02-10-06 . No license to cheeseburger.
This week, a major study on the impact of reduced fat diets on cancer and cardiovascular disease in women over 50, showed “no significant changes in risk despite years on reduced-fat regimens,”
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01-26-06 . Sickly sweet.
The Accidental Hedonist gives us the nutritional reasons and the political reasons to avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup. And, here’s the Hedonist’s list of foods and products containing the super-sweet maufactured molecule. [thx Val!]
01-20-06 . 22 ways
to be fitter and healthier from thirdage.com
01-18-06 . Calci-yum.
A 2005 food research round-up at the UNLV Rebel Yell reminds us that recent University of Tennessee research shows “a low-fat, calcium-rich diet can reduce body fat significantly when coupled with other foods such as leafy vegetables, salmon and oats, which are also high in fiber.” Milk and yogurt (the non-fat varieties please) […]
01-16-06 . Bad day? Take two fluffy kittens and call me in the morning.
Researchers at Emory University say that looking at pictures of cute baby animals could give you a lift. Functional magnetic resonance imaging showed that cute images stimulate the centers of the brain associated with pleasure, arousal and positive emotion. “Some evidence suggests the activity there is greater when the stimulus is ‘neotenous,’ which […]
02-27-05 . What evil lurks in the heart of man?
Trans Fatty Acids aka ‘Phantom Fats’ are to be uncloaked as the FDA requires food labels to include Trans Fat
02-27-05 . Between a rock and a toxic place.
Canadian newspapers report that reused bottled water containers can be breeding grounds for dangerous bacteria, but that the process of cleaning the bottles properly causes the plastics — intended of one time use — to break down.
02-27-05 . A gut feeling about exercise.
You might hate your hips, but CNN reports that the most dangerous fat lies around the organs, deep within the belly
02-27-05 . Pursuit of Happiness.
British researchers — a psychologist and a “life coach” — say happiness can be expressed as an equation.