Search results for dietary fiber
Diabetics on high-fiber diets might need extra calcium
Mar 24, 2009 |
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The amount of calcium your body absorbs might depend, in part, on the amount of dietary fiber you consume.
Regular family meals result in better eating habits for adolescents
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Good eating habits can result when families eat together. In the March/April 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers from the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota report on one ...
Children with healthier diets do better in school
Mar 20, 2008 |
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A new study in the Journal of School Health reveals that children with healthy diets perform better in school than children with unhealthy diets.
Reducing sugar and increasing fiber intake may improve diabetes risk factors in Latino teens
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Reducing sugar intake by the equivalent of one can of soda per day and increasing fiber intake by the amount equivalent to one half cup of beans per day appears to improve risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes in Latino ...
Young adults need to make more time for healthy meals
Jan 06, 2009 |
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As adolescents mature into young adults, increasing time constraints due to school or work can begin to impact eating habits in a negative way. In a study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Di ...
Most with high blood pressure do not follow recommended diet
Feb 11, 2008 |
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A relatively small proportion of individuals with hypertension (high blood pressure) eat diets that align with government guidelines for controlling the disease, according to a report in the February 11 issue of Archives ...
Most with high blood pressure do not follow recommended diet
Feb 11, 2008 |
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A relatively small proportion of individuals with hypertension (high blood pressure) eat diets that align with government guidelines for controlling the disease, according to a report in the February 11 issue of Archives ...
Diet may cut risk of breast cancer recurrence in women without hot flashes
Dec 16, 2008 |
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A secondary analysis of a large, multicenter clinical trial has shown that a diet loaded with fruits, vegetables and fiber and somewhat lower in fat compared to standard federal dietary recommendations cuts the risk of recurrence ...
Researchers working on a way to make snack foods with extra fiber
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Trying to get more fiber in your diet? Munching on cookies or tortillas probably doesn't come to mind. But a Kansas State University researcher is experimenting with ways to add fiber to the foods we love without changing ...
Low-glycemic diet shows greater improvement in glycemic control than high-fiber diet
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Persons with type 2 diabetes who had a diet high in low-glycemic foods such as nuts, beans and lentils had greater improvement in glycemic control and risk factors for coronary heart disease than persons on a diet with an ...
Diet key to blood pressure
Feb 06, 2009 |
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If you're like many Americans, your blood pressure has crept up as you've gotten older. But it doesn't have to. Our lifestyle has an impact on blood pressure; in fact, in parts of the world where people still live as their ...
Nuisance or nutrient? Kudzu shows promise as a dietary supplement
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States, may sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists in Alabama and Iowa are reporting the first evidence ...
High-glycemic index carbohydrates associated with risk for developing type 2 diabetes in women
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Eating foods high on the glycemic index, which measures the effect of carbohydrates on blood glucose levels, may be associated with the risk for developing type 2 diabetes in Chinese women and in African-American women, according ...
Reducing intake of dietary fat prevents prostate cancer in mice
May 15, 2008 |
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Scientists with UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center and the Department of Urology have showed that lowering intake of the type of fat common in a Western diet helps prevent prostate cancer in mice, the first finding of its kind ...
Scientists find molecular trigger that helps prevent aging and disease
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging scientists for years: How do dietary restriction—and the reverse, overconsumption—produce protective effects against aging ...
