Too fat to live in New Zealand
If campaigns to promote more healthful eating are ineffective, how else might society address the obesity epidemic? MailOnline reports that...
Reassessing fried foods and heart disease risk
Researchers in Spain assessed the association between eating fried foods and the risk of coronary heart disease.
Review: Broad benefits with the Mediterranean diet
A couple of years ago, researchers at the University of Florence, in Italy, reviewed the effects of the Mediterranean diet...
Lower risk of diabetes with the Mediterranean diet
Researchers in Spain report the results of the PREDIMED-Reus Nutrition intervention study.
Benefits of healthy living and the Mediterranean diet
Researchers at Maastricht University Medical Centre, in the Netherlands, looked for an association with total mortality and premature death.
Olive oil and the risk of stroke
Researchers at INSERM in Bordeaux, France, studied whether high olive oil consumption, and high oleic acid blood levels (an indirect...
Best diets
U.S. News evaluated and ranked 20 diets with input from a panel of health experts.
Dietary choices and the risk of heart disease
Researchers from the Population Health Research Institute, in Ontario, Canada evaluated the effects of dietary options on the risk of...
Diet and the risk of colorectal cancer
Researchers at Simmons College, in Boston compared the Alternate Mediterranean Diet (aMed) and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)...
Environmental factors that increase wheezing in children
Dr. Gordon Bloomberg is professor of pediatrics in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine at Washington University School...
Should you drink milk to lose weight?
Researchers from the US and Israel studied the effects of dairy calcium and vitamin D for weight loss.
Benefits of a Mediterranean type diet in diabetic people
Following a diet that is moderately rich in carbohydrates and dietary fiber, and with a low glycemic index improves cholesterol...
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Ranking diet and exercise to manage high cholesterol
Dr. Robert Kelly (photo) is associate director and curriculum coordinator for the Fairview Hospital /Cleveland Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program....
Value of a cholesterol-lowering diet for hypercholesterolemia
A cholesterol-lowering diet has been suggested as a management approach — independently or in addition to drug therapy — in...
Benefits of soy added to diet and exercise in postmenopausal women
Researchers from the Central University Hospital, in Oviedo, Spain report reduced insulin resistance in certain postmenopausal women. It’s important because...
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Treating kids with high cholesterol
Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics published guidelines for screening children for high cholesterol blood levels. Now, researchers from the...
Mediterranean diet and risk of stroke
Researchers from Boston report that it lowers the risk of stroke as well as coronary heart disease.
Mediterranean diet to delay dementia
Elderly individuals who follow a Mediterranean diet are less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (dementia) and to convert from...
A Mediterranean Diet Can Reduce Mortality In Women
The following is a guest article. According to an eight-year long study published in The New England Journal of Medicine,...
Lowering cholesterol using a plant-based diet
Current guidelines recommend diet as first-line therapy to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. But what constitutes an optimal dietary...