Nutrition News
Mothers’ weight anxiety heavy load for kids
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...
Research sends mixed signals when it comes to salt, high blood pressure
Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 by Drnutrion
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...
The debate over benefits of green tea continues to brew
Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 by Drnutrion
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...
Lower cholesterol could slow Alzheimer’s
Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 by Drnutrion
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...
No bird flu risk from properly cooked poultry, eggs: FAO, WHO
Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 6 December 2005 by Drnutrion
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...
Overweight kids break bones more often
Posted under Nutrition News on Monday, 5 December 2005 by Drnutrion
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...
Fast-food chain ditches sugar-laden soft drink
Posted under Nutrition News on Monday, 5 December 2005 by Drnutrion
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...
Drinkers ‘less likely to be obese’
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...
No-foods-barred diet feeds cravings to lose II
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 I
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...
