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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — In patients with type 2 diabetes, 14 weeks of a high-carbohydrate diet modestly raises blood pressure compared to a diet high in monounsaturated fat, new study findings indicate.
Studies evaluating the effects of high-carbohydrate and high-monounsaturated fat diets have yielded...
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ALISON HARDIE
SCOTS are failing to heed warnings about their health by continuing to drink, smoke and eat to excess, a new report has shown.
The only improvement Scotland has made as it struggles to shake off its “sick man of Europe” tag is to minimally reduce the number of adults who smoke.
The figure has fallen from 34 per cent to 31 per cent since...
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Liver diseases, including cirrhosis, are increasingly being seen in overweight teenagers, experts report.
Cirrhosis, irreparable liver damage, is commonly linked with alcohol misuse, but can also be caused by a fatty diet.
Dr Giorgina Mieli-Vergani, a specialist at King’s College Hospital in London, warned teenagers with...
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Eggs have become the latest target of the Hong Kong government’s avian flu prevention measures.
Chester Yung
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Eggs have become the latest target of the Hong Kong government’s avian flu prevention measures.
While stressing there is no evidence that raw eggs are a source of infection, Secretary for Health,...
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Injecting drugs into the buttocks may not be a reliable way of administering medicine, research suggests.
Doctors from a hospital in Dublin found many patients had so much fleshy tissue on their buttocks that jabs could not properly penetrate to the muscle.
They found women, and in particular obese women, were most likely not to get the full intended...
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KEVIN SCHOFIELD EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
CHIP shop owners who offer special cut-price lunchtime deals aimed at school pupils were yesterday criticised by a senior education official.
Sheila Tulloch, the head of school catering at East Renfrewshire Council, said the deals were hampering efforts to improve the diet of young Scots.
She further called on parents...
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Asian News International
London, November 28, 2005
The next time you complain about your kid not having his/her greens just think whether you had the right kind of food during pregnancy, as researchers have now found that flavours experienced in the womb and, later, in mothers’ milk may have a significant influence on what children are willing to eat.
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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 leg press. At Northport High School on Long Island, physical...
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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 that vitamin D is important for strong bones and protecting people against cancer and other diseases. On the other hand, study after study shows that most Americans —...
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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 of the women who ate soy foods on a regular basis said that part of the reason they did so was to lower their risk of cancer. Yet seven percent of the women...
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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 - because of their high weight to height ratio - actually had a lower chance of...
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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 100g.
The federation has submitted its proposals to the Food Standards Agency,...
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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 Cordain told a Sydney conference yesterday the Western food regimen - high in refined sugars and processed foods - was the largest cause of death in the Western world.
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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 15...
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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 form of extra calcium, a research team in Finland reports.
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