Soy Legume May Lower Blood Pressure According To Small Study

Soy may not just be for your waistline according to a new study. Supplements of milk and soy protein lowered blood pressure in hypertensive patients in a small sample reported this week. Nearly 75 million Americans have high blood pressure, which increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure and kidney damage…

Exercise May Help Regulate Body Weight By Influencing Gut Hormones Released Before And After Meals

Influecing levels of gut hormones released before and after meals, may be how physical exercise helps to regulate body weight, say researchers presenting to the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) that is taking place this week in Clearwater, Florida, in the US…

Fake Fat Linked To Weight Gain

Rats fed a high-fat diet gained more weight after eating low-calorie potato chips made with “fake fat”, a synthetic fat substitute designed to taste like fat but without the calories, according to a study due to appear online in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience this week…

Anemia Risk Mapped In Preschool-Age Children In West Africa

In this week’s PLoS Medicine, Ricardo Soares Magalhaes and Archie Clements, from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, describe how they used national cross-sectional household-based demographic health surveys to map the distribution of anaemia risk in preschool-age children in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mali…

Fish Oil Aids Bi-Polar Behavior In Mice, Hinders Alcohol Cravings

Many are fully aware that fish oil and a regular intake of omega-3 fatty acids can benefit the heart and ward off cardiovascular disease and similar ailments. However, this week research has shown that on a molecular level, these natural acids can help mental imbalances as well such as bi-polar disorder…

Fish Oil Aids Bi-Polar Behavior In Mice, Hinders Alcohol Cravings

Many are fully aware that fish oil and a regular intake of omega-3 fatty acids can benefit the heart and ward off cardiovascular disease and similar ailments.

When It Comes To Phytonutrient Consumption In Daily Diet, Older Adults Doing Better Than Younger

Although only one in 10 American adults eats enough fruits and vegetables (1), new research presented at the Experimental Biology meeting this week in Washington, D.C., finds older adults are consuming higher levels of carotenoids, flavonoids and other phytonutrients found in fruits and vegetables that are thought to support healthy aging…

Dispelling Myths Surrounding Dietary Cholesterol

This week at Experimental Biology (EB) 2011 in Washington, D.C., long-standing beliefs about dietary cholesterol intake and cardiovascular disease risk were examined as part of a scientific symposium and a variety of poster presentations…

Talking Soy: Safe For Women, Breast Cancer, In General?

How good are soy milk and soy products for you anyway?

FDA Wants YOUR Input On New Restaurant, Vending Calorie Label Recos

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration have made it available for you to provide input on the new caloric recommendations it has made this week concerning fast food chains and vending machines. See below for how you can be a part of the proposed new rules that can educate your decisions as you try to stick to the on the average recommended 2,000 calorie a day intake…

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