Healthy Lifestyle
Children’s preferences for sweeter and saltier tastes are linked to each other and to measures of growth
Scientists from the Monell Chemical Senses Center have found that children who most prefer high levels of sweet tastes also most prefer high levels of salt taste and that, in general, children prefer sweeter and saltier tastes than do adults. These preferences relate not only to food intake but also to measures of growth and […]
Positive memories of exercise spur future workouts
Getting motivated to exercise can be a challenge, but new research from the University of New Hampshire shows that simply remembering a positive memory about exercise may be just what it takes to get on the treadmill. This is the first study to explore how positive memories can influence future workouts. “This study underscores the […]
Potential association between soy formula, seizures in children with autism
A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has detected a higher rate of seizures among children with autism who were fed infant formula containing soy protein rather than milk protein. The study found excess seizures among girls and in the total sample of 1,949 children. The soy-seizure link reached borderline significance among boys, who comprised 87 percent […]
Tequila plant possible sweetener for diabetics, helps reduce blood sugar, weight
A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila could lower blood glucose levels for the 26 million Americans and others worldwide who have type 2 diabetes and help them and the obese lose weight, researchers have reported. The main reason it could be valuable, they explained, is that agavins, a natural form of […]
Losing or gaining weight after joint replacement affects long term outcomes, study shows
While many overweight patients have the best intentions to lose weight after joint replacement, a study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that although some are able to achieve this goal, equal numbers of patients actually gain weight after hip or knee replacement. Researchers also determined that patients who lose weight do better in […]
Gastric bypass surgery may diminish knee pain in obese patients
There is a known link between elevated body mass index (BMI) and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA). While patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery (GBS) — a procedure that closes off much of the stomach and causes food to bypass a portion of the small intestine─typically lose weight, the comparative impact of this weight loss […]
11 Simple Weight Loss Tips
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The A-z Of Celebrity Diets
Jennifer Aniston (Pic:Getty) Even those oh-so slim celebs will have over-indulged over Christmas and will now be looking to shift a few pounds – so don’t panic! Here are their secret Hollywood diet tips to help whisk away evidence of those extra helpings of, well, everything… A is for… All-new Atkins Diet A decade ago, […]
Genes may thwart seniors’ exercise gains
Keeping strong and physically fit is crucial to maintaining independence among the elderly. Exercise has repeatedly been shown to reduce or slow age-related declines in physical function and is a widely recommended for seniors, but the way that older people respond to exercise varies widely. A new study by Thomas W. Buford et al. examines […]
Vitamin D hypothesis challenged: Some racial disparities in childbirth more environmental than genetic
A new study investigating racial disparities in birth outcomes shows that contrary to some theories Vitamin D is unlikely to play a role in differences in preterm birth and low birth weight between African-Americans and whites. “For years there has been this hypothesis that African-Americans have worse birth outcomes because they have more melanin in […]