Study shows rats fed a dietary fiber supplement had better weight control
A University of Calgary study has found that rats fed a fibre supplement while on a high fat and high sugar diet show a much lower weight gain than those who did not eat the fibre.
April 11, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: calgary, fibre, fibre-supplement, high-fat, much-lower, not-eat, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, rats-fed, sugar-diet, university, weight-gain
Preference For Junk Food Acquired By Offspring During Pregnancy
A new research report published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that pregnant mothers who eat high sugar and high fat diets have babies who are likely to become junk food junkies themselves. According to the report, which used rats, this happens because the high fat and high sugar diet leads to changes in the fetal brain’s reward pathway, altering food preferences…
March 24, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: altering-food, become-junk, food-junkies, high-sugar, journal, new-research, nutrition, on call diets, reward-pathway, sugar-diet
‘Junk food’ moms have ‘junk food’ babies
Pregnant mothers who eat high sugar and high fat diets have babies who are likely to become junk food junkies themselves. According to the report, which used rats, this happens because the high fat and high sugar diet leads to changes in the fetal brain’s reward pathway, altering food preferences.
March 23, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: altering-food, become-junk, eat-high, fetal, food-junkies, high-fat, on call diets, report, reward-pathway, sugar-diet, the-fetal, the-report
