…, it’s stayed off – and my sugar cravings vanished.” Natasha Corrett continued on the alkaline diet after the 21 days were up and lost 28 lbs in a few months, taking her from a size 12 to a size 8. “I love food and I hate to deprive myself, so I created alkaline recipes of my favorite foods. I love really succulent chocolate brownies so I made them without sugar, salt, wheat or gluten.” All…
…essure and can lead to heart disease and stroke, but it can also cause cancer. The recommended daily limit is 6 g, about a level teaspoonful, but the World Cancer Research Fund said people were eating 8.6 g a day. WCRF estimated that 14% of cases, around 800, could be avoided if everyone stuck to their 6 g a day. Too much salt is bad for blood pressure and can lead to heart disease and stroke, bu…
cells. Popcorn was found to have a high level of concentrated antioxidants because it is made up of just 4% water while they are more diluted in fruits and vegetables because they are made up of up to 90% water. Researchers discovered one serving of popcorn has up to 300 mg of antioxidants – nearly double the 160 mg for all fruits per serving. They also found that the crunchy hulls of the po…
…al cause of stomach ulcers: about three in 20 people infected with it develop a stomach ulcer. Now research has also linked the bacterium to bleeding from aspirin. In a study by Nottingham University, 60% of patients who suffered internal bleeding while taking low-dose aspirin tested positive for the bacterium (H.pylori is detected using a breath test). The researchers explained: “Our hypothesis i…
aid their analysis found a linear association between dietary fibre and colorectal cancer. “The more of this fibre you eat the better it is. Even moderate amounts have some effect.” Adding 3 servings (90 g per day) of whole grains to diets was linked to a 20% reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer, researchers said. Cancer Research UK data shows that the lifetime risk of being diag…
…d Mattes from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and his colleagues found that when they fed volunteers a regular lunch of all-you-can-eat macaroni and cheese, they ate an average of 785 or 821 calories of it, depending on the day. When the same participants started a meal with fresh and dried fruit, then went on to the main course, they ended up eating 678 calories of lunch, the fruit…
nt of lycopene in their blood. There were 25 strokes in the 258 men in the low lycopene group and 11 strokes out of the 259 men in the high lycopene group. The study said the risk of stroke was cut by 55% by having a diet rich in lycopene. Dr. Jouni Karppi, from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, said: “This study adds to the evidence that a diet high in fruits and vegetables is as…
…gher-fat dressings help the body absorb more carotenoids, compounds in vegetables linked with a reduced risk of illnesses including cancer and heart disease. Researchers from Iowa State University fed 29 people salads dressed with butter, high in saturated fat, canola oil for monounsaturated fat, and corn oil for polyunsaturated fat. Each salad was dished up with 3 grams, 8 grams or 20 grams of fa…
…estigated the strength of protection from flavonoids, a class of antioxidant compounds present in fruits, vegetables, dark chocolate and red wine. The study used 14 years of follow-up data provided by 69,622 women who reported their food intake, including details on fruit and vegetable consumption every four years. The research team examined the relationship of the six main subclasses of flavonoid…
…ol and blood sugar levels. Marla Heller says that although the DASH diet is not designed to be an aggressive weight-loss regime, and results will vary from person to person, people tend to lose around 5 lb in the first two weeks – and between 10 lb and 35 lb over a period of two months. So what are the key things you need to change about your eating habits to see results before Christmas? Fi…
…ure levels and the risk of stroke As a result, the World Health Organization has issued its first guidelines on potassium intake, recommending that adults should consume more than 4 g of potassium (or 90 to 100 mmol) per day. The BMJ study on the effects of potassium intake, produced by scientists from the UN World Food Programme, Imperial College London and Warwick Medical School, among others, l…
…ut about halfway,” she explains. “Tie a piece of string around your stomach at that point and keep it there all day.” This ensures you’re working your abdominal muscles and not letting them get slack. 5. High heels You wouldn’t believe it from looking at super-slim stiletto lovers like Victoria Beckham, but high heels can give you a pot belly. That’s the opinion of personal trainer Dax Moy, who th…
