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New dietary guidelines limit sugar, rethink cholesterol

New dietary guidelines limit sugar, rethink cholesterol

30/05/16
The 2015 guidelines recommend a “healthy eating pattern” with limited sugar and saturated fat, less salt and more vegetables and whole grains. The guidelines are revised every five years, and the draft version of this year’s guide came in months ago at more than 500 pages. The guidance affects everything from what’s served in school […]
Nutrition Coalition suggests dietary guidelines made Americans fat

Nutrition Coalition suggests dietary guidelines made Americans fat

11/05/16
Members of the Nutrition Coalition said Americans followed the government dietary guidelines at the same time obesity burgeoned. One graph supplied by the Nutrition Coalition’s members showed when the government’s dietary recommendations became official in the late 1970s, the obesity epidemic of the American people began and accelerated. Other data showed the public has followed […]
The World Is Getting Fatter and No One Knows How to Stop It

The World Is Getting Fatter and No One Knows How to Stop It

28/04/16
Humanity is putting on weight. Across the globe, in wealthy countries and developing nations, among children and adults, an increasing number of people are overweight or obese. Today, nearly 40 percent of the world’s adults fall into one of those categories, according to new estimates by a global network of researchers called the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration. […]
Why reduced-fat foods are making you fat

Why reduced-fat foods are making you fat

06/04/16
A whopping 65 percent of people want to reduce the amount of fat in their diets, according to a recent Nielson survey, despite overwhelming research that shows low-fat diets may actually promote weight gain.  So how has this monster of myth lived for so long? Because people still think fat makes them fat, says Donald […]
How long does it take to burn off YOUR favourite junk food? Instructive infographics

How long does it take to burn off YOUR favourite junk food? Instructive infographics

15/12/15
An infographic reveals the amount of exercise required to work off fast food including KFC, McDonald’s and a Pizza Express Margherita pizza – and women have to work out longer than men. Read the full article at: www.dailymail.co.uk This instructive infographics teach us about the amount of exercice required to burn junk food. A good way […]
Starch and Root Vegetables and Diabetes

Starch and Root Vegetables and Diabetes

03/12/15
There are a whole range of root vegetables and most of them are also starches  – a type of carbohydrate. Basically, some plants store glucose as starch – giant chains of sugars. So when it comes to root vegetables and starches, are they safe for type 2 diabetics to eat or not? Even if there isn’t […]
UEA research shows high protein foods boost cardiovascular health

UEA research shows high protein foods boost cardiovascular health

02/12/15
The really surprising thing that was found is that amino acid intake has as much of an effect on blood pressure as established lifestyle risk factors such as salt intake, physical activity and alcohol consumption. For arterial stiffness, the association was similar to the magnitude of change previously associated with not smoking. Beneficial daily amounts […]
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