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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14265 Weight Management and Hormonal Harmony - a Gut Reaction tweetmeme_source
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Weight Management and Hormonal Harmony - a Gut Reaction

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 15:39   0 comments , 68 views
Over 1 billion adults are overweight across the globe, and at least 300 million adults are clinically obese.  The weight management challenge is a growing concern worldwide.  Fortunately, researchers are stepping up to gain new knowledge regarding the appetite-signaling pathways between our stomach and our brain.  Consequently, the "hunger hormone" ghrelin, has been found to trigger our appetites and we are gaining a better unders...
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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14264 Small change can lead to big success tweetmeme_source
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Small change can lead to big success

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 15:30   0 comments , 63 views

Maintaining a healthy weight may be more a matter of making many small changes over time, instead of the trying to make a major lifestyle change all at once reports a joint task force attempting to bridge the gaps between nutrition, food, and health.

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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14263 Fructose interferes with weight control hormone tweetmeme_source
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Fructose interferes with weight control hormone

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 15:22   0 comments , 78 views

A diet rich in fructose, a common sweetener in processed food, may induce resistance to the hormone leptin that helps regulate the balance between food intake and energy expenditure.  Researchers now believe this can lead to rapid weight gain with the high fat, high calorie diet typical for many Americans.

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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14262 Merry Medical Myths tweetmeme_source
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Merry Medical Myths

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 15:17   0 comments , 81 views
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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14261 Potato Chip Warning tweetmeme_source
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Potato Chip Warning

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 15:11   0 comments , 86 views

Acrylamide, a chemical that can form in some foods during high-temperature cooking, may increase the risk of heart disease according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14260 Mediterranean diet slows mental decline tweetmeme_source
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Mediterranean diet slows mental decline

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 15:03   0 comments , 74 views

If you are concerned about developing dementia, eating a Mediterranean style diet, characterized by high intakes of fish, vegetables, legumes, fruits, cereals and unsaturated fatty acids, low intakes of dairy products, meat and saturated fats and moderate alcohol consumption, may be the answer to slowing age related mental decline.

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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14259 Dietitian gives opinions on latest diet books tweetmeme_source
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Dietitian gives opinions on latest diet books

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 14:07   0 comments , 50 views

 Eat all day. Use smaller plates. Drink lemon juice. Those are just some of the strategies in the newest crop of diet books hitting the shelves that focus less on meal plans than on eating psychology and strategy. Here are some of the new plans and some perspective from Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.

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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14256 Eating Well on a Downsized Food Budget tweetmeme_source
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Eating Well on a Downsized Food Budget

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 13:39   0 comments , 72 views

Now may be a good time to bring back the basics — the nutritious and affordable foods that have been all but forgotten by many affluent families since the Great Depression.
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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14253 Fewer Calories Equal Less Weight, Regardless of Carb, Fat, or Protein Content tweetmeme_source
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Fewer Calories Equal Less Weight, Regardless of Carb, Fat, or Protein Content

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/04/2009 12:37   0 comments , 91 views

February 26, 2009 (Boston, Massachusetts) — It may be one of the most commonsense observations ever to be validated in a diet study: people lose weight if they eat fewer calories, regardless of where those calories come from [1]. That's the upshot of a two-year study by Dr Frank Sacks (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA) and colleagues, published in the February 26, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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http://bella.wordframe.net/HealthyEating/14246 Mood and Food: Research Findings tweetmeme_source
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Mood and Food: Research Findings

by Cathleen Molloy on 03/02/2009 19:48   0 comments , 86 views

Research on food, mood, substance abuse, and cravings still is fairly new. This article looks at some of the findings concerning what is going on in the mind and body. Keep in mind, many of these studies are not conclusively established, because they are lacking strong support, but more work is underway.  
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