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Ditch diets for good health

NEVER diet again: it's a bold claim, but one that two Sunshine Coast authors say is more realistic than you think. Energetic Tanawha couple Julius and Sharny Kieser, who own and operate Stripfit Health and Fitness Studio in Wara [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Mediterranean Diet Good for Small Brain Vessels

The Mediterranean diet continues to reveal its bounty of health benefits -- this time protecting against damage to small blood vessels in the brain, researchers found. In a cohort study, each one-point increase in a Mediterranean di [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | 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

Study Shows Salty Diet Good; Heart Group Disagrees

A high salt diet isn't bad for you, it's good for healthy people, European researchers suggest. Jan A. Staessen, MD, PhD, of the University of Leuven, Belgium, led a study that measured urinary sodium levels in 3,681 healthy, 40-i [...]

Posted On : May, 05 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

Children given sweets when they are good are the most likely...

A poll of more than 2,000 people has found those given edible treats in childhood for behaving well had a higher chance of becoming heavily overweight, or of developing an eating disorder, than those who were not. Those who recalled bein [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Vegetarian diet good for kidneys

A new study has suggested that sticking to a vegetarian diet can help kidney disease patients avoid accumulating toxic levels of phosphorous in their bodies. Kidney disease patients must limit their phosphorous intake, as high levels of [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Exercise and good diet can blow winter blues away

When winter draws in and the days grow shorter, many people tend to become tired and listless. One cause of this is the hormone melatonin, which plays a role in sleeping patterns and is released during hours of darkness. “You [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Sometimes a 90% Fat Diet Is Good For You

This weekend, the New York Times Magazine has an article written by Fred Vogelstein, a contributing editor to Wired and father to a young boy with epilepsy. Sam's condition is severe: at one point, the boy was having up t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Bees prove a good diet can set our path in life

YOU are what you eat. Grow up eating a nutrition-rich diet of royal jelly and you will become, well, royalty. Stick to honey and you are destined for life as a worker. That is the way it is for honey bees, research published in the journ [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Good diet cuts risk of too small babies

A pre-pregnancy diet rich in green leafy vegetables and fresh fruit could reduce by up to 50 per cent the risk of a baby being born underweight and undernourished, a study shows. The Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (Scope) study o [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Good diet can help children tide over exam stress

As exam time approaches so does stress. Be it smoking, taking pills or skipping meals, students do everything possible to soothe their frayed nerves but all they need is a good diet that will help them tide over this period. With diets h [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Your Complexion Reveals How Good Your Diet and Health Is

Researchers have found that your complexion affects how healthy, and therefore how attractive, you appear. What’s more, your diet may be crucial to achieving the most desirable complexion. Using specialist computer software, study [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Good Lord! It's the Jesus diet: How more people are turning ...

New diet fads constantly offer hope to the unhappily overweight, before fading away, leaving only disappointed expectations and stubborn flab. The more extreme the eating plan, the more keenly it's adopted - until its followers realise [...]