Nutrition News
School programs promote fitness for life
Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 29 November 2005 by Drnutrion
Date: Monday, November 28, 2005
By: KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer, APonline
NORTHPORT, N.Y. (AP) - In a mirror-lined dance studio, teenagers sashay through a number from the musical "Hairspray." Next door in the weight room, teacher Shawn Scattergood demonstrates proper form on the...
Dark days of winter short on vitamin D
Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 29 November 2005 by Drnutrion
Michael Woods / Toledo Blade
These are the D days -- vitamin D days.
It's the time of year when people get less exposure to sunlight, which the body needs to make vitamin D. Blame winter's short days and the cold, stormy weather that keeps people indoors.
On the one hand, research shows...
Soy is still a puzzle
Posted under Nutrition News on Tuesday, 29 November 2005 by Drnutrion
Evidence of its cancer-fighting benefits is inconclusive
By Karen Collins, R.D.
MSNBC
Updated: 6:34 p.m. ET Nov. 26, 2005
Karen Collins, R.D.
A recent study of women in a cancer risk assessment program highlights the confusion people still have about soy foods.
Forty-five percent...
Being ‘fat’ may not be a health risk
IAN JOHNSTON
PEOPLE who are officially classed as overweight are not necessarily putting their health at risk and going on a diet could be dangerous, according to new research.
A row has been raging after a controversial US study earlier this year found that those deemed to be overweight...
Bakers unwrap plan to cut salt levels in bread
Posted under Nutrition News on Thursday, 24 November 2005 by Drnutrion
LEVELS of salt in bread could be cut by 5 per cent over the next two years, under proposals from the Federation of Bakers.
It wants to set a maximum salt "ceiling" above which products would not be made. It also wants labels on bread packaging to list salt content per slice and per...
Gut instinct leads to the perfect diet
Posted under Nutrition News on Thursday, 24 November 2005 by Drnutrion
FORGET Atkins, South Beach and other low-carb diets, the answer to Western health problems lies in caveman genetics.
Obesity, hypertension, heart disease and diabetes are all linked to lifestyle and the movement away from our hunter-gatherer origins, according to a US diet expert.
Loren...
Breast-Feeding May Lower Mom’s Risk of Diabetes
Posted under Nutrition News on Wednesday, 23 November 2005 by Drnutrion
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding your baby can cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research shows.
"We found that breast-feeding is really good for mothers. Each year she breast-feeds cuts the risk of type 2 diabetes by...
Calcium from food better than from supplements
By Graciela Flores Tue Nov 22,11:36 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young girls who get extra calcium from food tend to gain more bone mass than those who get it from tablet supplements, but children who already receive adequate amounts of calcium in their diets do not benefit from any...
Most obese New Yorkers don’t think they are -study
Tue Nov 22, 6:52 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Who you calling fat?
Some 1 million adult New Yorkers are obese, but nearly two-thirds of them don't think they are, according to a study released on Tuesday by the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Among the obese, who account...
H5 avian flu found at second farm in western Canada
Posted under Nutrition News on Wednesday, 23 November 2005 by Drnutrion
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-11-23 11:33
An H5-type bird flu virus which is "low pathogenic" has been found on a second farm in Canada's western province of British Columbia (B.C.), a health official confirmed on Tuesday.
The entire flock will be culled on a Fraser Valley farm after a duck...
