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Whole Grain Intake in Relation to Body Weight: From Epidemiological Evidence to Clinical Trials
Eating whole grains regularly can help an individual to attain and maintain a healthy body weight. Obesity has been linked to the development of different chronic diseases, including cancer, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular ailments. This...
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Dietary fat and body weight control.
risk of weight gain and obesity. This research work was carried out to determine the relationship between dietary fat and body weight control. Researchers examined data from the National Weight Control Registry database and evidence from several...
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Dietary flavonoid intake and weight maintenance: three prospective cohorts of 124,086 US men and women followed for up to 24 years
study examined if there is a connection between consuming flavonoid from food sources and the maintenance of a healthy body weight. Researchers followed 124,086 US men and women for 24 years, monitoring their diets and body weight. Researchers noticed...
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Long-term effects of ad-libitum low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets on body weight and serum lipid in overweight subjects with metabolic syndrome.
diets (the LF-CC group), low-fat, simple carbohydrate diets (the LF-SC group), or a control diet for 6 months. The body weight, blood pressure, and plasma lipid levels of all the subjects were measured every 2 months throughout the duration of the...
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Effects of Dietary Pulse Consumption on Body Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Daily consumption of 1 serving of pulses may help an individual shed off excess weight. The objective of this meta-analysis was to synthesize data from previously published studies that examined the role dietary intake of pulses play in the promotion...
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High-Fiber Diets Reduce Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a growing global public health epidemic. The number of people suffering from diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014 worldwide. Sadly, this figure is expected to rise to about 642 million by 2040 . Type 2 diabetes...
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A low-fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
The serum concentrations of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), blood levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, body weight, and urinary concentrations of albumin were measured in each of the subject at the end of the dietary intervention....
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Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States.
of red and processed meats, low intake of fruits, vegetables, fiber, and dietary calcium, physical inactivity, excess body weight, ultra-violet radiation, and cancer-associated infections, were associated with 42% of all incident cancer cases (with the...
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Should We 'Eat a Rainbow'? An Umbrella Review of the Health Effects of Colorful Bioactive Pigments in Fruits and Vegetables
of fruits and vegetables and reduced risk of cancer, total mortality, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, healthy body weight, and lipid profile. This study recommends that filling our plates with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables may help keep...
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Fatty Foods May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Pancreatic cancer is a predominantly fatal form of cancer in adults. It is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and by 2020, it is expected to surpass colorectal cancer as the second leading cause of deaths from cancer...
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Can Lifestyle Choices Help Prevent Cancer?
According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) , an estimated 14.1 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed, and 8.2 million cancer deaths were recorded in 2012. And these numbers are expected to keep rising in the coming years....
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Weight Gain and Alcohol Drinking Associations with Breast Cancer Risk in Japanese Postmenopausal Women - Results from the Japan Collaborative Cohort (JACC) Study
of breast cancer, especially in overweight and obese women. This study examined the role alcohol consumption and body weight play in the development of breast cancer in women. Out of the 38,610 Japanese women who volunteered lifestyle and health...
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Crunching the Science on Juicing
Juicing fruits and vegetables was once considered the healthiest of the health trends. Many of us have invested in a juicer, and if we haven't, we probably know friends, family members, or coworkers who have. Those "into" juicing talk about all the...
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Stomach Emptying Device for Weight Control?
Back in the 1970s, the popular Carol Burnett Show did a recurring sketch making fun of daytime soap operas. The name of the parody, "As the Stomach Turns," was itself a playful poke at a popular afternoon soap of the era. Who would have guessed that...
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Starch-Smart® Community Site Launched
Become a Member: You are invited to join in our family-friendly community site for plant-based whole-food, low-fat, high-nutrient lifestyle education and encouragement through social networking, knowledge exchanging, recipe sharing, news feeds, member...
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Unscrambling the Truth About Eggs
Are eggs really that "incredible" or are the industry's marketing strategies "incredible?" You might be surprised to learn how big industries use clever marketing strategies to boost the sale of their products. One technique that Dr. John McDougall...
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Consuming Refined Sugar "AGES" Your Body
You may be familiar with the old saying "You're only as old as your arteries." As the saying implies, the number of candles on your birthday cake may represent your chronological age , but they don't necessarily represent your biological or vascular...
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RE: when should I stop taking my blood pressure medications?
or Upper airway resistance syndrome may not be able to safely discontinue BP meds despite weight loss down to an ideal body weight.
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RE: Bone Loss
I am a long-term WFPBNO eater who is, at age 57, probably in the osteopenic range due to my petite bones and lower body weight. (I have not undergone a DEXA in about 7 years). Calcium supplements will only harden our arteries. Calcium supplements will...
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RE: Starches converting to sugar--good/bad for cancer diet?
watercress.) But even though yams are not cruciferous vegetables, they help the cancer patient to maintain satiety and body weight, because they are more concentrated in calories than are the cruciferous green leafy vegetables. Starches are not bad for...
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