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Diet may reduce risk of prostate cancer
A new review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics assessed whether certain modifications in diet have a beneficial effect on the prevention of prostate cancer. Results suggest that a diet low in fat an ...
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Potential mechanisms for future anti-obesity drugs identified
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, identified the neurological and cellular signaling mechanisms that contribute to satiety — the sensation of feeling ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2011 |
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People with depression eat more chocolate, a mood food
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that women and men eat more chocolate as depressive symptoms increase, suggesting an association between mood and chocolate.
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Foraging for fat: Crafty crows use tools to fish for nutritious morsels
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Exeter have used CSI-style analysis to reveal the huge benefits conferred on New Caledonian crows through tool use. Their results give hard evidence of the huge ...
Sep 16, 2010 |
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'Starving' fat suppresses appetite
Peptides that target blood vessels in fat and cause them to go into programmed cell death (termed apoptosis) could become a model for future weight-loss therapies, say University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Food habits are more important than the most important obesity risk gene
The risk of becoming obese is 2.5 times higher for those who have double copies of the best known risk gene for overweight and obesity. However, this is only true if the fat consumption is high. A low fat diet neutralizes ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Energy requirements make Antarctic fur seal pups vulnerable to climate change
A new study suggests that climate change could pose a risk for Antarctic fur seals in their first few months of life.
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Winter diets? The secret is to chill the extremities
It is well known that large mammals living in temperate climates lower their metabolism in winter. But does this represent a mechanism for coping with less food or is it merely a consequence of having less to eat? For the ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Maternal fructose intake impacts female and male fetuses differently
A recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports for the first time that maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in fetal and neonat ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Taking more steps every day can help ward off diabetes
Simply taking more steps every day not only helps ward off obesity but also reduces the risk of diabetes, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Winter sports threaten indigenous mountain birds
In the winter months, the mountain ranges of central Europe attract thousands of tourists for skiing, snowboarding and other outdoor sports, but conservationists fear this annual invasion may threaten indigenous bird species, ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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DGAC report offers food and nutrition practitioners insights on helping combat obesity epidemic
In an insightful Commentary in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Chair of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and Profes ...
Oct 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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Maintaining energy balance during races may protect cyclists' bones, researcher says
The recent start of the North American cycling season marks the beginning of a physically demanding time for elite and professional bicycle racers who participate in multi-day stage races. Previous research ...
May 05, 2010 |
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Lemurs lose weight with 'life-extending' supplement
The anti-obesity properties of resveratrol have been demonstrated for the first time in a primate. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Physiology studied the compound, generated naturally by pla ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 22, 2010 |
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