Keep Up Protein Intake, Dieting Postmenopausal Women Told

If you are a postmenopausal dieting woman and you do not want to lose muscle tone as you lose fat, you should keep up your protein intake, researchers from the University of Illinois wrote in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. Protein also helps stave off hunger pangs, they add. Ellen Evans explained that a weight-loss diet which is high in protein protects muscle mass…

Turmeric And Cinnamon Lower Negative Effects Of High Fat Meals

According to Penn State researchers, eating a diet rich in spices, like turmeric and cinnamon, reduces the body’s negative responses to eating high-fat meals. Sheila West, associate professor of biobehavioral health, Penn State, who led the study said that people eating a high-fat meal end up with high levels of triglycerides (a type of fat) in their blood…

Using The Internet To Combat Malnutrition

Today, WHO (World Health Organization) is launching a new Internet initiative in a bid to stop millions of people dying and suffering from malnutrition. The initiative offers directions for life-saving interventions and assists governments and healthcare providers to combat against all forms of malnutrition…

Curry Power: Beat High Fat Meal Triglycerides With Spice

When you sit down to a hearty meal and eat a high fat serving of food, you end up with high levels of triglycerides, a type of fat, in your blood. A new study finds that adding Indian curry spices like turmeric and cinnamon to your dishes could help reduce oxidative stress and thus thwart the risk of chronic disease…

Salt Reduction Measures Must Be Taken By Health Policy Makers, Say Experts

Experts on bmj.com today say that health policy makers and governments worldwide must find an appropriate solution to reduce salt intake to save most lives and public money in shrinking economies. Studies have proven that reduced salt intake saves costs…

Antioxidant Spices Reduce Negative Effects Of High-Fat Meal

Eating a diet rich in spices, like turmeric and cinnamon, reduces the body’s negative responses to eating high-fat meals, according to Penn State researchers. “Normally, when you eat a high-fat meal, you end up with high levels of triglycerides, a type of fat, in your blood,” said Sheila West, associate professor of biobehavioral health, Penn State, who led the study…

Protein Preserves Muscle And Physical Function In Dieting Postmenopausal Women

Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new University of Illinois study. Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition-the amount of fat relative to muscle-in better proportion…

Ground Turkey Contaminated With Salmonella Heidelberg Sickens 107 People In 31 States, CDC Update

107 people are confirmed to have become infected with Salmonella Heidelberg in 31 US states after consuming tainted ground turkey, says the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). So far one death has been reported since the outbreak began in March 2011…

Popular Muscle-Boosting Supplement Does Not Increase Blood Flow

A Baylor University study has found that a popular nutritional supplement that is marketed to lead to greater muscle strength through increasing blood flow to the muscle does not increase blood flow as claimed on the bottle…

Diet Of Flaxseed Shows Protective Effects Against Radiation In Animal Models

Flax has been part of human history for well over 30,000 years, used for weaving cloth, feeding people and animals, and even making paint. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that it might have a new use for the 21st century: protecting healthy tissues and organs from the harmful effects of radiation…

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