News tagged with diet drinks

Study shows pregnant mother's diet impacts infant's sense of smell

A major new study shows that a pregnant mother's diet not only sensitizes the fetus to those smells and flavors, but physically changes the brain directly impacting what the infant eats and drinks in the future.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher blood pressure

Soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages such as fruit drinks are associated with higher blood pressure levels in adults, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researcher finds reason for weight gain

Liwei Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, is the lead author of a research paper showing that weight gain and obesity are more linked to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Binge drinking youths find getting old a drag

Young men who believe that happiness declines with age are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors such as binge drinking. Their misguided negative view of the aging process may act as a disincentive to behave 'sensibly' ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0