Blogs Posts in Health and Diet category; 259 blog posts

Healthy diet for Ramadan

Millions of Muslim started fasting with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan. During this month, health and diet issues are very important for all of us specially for the ailing and people living with specific health complications. Most [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Popular diets 'no health threat'

Popular slimming programmes have been given the thumbs-up by researchers. Experts analysed the effectiveness and nutritional content of Slim Fast, Atkins, WeightWatchers and Rosemary Conley's Eat Yourself Slim diet. The Nutrition Journal st [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

A long way from French onion - dips that are hip and healthy

Like dishes of chips and chunks of cabanossi, French onion dip and cheap crackers used to be the white bread of party food. But in the last few years dips have undergone big changes. There are still plenty of crappy dips around and e [...]

Posted On : Aug, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Nutrition for Your Skin

Eating a healthy and balanced diet is the best thing you can do for your body, inside and out, but there are nutritional components and specific foods which can help you with your complexion and overall skin appearance. Given that your oute [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Dont let your relationship make you fat!

It’s official: married people weigh more than those who’ve never been hitched, according to a survey in a US medical journal. Here’s how marital flab happens and how to fight it...The problem... contentment- Feeling secur [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Fewer than one in 100 Britons eating 'healthy' diet

Fewer than one in 100 Britons have a healthy diet, preferring instead food high in sugar, salt and fat.A study has found that only eight in 1,000 adults - or 0.8 per cent - met all five targets for levels of saturated fats, total fats, frui [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Diet, Exercise May Help Control Diabetes

A healthy diet, regular exercise, and culturally sensitive care may be helpful in preventing and controlling diabetes, say researchers. The findings are based on recent reviews that suggest that a healthy diet and exercise can help prevent [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Eggy Breakfast Is The Key To Weight Loss

A breakfast comprising of two eggs may help overweight adults shed those extra pounds, a research claims. Eating the egg breakfast helps overweight adults lose 65% more weight and feel more energetic, a new study by an Indian-origin researc [...]

Posted On : Aug, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Physicians' Health & Diet

The FDA recently announced that obesity is the number one health problem in the United States. In the medical industry today doctors are constantly searching for more ways to improve their patients' health and wellness. Patients have a desi [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Changing diet offers more food for thought

Booming business for self-employed garment seller Qiao Sheng in Qianqiao town, Anqing, Anhui province, has not only been fattening his bank account by the week, but also enriched his family's dinner table. "I grew up mostly on salte [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Filtering Through the Coffee Studies

Coffee drinking even more than six cups a day over the course of almost 20 years won't kill you, and may even help you live longer, says a new study. Researchers from Harvard and the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid used 20 years of surveys [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Grain-free cooking with the Specific Carbohydrate Diet

To most of us, common foods such as bread and milk are harmless, even soothing. But for people who suffer with digestive diseases such as celiac disease or irritable bowel syndrome, these foods can cause pain, digestive upset or even malnut [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Healthy Lifestyle: Heather Little-White, Contributor

Nuts are usually enjoyed by all and are healthy items to include in the diet. Studies have shown that the risk of coronary heart disease is 37 per cent lower among people who ate nuts more than four times a week compared to persons who seld [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Diet before pregnancy can affect baby's sex, new research su...

The study, which links higher energy intake around conception to the birth of sons, provides the first explanation of why the number of boy babies is in decline in the west, suggesting it is the result of women consuming low fat foods and s [...]