For people seeking to do their best to avoid any embarrassing expulsion of gas during Christmas lunch, Sainsbury’s supermarket has produced a handy table of the most fart-prompting vegetables. The worst offender is the Jerusalem artichoke, beating, surprisingly, the much-condemned Brussels sprout, which came in third. Second was the parsnip with cabbage in fourth and cauliflower in fifth. A spoke…
ple, salmon and avocado.” Both foods are high in fat (the good, heart-healthy kind) and calories. An avocado contains 275 calories and a salmon steak contains around 170 calories (compared with around 90 in a cod fillet). “But you’ll never get fat eating avocado and salmon,” says James Duigan. “For a start, they contain omega 3 fatty acids, which as well as being heart-friendly, also help your bod…
Eating cruciferous vegetables such as sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower at least once a week can cut the risk of developing a variety of cancers. Those who ate them at least weekly cut the risk of mouth cancer and breast cancer by almost a fifth and oesophageal cancer by more than a quarter, a study has found. The research linked poor diet with the fatal disease with around a third of all cases o…
The latest secret to Jennifer Aniston’s perfect body has been revealed. Jennifer Aniston, 43, is said to be an ardent fan of a new $8 “wonder” smoothie – and drinks nothing else on one day every week. A source told Grazia magazine: “The drink is made up of fresh, organic vegetables. Beetroot, cucumbers, spinach, garlic, carrots, celery and kale.” According to the source, Jennifer Anis…
British naturopath and nutritionist Max Tomlinson teaches us how to fight against the stubborn fat deposits in his new book, “Target Your Fat Spots: How To Banish Your Bulges”. For the past 25 years, Max Tomlinson is been running a successful fat spot reduction programme at his London clinic, targeting what he calls the “weird, disproportionate fat deposits” that frustrate so many of his clients….
recently swallowed a doe the size of a child. An autopsy was conducted at Everglades National Park by Skip Snow, a python specialist who said the reptile had a girth of 44 inches (112 cm) with the 5st 6lb (35 kg) deer inside its stomach. Skip Snow told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “This is clearly an extreme event. “It shows you they can eat huge things. “The Burmese python &#…
…the superabsorbent covering is made from chitosan, a substance derived from shrimp and crab shells “We found that by spraying green bananas with a chitosan aerogel we can keep bananas fresh for up to 12 days,” said study leader Dr. Xihong Li from Tianjin University of Science and Technology in China. Supermarket bananas could soon be coated with a substance derived from seafood to keep them fres…
According to researchers at Stanford University, eating organic food will not make you healthier, although it could cut your exposure to pesticides. They looked at more than 200 studies of the content and associated health gains of organic and non-organic foods. Overall, there was no discernible difference between the nutritional content, although the organic food was 30% less likely to contain p…
…21; he says. Still, Rom Mendel speculates the small gains could result in a loss of 10 lbs over a year. “I wouldn’t say it was going to replace me exercising and make up for me from eating 4-5 donuts a day,” he says. “But if you just make that one change, over a significant amount of time, it could add up to something.” Dr. Tim Garvey is skeptical that the change in…
…is is the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) number. It compares the antioxidant with a standard substance called trolox – itself an antioxidant. Cranberries, for example, have an ORAC level of 8,983, which is related to the number of molecules of trolox that would have the same antioxidant strength. Taken in isolation, the number is pretty meaningless, but it makes it possible to compare d…
eat at a table?” and “Do you cut up fruit and vegetables for your child to eat?” The study found 656 families said they always ate meals together at a table, 768 sometimes did, while 92 families never did so. Children in the “always” group ate five portions of fruit and vegetables, compared with 4.6 in the “sometimes” group and 3.3 in the “never̶…
…ebuds German researchers revealed last month that obese children have a less sensitive sense of taste than children of normal weight. A study published in the Archives Of Disease In Childhood observed 99 obese children and 94 of normal weight aged between six and 18. It found that obese children found it significantly more difficult to tell one taste sensation from another, and to identify the tas…
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