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Reasons to eat protein for breakfast – Breakfast Tip
US research found that when overweight or obese young women ate protein-rich breakfasts they not only felt fuller for longer, their brain messages responsible for food cravings were reduced. This impact also seemed to be felt all day. The women on the high-protein breakfasts were not driven to snack on... more
Read moreKnow about top 10 antioxidant foods
Do you know that antioxidants can help prevent heart disease and cancer, reduce blood pressure and slow the effects of ageing? These naturally occurring compounds protect the body from excess free radicals, sweeping them up before they can cause damage. And the best way to lay an antioxidant-rich foundation that’s... more
Read moreGreen Tea has Small Effect on Cholesterol
Green tea, taken in capsule or drunk as beverage can lower the ‘bad’ cholesterol level, according to a US study. Study was published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association wherein, the past twenty clinical trials were analysed. The trials included in this review included a total of 1,415... more
Read moreMany ‘healthy snacks’ are high in calories
It is the time of year when research about diet and exercise makes a big splash in the headlines, but today the Daily Mail warned that dieters should steer clear of seemingly healthy dips and spreads that are actually high in calories. The newspaper highlighted warnings that hummus, which is widely thought... more
Read moreMiracle foods: a special report
“Curry could save your life.” “Beetroot can fight dementia.” “Asthma risk linked to burgers.” Every day there’s a new crop of seemingly life-changing headlines about how the food we eat affects our health. Food stories are one of the most common topics that Behind the Headlines covers, accounting for about one... more
Read moreThe Eight Most Popular Diets – Diet News
The word diet comes from Old French dieteand Medieval Latin dieta meaning “a daily food allowance”. The Latin word diaeta and Greek word diaita mean “a way of life, a regimen”. According to Medilexicon`s medical dictionary, a diet means “1. Food and drink in general. 2. A prescribed course of eating and drinking in which the amount and kind of food,... more
Read moreBeetroot's effect on blood pressure is uncertain
“Beetroot “can lower blood pressure”,” BBC News confidently reports. But the truth about whether beetroot can really lower your blood pressure is a little more unclear than the headlines suggest. The news comes from a study looking at the effect of nitrates on blood pressure in rats and a very small... more
Read moreGiving salty food to babies may create a lifelong preference
Feeding young babies solid foods such as crackers, cereals and bread, which tend to be high in salt, may set them up for a lifelong preference for salt, researchers reported Tuesday. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggests that efforts to reduce salt intake among Americans... more
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