Diet News for November 16, 2006
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Histories: Dr Diet's recipe for health (New Scientist)
In 1725, Dr George Cheyne was suffering severe headaches, nasty gout, and his weight had rocketed to 32 stone - yet he was the diet guru of the day |
Tomato diet kills six-stone model (Times Online)
For advice on healthy eating, click here A YOUNG model who lived on a diet of apples and tomatoes has died of anorexia on the eve of an international photoshoot.... |
Diet Can Provide Protection Against Development Of Certain Cancers, New Studies Show (Science Daily)
With cancer, researchers don't believe "you are what you eat"; that disease is always a direct result of what is, or what isn't, on your dinner plate. But studies into the association between diet and cancer show that food can have an impact in preventing cancer, or in reducing the aggressiveness of the disease. |
Acid Alkaline Balance Diet: Fact Or Fiction? (WCBS-TV New York)
Felicia Drury Kliment is not a doctor, or a scientist, or a dietician. She was a science teacher who also had acid reflux disease. Then she had an epiphany and wrote "The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet." In a nutshell, she believes that when it comes to diet, there are two types of people: Meat eaters and grain eaters. |
A New Maternal Diet Study Presented By Children's Hospital And Research Center-Oakland (Medical News Today)
A new study by scientists at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is the first to show that a mother's diet during pregnancy influences the health of her grandchildren by changing the behavior of a specific gene. The study was conducted using mice of an unique strain called "viable yellow agouti" also known as Avy in scientific terms. [click link for full article] |
Studies reaffirm diet's role in cancer prevention (WTHR Indianapolis)
On the heels of a big study this week linking red meat with breast cancer comes more evidence that diet can play a major role in cancer prevention. At a conference in Boston researchers presented several studies that indicate what you eat can affect your chances of developing certain cancers. |
New Links Detailed Between Diet, Cancer Risk (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
THURSDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- What you choose to eat might determine your risk of developing some common cancers. |
As Greeks lean toward Western diet, obesity rises (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Greeks are ignoring their traditionally healthy diet and suffering higher rates of obesity and related illnesses such as diabetes, medical groups warned yesterday. |
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