News tagged with diets high
Pancreatic cancers use fructose, common in the Western diet, to fuel their growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pancreatic cancers use the sugar fructose, very common in the Western diet, to activate a key cellular pathway that drives cell division, helping the cancer to grow more quickly, a study by ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Alzheimer's researchers find high protein diet shrinks brain
One of the many reasons to pick a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish is that a host of epidemiological studies have suggested that such a diet may delay the onset or slow the progression of Alzheimer's ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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'American Diet' v. Atkins Diet
(PhysOrg.com) -- If people can learn anything from rats, what to eat might be one of the most useful lessons. University of South Florida Professor David Diamond, in the Departments of Psychology, Molecular ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Low-carb diets linked to atherosclerosis and impaired blood vessel growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even as low-carbohydrate/high-protein diets have proven successful at helping individuals rapidly lose weight, little is known about the diets' long-term effects on vascular health.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Benefit of grapes may be more than skin deep
Can a grape-enriched diet prevent the downhill sequence of heart failure after years of high blood pressure?
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Colon cancer shuts down receptor that could shut it down
Though a high-fiber diet has long been considered good for you and beneficial in staving off colon cancer, Medical College of Georgia researchers have discovered a reason why: roughage activates a receptor ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Life expectancy of severely mentally ill dramatically reduced due to poor physical health
Physical ill-health is rife among the severely mentally ill in Britain, according to new research published today by the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Carbohydrate restriction may slow prostate tumor growth
Restricting carbohydrates, regardless of weight loss, appears to slow the growth of prostate tumors, according to an animal study being published this week by researchers in the Duke Prostate Center.
May 26, 2009 |
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Low carbohydrate diet may reverse kidney failure in people with diabetes
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time determined that the ketogenic diet, a specialized high-fat, low carbohydrate diet, may reverse impaired kidney function in people with Type 1 and Type ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 20, 2011 |
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High-fructose corn syrup in soda has much more fructose than advertised, study finds
High-fructose corn syrup is often singled out as Food Enemy No. 1 because it has become ubiquitous in processed foods over about the last 30 years -- a period that coincides with a steep rise in obesity. One of the primary ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Brazil official urges more sex for better health
(AP) -- Brazil's health minister has a remedy for the nation's high-blood- pressure problem: More sex.
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Diet when young affects future food responses
A high protein diet during development primes the body to react unhealthily to future food binges. A study on juvenile rats, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism, suggests that lastin ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Overwhelmed by diet tips? Change your environment first, study advises
Overwhelmed by tons of daily diet advice? If only we knew which diet tips to follow.
May 01, 2010 |
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DASH eating plan lowers long-term heart attack risk, especially among African-Americans
The DASH eating plan, known to reduce blood pressure and bad cholesterol, also reduces the 10-year risk of heart attack, especially among African-Americans, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Qu ...
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Panel recommends expanding use of stomach bands
(AP) -- About 12 million more obese Americans could soon qualify for surgery to implant a small, flexible stomach band designed to help them lose weight by dramatically limiting their food intake. The Food ...
Dec 04, 2010 |
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