Category: Diet

Diet

Olive Oil Salad Dressing Beats Fat-Free and Ranch

  Your choice of salad dressing helps determine the amount of antioxidants your body absorbs from a salad, according to a study published in the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research….

Diet Heart & Vascular Health

Diet and Blood Pressure

In a recent study, adults with elevated blood pressure substituted a portion of their calories with either protein or carbohydrates. They were given either three 20 gram protein shakes or…

Diet

Supplementing the Standard American Diet

  A  study based on data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey has concluded that the American diet short in a variety of nutrients. 97% of Americans…

Cognitive Diet

A Sugary Diet Could Wipe Out Memory

In a study at the University of California Los Angeles, scientists provided one set of rats with plain water to drink while offering another set of rats exclusively water sweetened…

Children Diet Weight Loss

Healthy Kids Drink Water With Meals

According to research published in the journal Appetite this year, children prefer drinking soda when eating salty, high fat food like fast food, even as early as the preschool years. …

Diet Mood Support

Fried Food, Trans Fats Promote Aggression

  Researchers assessed the connection between diet and aggression in a study involving 945 men and women.  They found link between the amount of dietary trans fats consumed and the…

Children Cognitive Diet

Omega-3 Fish Oil In Kids Boosts Mental Function, Omega-6 Lowers Cognitive Function

In a 2011 study published in the journal Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, scientists looked at a group of 4,000 American children ages 6 to 16 to determine a possible link…

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