News tagged with dietary protein

All weight gain is not the same: When overeating, calories, not protein, contribute to increase in body fat

In a study conducted among 25 healthy individuals living in a controlled setting who were randomized to overconsumption of different levels of protein diets, those consuming the low-protein diet had less weight gain compared ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Proteins linked to longevity may be involved in mood control

(Medical Xpress) -- Over the past decade, MIT biologist Leonard Guarente and others have shown that very-low-calorie diets provoke a comprehensive physiological response that promotes survival, all orchestrated by a set of ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Protein key to curbing overeating and preventing obesity

(Medical Xpress) -- Including enough protein in our diets, rather than simply cutting calories, is the key to curbing appetites and preventing excessive consumption of fats and carbohydrates, a new study from the University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies examine diet's role in prostate cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- A team of nutrition researchers and urologic surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Siteman Cancer Center is conducting two studies to investigate a potential link between ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Is the 'longevity gene' nearing the end of its life?

Sirtuins, proteins believed to significantly increase lifespan in a number of organisms – and the claimed target of some anti-ageing creams – do not, in fact, affect animal longevity, according to new research funded ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Abnormal activation of a protein may explain deadly link between high salt intake and obesity

Dietary salt intake and obesity are two important risk factors in the development of high blood pressure. Each packs its own punch, but when combined, they deliver more damage to the heart and kidneys than the sum of their ...

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created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein linked to Parkinson's disease may regulate fat metabolism

National Institutes of Health researchers have found that Parkin, an important protein linked with some cases of early-onset Parkinson's disease, regulates how cells in our bodies take up and process dietary fats.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover method to decrease harmful cyanogens and increase protein levels in key crop

Researchers working at The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have made an another advancement in their efforts to improve the root crop cassava which is a major source of calories to 700 million people ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lecithin component may reduce fatty liver, improve insulin sensitivity

A natural product called DLPC (dilauroyl phosphatidylcholine) increases sensitivity to insulin and reduces fatty liver in mice, leading Baylor College of Medicine researchers to believe it may provide a treatment for prediabetic ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dietary protein may reduce hip fractures in the elderly

Seniors who consume a higher level of dietary protein are less likely to suffer hip fractures than seniors whose daily dietary protein intake is less, according to a new study by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew ...

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created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Moderate amounts of protein per meal found best for building muscle

For thousands of years, people have believed that eating large amounts of protein made it easier to build bigger, stronger muscles. Take Milo of Croton, the winner of five consecutive Olympic wrestling championships in the ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New evidence that popular dietary supplement may help prevent, treat cataracts

Researchers are reporting evidence from tissue culture experiments that the popular dietary supplement carnosine may help to prevent and treat cataracts, a clouding of the lens of the eye that is a leading ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Component of vegetable protein may be linked to lower blood pressure

Consuming an amino acid commonly found in vegetable protein may be associated with lower blood pressure, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Survival mode that protects cells when oxygen is low also slows aging (w/Video)

A biochemical pathway that helps keep cells alive when oxygen is low also plays a role in longevity and resistance against some diseases of old age, according to a report to be published April 16 in the journal ...

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1