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Stop and think before you eat

.... Restraint is the ability to consciously restrict food intake in order to maintain weight or lose pounds....bition is the inclination to overeat when tempting food is available, or to overeat in the presence of factors that can loosen inhibitions, such as emotiona...

Skin specialist advise on cellulite

...women. As far as diet is concerned, no one diet or food really has an impact on cellulite. Toning exercises can be helpful, however. There are no permanent solutions to cellulite, but increasing numbers of dermatologists are realising it's an important issue to their patients. More attention and more rese...

Drinking adequate amounts of water

...onsume one millilitre of water for each calorie of food you take in. That leads to a figure of about two and a half quarts a day (64 to 80 ounces which is roughly 8 by 8, as stated above). Dr Heinz Valtin of Dartmouth Medical School, feels that lot of this water in food, points out think about it - how ma...

Influence of diet on allergic Reactions

...o had previously been identified as having general food and fragrance allergies to eliminate various skin care products and perfumes as well as a variety of foods, spices and beverages. Specifically, the 45 patients had allergies to a generic chemical found in many types of foods called balsam of Peru (BO...

A simple way to do surgery

...an puncture the oesophagus, which is a part of the food pipe.This will result in conditions like septicimi...ause contamination of the lungs by contents of the food pipe and may prove fatal. The Tracheostomy kit minimizes the risk as it has a dilation scale ...

Diet combined to Alzheimer's disease

...structive molecules formed during the breakdown of food and oxygen. These destructive molecules, known as free radicals also damage cells and may increase the damage done by particles found in brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from Columbia University in New York studied the associat...

Fat Substitutes

... fat foods. There are more than 5,000 reduced fat food products available, with the most popular being fat-free or low-fat milk// products and salad dressings. But processed foods can contain a variety of fat replacers made from starch, protein, or fat. Most fat substitutes are chosen for specific func...

Latest discovery on Autism

... Researchers report no connection between colic, food allergies or gastrointestinal problems and autism. They also found no association between the time the child had the MMR vaccine and when the first signs of autism appeared. They write, "No evidence was found that children with autism were more likel...

Vitamin E supports Female Hearts

...ning the antioxidants A, C, or E. Women completed food frequency questionnaires and also had their blood ...The ultrasound results were then compared with the food frequency questionnaires and the blood tests. Researchers found women who reported rarely eating foo...

New cholera strain identified

...orld. // The reason behind its spread through sea food was unknown and unexplained till Indians made the discovery. “We received calls from the US asking us to help them identify what was causing a new type of cholera and diarrhoea in coastal areas of the country. The germ was simultaneously active in co...

Spreading knowledge to doctors about herbal medicine

...rs increase their knowledge of herbal remedies and food supplements. Many people take herbs and other dietary supplements, but find their doctors are lacking in knowledge// about these complementary medicines. A group called the Longwood Herbal Task Force, drawn from health professionals of the Harvard Me...

Importance of soy protein in your diet

...f soy in your diet.// Soy bean protein is a useful food because it is low in saturated fat and cholesterol. If one wants to reduce the total calories in your diet, doctors feel that it may be a good notion to replace soy for some common animal foods, like meat or dairy products. If you are not used to so...

Coenzyme Q10 may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease

...al symptoms. In a preliminary study, the popular food supplement coenzyme Q10 actually seems to slow down the progress of the disease, as opposed to treating the symptoms. Researchers at the University of California gave a group of 80 people with Parkinson's either a varying dose of coenzyme Q10 (300, 6...

New device aids esophagal cancer

...he junction between the esophagus and the stomach, food and drink can pass in the wrong direction, from the stomach to the esophagus - a process known as reflux. This is not just unpleasant, but could be fatal during sleep, when material may enter the lungs. Researchers at the Medical College of Wiscons...

Allergies: A major health problem

...c reaction may also be due to insect bites. Though food allergies are extremely unlikely, eatables like ch...and fish may be harmful for those who are prone to food allergies. The skin and gastro-intestinal tract are the most common sites where symptoms manifest. G...

Keep fit with salads

...d man learnt how to cook food. At first the cooked food was probably provided for variety and a change from raw food, but today it dominates our tables. Even now, centuries later, our taste buds do appreciate raw food. Whether just to munch on till// the main course arrives or at home as a filler,no meal ...

Colon cancer linked with common virus

...ed in the air, and maybe also through contaminated food and water. Normally the JC virus is completely harmless, but in people with weak immune systems it has been known to increase the risk of brain cancer and other diseases of the nervous system. Now researchers at Temple University in the US have fou...

Want to have a nice day? Eat breakfast!

... overnight fast or the consumption of only a sweet food or coffee or both. The brain is forced to depend o...akfast, some manage to grab a sweet roll or a fast food sandwich and coffee. However, these do not make up an adequate breakfast as they only help suppress ...

Energy intake directly related to portion size

...ffered depending on who determined the amount// of food on the plate. The study was carried out with 50 men and women who were served lunch one day a week for four weeks. While one group was given a specific portion size, the other was allowed to take what they wanted. The researchers found that those wh...

Vision loss could result due to MSG

... This study is the first to have shown that eating food containing MSG could lead to eye damage, though previous research has shown that MSG causes nerve damage when injected directly into the eye....

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