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Diet News for December 17, 2006


Diet can halt breast cancer return (The Wichita Eagle) The first experiment ever to show that low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, with longer follow-up, that the benefit was almost exclusively to women whose tumor growth was not driven by hormones.
Diet products left on shelf as shoppers opt for healthy food (Independent) Weight-watchers are shunning "tasteless" diet products in favour of more normal food, suggests a survey of our shopping habits. An annual check on the brands shoppers buy shows sales of low-fat yoghurts, breads and ready meals have plunged.
The Flavor Point Diet (KFSN-TV Fresno) Jonathan Link lost 20 pounds and lowered his cholesterol in the last year. He says it's because of the flavors he chooses. "Now it's not a diet," he says. "It's the way that I eat; it's like a cookbook."
Vending snacks are diet disasters (News 14 Carolina) Trying to maintain a healthy diet can be a real challenge, especially if you're starving and the only food around is hanging in a vending machine. You're so hungry, and that ooey-gooey honey bun in looks like it would hit the spot. But that snack might as well be a double cheeseburger.
Americans hunger for nutrition, diet advice from the Internet (Denver Post) More Americans are turning to the Internet for nutrition and diet advice than ever before.
How Diet, Drugs Affect Cholesterol Varies From Person To Person (Medical News Today) Why is it that a particular diet or drug will lower one personā??s cholesterol levels and not anotherā??s? A new report by Harvard Medical School explains why one size doesnā??t fit all when it comes to lowering cholesterol and provides the lowdown on a variety of treatment options. [click link for full article]