News tagged with caloric intake
Phytochemicals in plant-based foods could help battle obesity, disease
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The cheeseburger and French fries might look tempting, but eating a serving of broccoli or leafy greens first could help people battle metabolic processes that lead to obesity and heart disease, a new University ...
New links among alcohol abuse, depression, obesity in young women found
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.
New gadgets demystify metabolism; Find out how many calories your body burns
Jul 01, 2009 |
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And when she doesn't gain a pound -- ever -- there's only one thing to blame: her metabolism.
Eating less may not extend life
Jan 23, 2009 |
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If you are a mouse on the chubby side, then eating less may help you live longer.
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Dieting won't add many years to life
Aug 30, 2005 |
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Scientists have found severely cutting calories for decades may add a few years to a human life span, but won't enable humans to live to 125 years or more.
Study of flies raises doubts about fasting leading to longer lives
Jul 14, 2009 |
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They're called "fruit flies" for a reason, and it sure isn't for lack of appetite. But like most animals, the pests typically lose their appetite when they get infected. We humans go them one better: Even when bug-free and ...
Brain's 'sixth sense' for calories discovered
Mar 26, 2008 |
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The brain can sense the calories in food, independent of the taste mechanism, researchers have found in studies with mice. Their finding that the brain’s reward system is switched on by this “sixth sense” machinery could ...
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.
Intellectual work induces excessive calorie intake
Sep 04, 2008 |
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A Université Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. The details of this discovery, which could go some way to explaining the current obesity epidemic, ...
Want to lose weight? Try sleeping more
Jul 24, 2006 |
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If you want to lose weight, get more sleep. In a new article appearing in the current issue of Obesity Reviews, University of Michigan researcher Michael Sivak presents calculations showing that replacing one hour of ina ...
Glucose to glycerol conversion in long-lived yeast provides anti-aging effects
May 08, 2009 |
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Cell biologists have found a more filling substitute for caloric restriction in extending the life span of simple organisms. In a study published May 8 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, researchers from the Univer ...
Help your kidneys: Pass on salt and diet soda
Nov 01, 2009 |
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Individuals who consume a diet high in sodium or artificially sweetened drinks are more likely to experience a decline in kidney function, according to two papers being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's annual ...
Researcher finds reason for weight gain
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Liwei Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, is the lead author of a research paper showing that weight gain and obesity are more linked to ...
Chewing gum reduces snack cravings and decreases consumption of sweet snacks
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Men and women who chewed Extra® sugar-free gum three times hourly in the afternoon chose and consumed less snacks and specifically, less sweet snacks than they did when they did not chew gum. They still reached for a variety ...
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