News tagged with dietary fat


Fat-free diet reduces liver fat in fat-free mice

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered crucial clues about a paradoxical disease in which patients with no body fat develop many of the health complications usually found in obese people.





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High-fat diets inflame fat tissue around blood vessels, contribute to heart disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to cardiovascular ...


Discovery could help fight human obesity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A Texas AgriLife Research scientist and fellow researchers have discovered that arginine, an amino acid, reduces fat mass in diet-induced obese rats and could help fight human obesity.


Reducing intake of dietary fat prevents prostate cancer in mice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...


Children with healthier diets do better in school

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 20, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

A new study in the Journal of School Health reveals that children with healthy diets perform better in school than children with unhealthy diets.


Low-fat diet possibly linked to lower risk of ovarian cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 09, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A low-fat diet may decrease the risk of ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a study published online October 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Scientists reveal key enzyme in fat absorption

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found that a key enzyme involved in absorbing fat may also be a key to reducing it. The enzyme, acyl CoA: monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 or ...


Drinking milk may help ease the pressure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Women who drank more fat free milk and had higher intakes of calcium and vitamin D from foods, and not supplements, tended to have a lower risk for developing hypertension or high blood pressure, according to a new study ...


Dietary fat linked to pancreatic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

High intake of dietary fats from red meat and dairy products was associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study published online June 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Do national dietary guidelines do more harm than good?

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created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For nearly three decades, Americans have become accustomed to hearing about the latest dietary guidelines, which are required by federal regulation to be revised and reissued at five-year intervals.


Diet may reduce risk of prostate cancer

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created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

A new review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics assessed whether certain modifications in diet have a beneficial effect on the prevention of prostate cancer. Results suggest that a diet low in fat an ...



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