South Beach Diet :: Diet of good carbohydrates
The South Beach diet was developed by a cardiologist, Arthur Agatston, practicing in the Miami, Florida area. The diet first appeared in a book of the same name, published by Rodale Press.
Nutrition
DHA :: Healthy new future for omega-3 grains
In a world first CSIRO Food Futures Flagship has developed plants that produce DHA, a healthy omega-3 oil component normally only available from fish sources, and vital for human health.
Atkins Diet :: Atkins Nutritional Approach
The Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just Atkins, is a way of looking at nutrition, perhaps the most marketed and well-known of the low-carbohydrate diets. It was popularized by Dr. Robert Atkins (1930-2003) in a series of books, starting with Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution in 1972. There are many outspoken advocates and critics of the diet, and in his revised book, Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution, Atkins updated some of his ideas, but remained faithful to the original concepts.
Fitness :: Physical fitness – General fitness and Task-oriented fitness
The notion of physical fitness is used in two close meanings – General fitness and Task-oriented fitness.
Allergy :: U.S. population is sensitive to allergens
More than fifty percent of the U.S. population tested positive to one or more allergens, according to a large national study.
Low Carb Diet :: High-protein Diets curb appetite
The ever-popular low-carbohydrate diets appear to work because they force people to eat more protein, which consequently suppresses the appetite, not because of a lower carbohydrate intake, according to new study findings published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
HIV :: Confusion and Conflict when it comes to HIV and AIDS
In Canada, HIV was first diagnosed among gay men. Later, hemophiliacs and others with health problems were infected due to tainted blood received through blood transfusions. People infected early on had no treatment available! A new and strange virus was weakening the immune system and causing illness in various ways, (what we now know as opportunistic. infections). That?s all we knew! Those who were infected looked for ways to boost their immune system. Not everyone affected by the disease was dying. Unfortunately, the media wrote only about those who were being ravaged by the disease and dying.
Osteoporosis :: High salt diet reduces bone density in girls
White adolescent and African-American girls assimilate salt and calcium differently, say researchers, claiming this may explain why races have different rates of high blood pressure and osteoporosis.
Cataract :: High carb diet increases cataract development in elder women
While the low-carb fad wanes, new research suggests the higher the carbohydrate intake, the greater the risk an elder woman will develop cataracts.
Gallstone :: Trans fats raise gallstone risk
Trans fatty acids could ?modestly? increase the risk of gallstone disease, say US researchers, providing yet more evidence to encourage food makers to remove these fats from food formulations.