Celebrities: diet
Meals inspired by ancestors satisfy appetite, combat obesity …
A new clinical study by Unilever scientists have shown that meals rich in nutrients and fibre inspired by palaeolithic ancestors are better at satisfying the appetite than a regular meal and could also help combat obesity and even type 2 diabetes. The study compared two meals using readily available ingredients, a healthy modern meal and [...]
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Type 2 diabetes and the diet that cured me
Why me? At 59 I was 10st 7lb, 5ft 7in, and had never been overweight. I ran and played cricket regularly and didn’t drink alcohol excessively. Yet at a routine check-up I was told that I had type 2 diabetes. In 10 years I could be dependent on insulin, it could affect my sight, feet, ears, heart [...]
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Coca-Cola seeks to assuage critics with anti-obesity campaign …
Coca-Cola has announced it will promote diet drinks, provide clearer calorie information and stop advertising to children under 12. Still, this may not appease the company’s many critics seeking legal ways to restrict soda consumption. The Atlanta-based beverage producer announced on Wednesday a pledge to export its US-centric business strategy – emphasizing diet drink options [...]
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Michael Pollan: Home Cooking Will Solve America's Obesity …
In his previous best-sellers such as The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food and Food Rules, Michael Pollan examined America’s diet and summed up a very complicated issue in seven words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. In his latest work, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Pollan turns the focus from what we’re [...]
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Carbohydrates, Insulin, And Obesity
Fat, Sick Nearly Dead Gary Taubes, co-founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative, has just published a new commentary arguing that the way we think about obesity is the result of science politics instead of good science. The former science journalist argues in his most recent essay, published in the British Medical Journal, that we still [...]
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PJ Lifestyle » 13 Weeks: Why Obesity?
Week 11 of my second 13 week season: low carb diet and more exercise, tracking my weight, blood glucose, and body fat. You can follow me at my 13 Weeks Facebook page for daily updates, and you can join Fitocracy (free!) and follow my daily exercise, and maybe even start tracking your own. And yes, I have been slack [...]
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Dangerous Diabetes preventable
Diabetes Mellitus is one of the major chronic diseases which can be prevented. The study was conducted to assess the carbohydrate intake of type 2 diabetic female patients of age from 45 to 50 years at diabetic clinic of Services Hospital, Lahore. The tools used for data collection were anthropometric measurements, biochemical analysis, clinical signs [...]
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White blood cell enzyme contributes to inflammation and obesity
Imbalance between an enzyme called neutrophil elastase and its inhibitor causes inflammation, obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver in mice and humans—providing a new therapeutic target for these health conditions Many recent studies have suggested that obesity is associated with chronic inflammation in fat tissues. In a new study, researchers discovered that an imbalance between [...]
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Diet ‘just as good as op’ for diabetes
It has long been known that patients who undergo gastric operations to curb eating see a dramatic improvement in their diabetes. But patients with Type 2 diabetes who simply follow the same strict diet as that after surgery are just as likely to see a reduction in their blood glucose levels. The report was released [...]
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Invokana (canaglifozin) For Type 2 Diabetes Approved By FDA
Editor’s ChoiceMain Category: Diabetes Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 31 Mar 2013 – 0:00 PDT email to a friend printer friendly opinions <!– rate article Patient / Public: Healthcare Prof: The FDA has approved Johnson Johnson’s Invokana (canaglifozin) tablets, to be used with exercise and diet, for [...]
