Answer in the Brain Dr Jonathan Purnell For decades health advocates have been warning ofthe dangers of fructose sweeteners in processed foods. Many experts find a direct link between the explosion of these sweeteners in processed foods, and the consumption of processed foods, and the growing obesity epidemic. Research at Oregon Health & Science University [...]

After your workout you may want to grab a piece of cherry pie, according to a research published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. According to the research, tart cherries could help athletes reduce muscle damage to recover faster from a tough workout. Researchers gave 10 trained athletes 1 ounce of [...]

USA Today Global obesity rates are doubling: New worldwide studyExaminer.comObesity sa chronic metabolic disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a detrimental effect on human life expectancy, leading to multiple health problems:metabolic syndrome, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, …Obesity Has Nearly Doubled Worldwide Since 1980: ReportBusinessWeekWorldwide Obesity Doubled [...]

According to a study published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, whey commonly used as a protein supplementation may improve blood lipid profiles and reduce liver fat by as much as 20 percent. For the study, “Eleven obese women received a 60 grams a day of whey protein supplement for 4-weeks” to supplement their regular diet. [...]

The spinach-eating cartoon character Popeye has much to teach us, new research from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows. The muscles’ cellular power plants – the mitochondria – are boosted by nitrate, a substance found in abundance in vegetables such as lettuce, spinach and beetroot. Eddie Weitzberg Photo: Stefan Zimmerman For half a century, [...]

Aerobic exercise has long been cited as a key to helping seniors maintain health brain function. A study form the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shows that one year of moderate physical exercise can actrually increase the size of the brain’s hippocampus in older adults, leading to an improvement in spatial memory. For the study, [...]

USA Today Diet guidelines push calorie reduction and exerciseReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans need to cut salt and fat and eat more fruits and vegetables, the Obama administration said in its latest set of dietary guidelines released on Monday. The new dietary guidelines also advise cutting …Dietary guidelines that tell us to eat less — finally?Los [...]

A University of Illinois study provides convincing evidence that the way you prepare and consume your broccoli matters, and also suggests that teaming broccoli with broccoli sprouts may make the vegetable’s anti-cancer effect almost twice as powerful. “Broccoli, prepared correctly, is an extremely potent cancer-fighting agent—three to five servings a week are enough to have [...]

Researchers from the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain have demonstrated that the ingestion of trans-fats and saturated fats increase the risk of suffering depression, and that olive oil, on the other hand, protects against this mental illness. They have confirmed this after studying 12,059 SUN Project volunteers over the [...]

A study from the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg finds that exercise may help IBS sufferers. The study included 102 IBS patients between the ages of 18 and 65. Half the group was randomly allocated to increase their physical activity and the other half to maintain their usual lifestyle. Both groups received supportive phone calls [...]