Category: Diet & Nutrition

  • Scientists Study How Intermittent Fasting Improves Liver Health and Helps Prevent Disease

    Scientists Study How Intermittent Fasting Improves Liver Health and Helps Prevent Disease

    Scientists are using the latest analytical tools to find out how intermittent fasting improves liver health and help prevent disease. Researchers at the University of Sydney used an analytical tool called multi-Omics to look at the effects of every-other-day-fasting in mice. Their results were published in the journal Cell Reports. Multi-Omics Every-other-day-fasting, where food is…

  • Technology Can Distract You During Mealtimes, Makes You Eat Less

    Technology Can Distract You During Mealtimes, Makes You Eat Less

    The use of technology during mealtimes can distract you and cause you to have decreased intake of your food. This finding was recently published in the Journal of Nutrition by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The researchers initially thought that being distracted by technology while having a meal would lead subjects to…

  • Eating Eggs in Moderation Not Associated With Cardiovascular Disease

    Eating Eggs in Moderation Not Associated With Cardiovascular Disease

    Eating eggs in moderation (up to 1 egg per day) is not associated with cardiovascular disease. This recent finding was published in the March 2020 issue of the journal The BMJ. Eggs are nutritious, being a good source of protein, iron and unsaturated fatty acids. They are also high in cholesterol. Thus, there have been…

  • Do Low Calorie Sweeteners Disrupt Your Metabolism?

    Do Low Calorie Sweeteners Disrupt Your Metabolism?

    Do low calorie sweeteners disrupt you metabolism? Results from studies have been conflicting. Some findings show that these low calorie sweeteners found in foods and beverages can alter your metabolism and even contribute to the development diabetes and obesity. Other studies have shown these sweeteners don’t affect metabolism and may even contribute to weight loss.…

  • Omega-3 Fats Do Not Protect Against Cancer, Say UK Researchers

    Omega-3 Fats Do Not Protect Against Cancer, Say UK Researchers

    Omega-3 fats are widely promoted as protecting people against cancer, but two recent papers dispute this notion. Researchers at the University of East Anglia in the UK found that increasing the consumption of omega-3 fats can slightly reduce deaths from coronary heart disease but also slightly increases the risk of prostate cancer. In the study,…

  • When You Eat Can Determine if Your Body Burns or Stores Fat

    When You Eat Can Determine if Your Body Burns or Stores Fat

    The timing of WHEN you eat can determine how much calories your body burns. Subjects who eat a late evening snack in place of breakfast actually burned less fat. The results were from a study by researchers at Vanderbilt University and published in the January 27, 2020 edition of the journal PLOS Biology. Your body…

  • Eat Less and You’ll Live Long, Be Healthier

    Eat Less and You’ll Live Long, Be Healthier

    Eating less food helps you live longer, decrease inflammation in your body and delay the onset of age-related diseases, according to a study published in the journal Cell on February 27, 2020 by researchers of the Salk Institute. Low calorie diets have been shown to increase the life span of lab animals in multiple previous…

  • A Big Breakfast Can Help You Burn Twice as Many Calories

    A Big Breakfast Can Help You Burn Twice as Many Calories

    WASHINGTON—People are looking for ways to lose weight and be healthier. What if just switching your largest meal of the day from dinner to breakfast can help you achieve this goal? Conventional belief is that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Now researchers have found that if you eat a big breakfast…