Category: Nutrition (Page 25 of 48)

      Common Weight Loss Mistakes That Are Keeping You Fat

      January 20, 2012 /

      The most common weight loss mistakes go against everything we’ve learned about losing weight.

      Calories in-calories out, exercise and restriction seem like perfectly reasonable ways to shed unwanted pounds; but that is not the whole story.

      Running for hours on the treadmill and eating too few calories could be sabotaging your efforts.

      A prolonged calorie deficit causes your metabolism to slow.

      This is a survival instinct to prevent you from losing weight in times of famine.

      When you do lose weight, you’ll be losing both fat and muscle.

      This further slows your metabolism.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      Two Slices of Bacon a Day is a Prescription for Cancer

      January 16, 2012 /

      Cancer risk is raised by consuming 2 strips of bacon a day.

      Unless you don’t want to raise your risk of cancer by a fifth, then consider cutting back.

      New research by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found that eating 1.8 ounces (50 grams) of processed meat a day can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by 19 percent.
      For people consuming 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of processed meat, the increased risk jumps to 38 percent and 57 percent for those eating 5.3 ounces (150 grams) a day.

      Processed foods should be avoided in a healthy diet.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      Death By Soda?

      January 16, 2012 /

      Could more than 2,600 deaths a year be prevented by taxing soda?

      Some analysts think, yes.

      In general, they assume that if the price of soda rises, people will buy less of it. “We assume that 40 percent of the calories saved by forgoing a sugary drink are replaced with other calories,” she says, meaning either calories from drinks such as milk or fruit juice or from food. “So for every 100 calories in soda avoided, only 60 calories are actually lost in the diet.”

      This is not the first study to predict that a soda tax would be effective in reducing consumption. Yale University researchers concluded in this report that taxing sugary drinks would lead to economic benefits as well.

      Using the funds that come from taxing unhealthy foods could be the answer to a host of health cost issues.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Resources, Wellness

      Beware the Lack of Nutrition in Your Breakfast Cereal

      January 14, 2012 /

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      A quote from a fantastic, in depth article in Harvard Magazine sums it up:

      “As far as our hormones and metabolism are concerned, there’s no difference between a bowl of unsweetened corn flakes and a bowl of table sugar. Starch is 100 percent glucose [table sugar is half glucose, half fructose] and our bodies can digest it into sugar instantly.”

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

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