Nutrition News

Mothers’ weight anxiety heavy load for kids

Posted under Nutrition News, Weight Guides on Wednesday, 7 December 2005 by Administrator
By Jessica Heslam Tuesday, December 6, 2005 Mothers who frown upon those extra pounds take note: Youngsters whose moms worry about their kids’ weight are more likely to diet and obsess about being thin, a new Hub study found. But don’t just blame mother. Thin celebrities and...
Mothers’ weight anxiety heavy load for kids

Research sends mixed signals when it comes to salt, high blood pressure

Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 by Administrator
By Katherine Hobson / US News and World Report Pick your point of view: Salt is a poison that brings on high blood pressure, which in turn kills via heart attack and stroke. Or, salt is no big deal. It raises blood pressure in only some people, and for everyone else there's no reason to cut...
Research sends mixed signals when it comes to salt, high blood pressure

The debate over benefits of green tea continues to brew

Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 by Administrator
By Alice Lesch Kelly and Rosie Mestel / Los Angeles Times Tea, to China's 18th-century Emperor Chien Lung, was more than a whistle-wetting pick-me-up: It was "that precious drink which drives away the five causes of sorrow." Western businesses are banking on our buying into Chien Lung's...
The debate over benefits of green tea continues to brew

Lower cholesterol could slow Alzheimer’s

Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 by Administrator
Laboratory research indicates that cholesterol plays a role in the development of the waxy deposits, or plaques, that clump together in the brain and characterize Alzheimer's. Leaping from the petri dish to the body, might lowering cholesterol through medication affect the development of the...
Lower cholesterol could slow Alzheimer’s

No bird flu risk from properly cooked poultry, eggs: FAO, WHO

Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 by Administrator
By a correspondent HYDERABAD: Properly cooked chicken are safe to eat with no threat of bird flu virus said a joint statement by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) specialized body of United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued to national food safety authorities...
No bird flu risk from properly

cooked poultry, eggs: FAO, WHO

Overweight kids break bones more often

Posted under Nutrition News on Monday, 5 December 2005 by Administrator
Children who are overweight face more than future health problems. They appear to have broken bones and joint problems more often during childhood than kids of normal weight, research suggests. “A lot of people think that if you’re an overweight kid ... that later on in life you’re going...
Overweight kids break bones more often

Fast-food chain ditches sugar-laden soft drink

Posted under Nutrition News on Monday, 5 December 2005 by Administrator
05.12.05 By Martin Johnston Sugar-laden Sprite will be scratched off the drinks menu at 21 McDonald's outlets in a bid to help curb diabetes. In what is thought to be a world first for the fast-food chain, all its Counties-Manukau restaurants will sell only Sprite Zero, which contains...
Fast-food chain ditches sugar-laden soft drink

Drinkers ‘less likely to be obese’

Posted under Nutrition News, Weight Guides on Monday, 5 December 2005 by Administrator
Press Association Monday December 5, 2005 3:08 AM Drinking alcohol in small amounts regularly could mean you are less likely to become obese than if you do not drink at all, new research suggests. The US study, published in the journal BMC Public Health, may appear to contradict the...
Drinkers ‘less likely to be obese’

No-foods-barred diet feeds cravings to lose II

Posted under Nutrition News, Weight Guides on Monday, 5 December 2005 by Administrator
By Brock Vergakis ASSOCIATED PRESS December 5, 2005 "It astonished me, actually," said his friend, Steven Peck. "We were both very heavy. It was hard not to be struck." After watching Mr. Hawks lose and keep the weight off for a year and a half, Mr. Peck tried intuitive eating in...
No-foods-barred diet feeds cravings to lose II

No-foods-barred diet feeds cravings to lose I

Posted under Nutrition News, Weight Guides on Monday, 5 December 2005 by Administrator
By Brock Vergakis ASSOCIATED PRESS December 5, 2005 SALT LAKE CITY -- Who says you have to eat lettuce when you want chocolate? Not Steven Hawks. When he's tempted by ice cream bars, M&Ms and toffee-covered almonds at the grocery store, he doesn't pass them by. He fills up his...
No-foods-barred diet feeds cravings to lose I