Search Results for 'Fat'

Diets Differ in Effect on Weight Gain and Fat and Lean Mass

A new study published in JAMA demonstrates the various effects of overeating of three diets that differed mainly in protein composition. George Bray and colleagues randomized 25 healthy volunteers to participate in an inpatient study t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

New Diet for Teens: Fiber and Fat

Just when you thought you had heard all the diets, another pops up. But, here's one for teenagers you've probably never heard of. A high fiber diet that does not have to be low in saturated fat or cholesterol. This diet for teenag [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Trainer Gains 30kgs to Feel Fat

Fed up of hearing people tell him that he did not know what it was like to be fat, Drew Manning, a personal trainer from Utah in the U S, decided to gain weight and feel what it was like to be fat. Manning, 30, has spent the last six mont [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Healthy diet and moderate exercise can improve fatherhood ch...

New studies found that sperm quality was higher among men who ate a typical Mediterranean diet - more fresh fish, fruit and vegetables - and less junk food or red meat. It was also improved among those who took brisk walks, compared with [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Taste for fat can be self-destructing

ONCE you eat fat you might never go back. An Australian study has found that eating a high fat diet for only four weeks modifies a person's palette so that they are no longer able to properly recognise fatty foods. While people with [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Fat affects brain's ability to control weight: study

The relationship between a high-fat diet and obesity may be more complicated than was previously thought, according to a new study unveiled at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in Boston. Eating fatty foods may injure neurons in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Low fat diet 'could stave off Alzheimer's'

People with no signs of brain decline who start to eat healthily see levels of biological signs that can indicate early development of the disease - termed biomakers - drop within weeks. Conversely, those who eat a high saturated fat diet [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Diets high in fat linked to brain injury

Encouraging patients to adhere to a healthy diet could be key to preventing damage to brain cells that control body weight. A high fat diet has been associated with causing injury to neurons that help to control body weight, in a study at [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Have some bacon with those eggs: Higher-fat diets may not ca...

Rejoice, obese people trying to slim down. You may be able to occasionally indulge in steaks and bacon and eggs cooked in butter and still not damage your arteries, according to a study's findings. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Un [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Daily Diet: Turning Bad Fat into Good Fat to Fight Obesity

New hope for battling obesity has sprung from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where researchers may have discovered a way of transforming bad, white fat in the body into brown fat that can burn off more calories and weight. Al [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Scientists turn 'bad fat' into 'good fat'

Scientists say they have found a way to turn body fat into a better type of fat that burns off calories and weight. The US Johns Hopkins team made the breakthrough in rats but believe the same could be done in humans, offering the hope of [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

High-fat diet is awful, but it may reverse diabetes-related ...

A high-fat "ketogenic" diet may reverse the kidney damage caused by diabetes, a study published online Wednesday by the journal PLoS One reports. Past research has shown that lowering blood sugar through diet can preve [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnant women who diet 'can make kids fat'

Researchers said the study provided the first scientific evidence linking pregnant women's diet to childhood obesity, with major implications for public health. "This a a major breakthrough because for the first time it gives us [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Fat pet? Consider raw meat diet

When Wendy Lewis finds a road-killed deer on the side of the road, she hauls it home, skins it, chops it up and feeds it to her dogs. She'd love to leave the carcass out in the yard and let the dogs go at it, but she doesn't thin [...]