From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Low-carbohydrate diets became a major weight loss and health maintenance trend during the late 1990s and early 2000s.[1][2][3] While their popularity has waned recently from its peak, they remain popular.[4][5] This diet trend has stirred major controversies in the medical and nutritional sciences communities and, as yet, there is not a general consensus […]
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Posted on June 24, 2014 The original lipid hypothesis stated, more or less, that lowering blood cholesterol would reduce premature mortality from heart disease. At the time, it was thought that dietary cholesterol and saturated fat increased the ‘bad’ type of blood cholesterol, so the advice was to restrict those foods. All of that was wrong. Lipid […]
June 20, 2014 8:26 AM MST The low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet can replace chemotherapy and radiation for even the deadliest of cancers, said Dr. Thomas Seyfried, a leading cancer researcher and professor at Boston College. In an exclusive interview, Dr. Seyfried discussed why the ketogenic diet has not been embraced by the medical […]
Calorie Gate Posted on June 17, 2014 Marion Nestle says that the best way to measure calories is to step on a scale. So, lessee. I stepped on the scale and I weigh 160 pounds. If I’m 55% water (hooray, no calories there!), and 4% minerals (wait, does calcium have calories?), and then 13% protein […]
MEDICAL NEWS | PHYSICIAN’S FIRST WATCH June 12, 2014 By Kelly Young Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Higher protein intake is associated with reduced stroke risk, according to a meta-analysis in Neurology. Researchers assessed the results of seven prospective cohort studies in roughly 250,000 participants. During a median follow-up of 14 […]
Authors: Maekawa S, Kawahara T, Nomura R, Murase T, Ann Y, Oeholm M, Harada M Published Date June 2014 Volume 2014:7 Pages 195 – 201 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S62681 DovePress Journal Background: In recent years, the number of people with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) has increased steadily worldwide. It is clear that the prevention of diabetes is […]
Authors: Z. Zhang, G. Xu, F. Yang, W. Zhu, X. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24920855 Neurology, June 2014 BACKGROUND: Stroke is a major cause of death and permanent disability worldwide. Therefore, primary prevention of stroke is of utmost importance. Lifestyle factors have important roles in stroke prevention, and dietary protein intake has received great interest. METHODS: The meta-analysis included seven prospective […]
The Telegraph HOME»HEALTH»HEALTH NEWS Story Source Eating full fat yogurt daily can reduce the risk of obesity by almost a fifth, research has suggested By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor7:45AM BST 31 May 2014 Eating full-fat yogurt daily could help you lose weight faster than eating low fat yogurt, surprising new research has shown. People who […]
The New York Times By DAVID S. LUDWIG and MARK I. FRIEDMAN MAY 16, 2014 Full Story FOR most of the last century, our understanding of the cause of obesity has been based on immutable physical law. Specifically, it’s the first law of thermodynamics, which dictates that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. When it comes to […]
Published: May 21, 2014 By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. ORLANDO — A diet rich in complex carbohydrates and fiber had a […]
A prospective cohort study American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 05/16/2014 Rebello SA, et al. – In this study, researchers assessed whether intakes of total carbohydrates, different types of carbohydrates, and their food sources were associated with IHD mortality in a Chinese population. They concluded that in this Asian population with high carbohydrate intake, the total amount […]
Authors: Lena Jonasson, Hans Guldbrand, Anna K. Lundberg & Fredrik H. Nystrom Ann Med. May 2014 http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/07853890.2014.894286 BACKGROUND: Inflammation may play an important role in type-2 diabetes. It has been proposed that dietary strategies can help control inflammation, which can increase the risk of many conditions, such as heart disease. METHODS: The authors investigated the effects of […]
Published on Mar 7, 2014 Nina Teicholz is the author of the forthcoming book, The Big Fat Surprise (Simon & Schuster 2014), which makes the argument that modern nutrition science, over the past 60 years, has been wrong about dietary fat. She argues that eating fat is essential to good health, and that the saturated […]
The Wall Street Journal By NINA TEICHOLZ Updated May 6, 2014 10:25 a.m. ET “Saturated fat does not cause heart disease”—or so concluded a big study published in March in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. How could this be? The very cornerstone of dietary advice for generations has been that the saturated fats in […]
Investigators find something fishy with classical evidence for dietary fish recommendation Oily fish are currently recommended as part of a heart healthy diet. This guideline is partially based on the landmark 1970s study from Bang and Dyerberg that connected the low incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) among the Eskimos of Greenland to their diet, […]
Fans of the documentary FAT HEAD are already aware of Tom’s gift for taking complex information and making it both amusing and understandable. Drawing on his unique background as a health writer, researcher, filmmaker and standup comedian, Tom’s lectures leave audiences simultaneously laughing, informed, and outraged at the load of bologna that passes for modern […]
Diabetes Care, 04/24/2014 Clinical Article Rock CL, et al. – The weight loss program resulted in greater weight loss and improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. Methods This randomized controlled trial at two university medical centers enrolled 227 overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes and assigned them to parallel in-person diet and […]
Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jul;100(1):27-35. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.081216. Epub 2014 Apr 30. Juanola-Falgarona M Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Low-glycemic index (GI) diets have been proven to have beneficial effects in such chronic conditions as type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and some types of cancer, but the effect of low-GI diets on weight loss, satiety, and […]