Fat, Dietary

Study: Reduce obesity, blood pressure by cutting carbs instead of fats

A unique head-to-head trial of low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets in people with chronic diseases such as hypertension revealed that while both regimens helped people…    

For some women, trans fats could be deadly

For women with heart disease, eating too many artery-clogging trans fats may increase their risk of dying suddenly from cardiac arrest, a new…    

Kids should get moving to avoid obesity

Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn’t appear to have a…    

Movie popcorn plus soda can equal 3 McDonald’s burgers

Moviegoers who tuck into a medium popcorn and a soft drink could be eating the equivalent of three McDonald’s quarter-pounder burgers topped with a…    

Mood improves on low-fat, but not low-carb diet

A low-fat diet seems to boost dieters’ mood more than a low-carbohydrate diet, Australian researchers have found.

Very low-carbohydrate diets are…    

Role of dietary fat in eye disease complex

How much fat you eat—and what kind—may affect your risk of age-related vision loss, new research shows.

The researchers studied the role…    

Mediterranean diet tops low-fat diet for diabetics

A low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a typical low-fat, calorie-restricted diet for diabetes management, according to a study released Monday.

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Whole Grains = Whole Health

As the days get longer and we inch closer to bathing-suit season, health often takes a back burner to fad diets.

Lona…    

In serious debt? You’re also more likely obese

People who are heavily in debt are more likely to be heavy themselves, too, according to new research from Germany.

“Overindebted”…    

Daylight could help control our weight

Exciting research into Brown adipose tissue (BAT) — brown fat, which is found in abundance in hibernating animals and newborn babies — could lead…    

Caltech researchers pinpoint neurons that control obesity in fruit flies

A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have pinpointed two groups of neurons in fruit fly brains that have the…    

Do high-fat diets make us stupid and lazy?

Short-term memory getting worse? Exercise getting harder? Examine your diet. New research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) showed that in less…    

High-fat diet affects physical and memory abilities of rats after 9 days

Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days,…    

New York restaurants nearly all trans-fat-free

Two years after New York City declared war on artificial trans fats, nearly all city restaurants had successfully cut the artery-clogging fats from…    

Young Black Women Prone to Gain More Unhealthy Abdominal Fat than Hispanics

Black women ages 20 to 29 are more prone to pack on unhealthy abdominal and visceral fat than Hispanic women the same age, and…    

Widely Used Body Fat Measurements Overestimate Fatness in Blacks

The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results, which were presented at…    

Adults, Especially Women, Have Calorie-Burning “Brown Fat”

Keeping your baby fat turns out to be a good thing, as long as it is “brown fat”—the kind that burns calories, according to…    

Hormone Therapy Plus Physical Activity Reduce Belly Fat, Body Fat Percentage after Menopause

Older women who take hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms may get the added benefit of reduced body fat if they are physically active,…    

Some baby foods worse than junk food: survey

Some baby foods contain as much sugar and saturated fats as chocolate biscuits or cheeseburgers, a British food pressure group said on Monday.

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Maternal personality affects child’s eating habits

Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the…    

Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store…    

Calcium plus vitamin D may help shed body fat

Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements may help overweight women to lose body fat, but only if their calcium intake from food is…    

Healthy diet, exercise ward off deep belly fat

People who follow a healthy diet and regularly exercise tend to have less abdominal fat, including those deep layers of belly fat that are…    

Researchers find gene that turns carbs into fat

U.S. researchers have found a gene responsible for turning a plate of pasta into fat, offering new clues about how the body metabolizes…    

Going Vegetarian? With A Little Planning, It’s Easier than Ever

There’s more to being a vegetarian than cutting meat from the menu. The February issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource offers suggestions for a…