Diet News for December 20, 2006
|
Healthy Reads | 'The Diet Detective's Count Down' (Miami Herald)
If you're a calorie counter, you need The Diet Detective's Count Down. It not only tells you how many calories are in a large order of McDonald's french fries (570), it provides stats on how many minutes you'd have to walk (147), run (61), bike (81), swim (69) do yoga (194) or dance (97) to burn off those calories. The book also lists carb and fat content for 7,500 foods and beverages including ... |
New food pyramid points to a better diet (Detroit Free Press)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new and improved food guide pyramid -- called MyPyramid -- is helping Americans young and old to better understand how to eat healthfully, dietitians say. The pyramid features vertical bands (rather than the old horizontal pyramid sections) in six colors to represent different food groups and types. |
High protein diet can be good for the heart (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Washington, Dec 20 (ANI): Traditionally high-protein diets are heart killers, clogging the arteries with saturated fat from meat, eggs, and cheese, but according to a report from Harvard Medical School, a large study shows that there is such a thing as a heart-healthy high-protein diet that can lower harmful LDL cholesterol and blood pressure. The diet described in Healthy Eating: A Guide to the ... |
People in the News: Thinner Idol thinks big: A state diet plan (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Ruben Studdard spearheads diet plan ... Aaron Carter finds love, again ... Star Jones tones down her diva act ... Tawny Kitaen enters rehab. |
A High-Protein Diet Can Be Good For The Heart, From Harvard Medical School (Medical News Today)
Traditional high-protein diets are heart killers, clogging the arteries with saturated fat from meat, eggs and cheese. But, according to a report from Harvard Medical School, a large study shows that there is such a thing as a heart-healthy high-protein diet that can lower harmful LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure. [click link for full article] |
High protein diet can be good for the heart (New Kerala)
Washington, Dec 20 : Traditionally high-protein diets are heart killers, clogging the arteries with saturated fat from meat, eggs, and cheese, but according to a report from Harvard Medical School, a large study shows that there is such a thing as a heart-healthy high-protein diet that can lower harmful LDL cholesterol and blood pressure. |
Mexican soda lovers spared tax (CNN.com)
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) -- A proposed tax on fizzy drinks has caused a stir in Mexico, which quaffs more Coca-Cola products per capita than any other nation and has adopted soda alongside tacos and chiles into the national diet. |
Scientists link weight to gut bacteria (AP via Yahoo! News)
Maybe it's germs that are making you fat. Researchers found a strong connection between obesity and the levels of certain types of bacteria in the gut. That could mean that someday there will be novel new ways of treating obesity that go beyond the standard advice of diet and exercise. |
YouTube helps nab Canadian murder suspect (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The website YouTube that showed us air guitar impresarios, Diet Coke explosions, and nine months of gestation in 20 seconds, has helped catch a suspected killer, Canadian police say. |
Copyright ©2005-2007
Contact The
|
|
