health…

Probiotic Bacteria May Lessen Anxiety And Depression

Probiotic bacteria have the potential to alter brain neurochemistry and treat anxiety and depression-related disorders according to research published in the prestigious international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA…

Weight Loss Of 10 Pounds Over 3 Years By Eating 100 Calories Less Per Day, New Predictive Model Shows

Doctors and dieticians have worked for decades assuming that cutting 500 calories from a person’s daily diet will result in a steady weight loss of approximately one pound per week, however, this assumption is incorrect, as it does not take metabolic changes into account that can lead to unrealistic expectations for diet plans…

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