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Aussie Scientists Claim Genetic Breakthrough In Dietary Fibre

...ed the genes, which control the amount of fibre in grains such as wheat and barley. With the stress being on eating a fibre-rich diet, // the Aussie researchers fell that this discovery would allow them to manipulate the fibre content of foods. The genes are important in the production of beta-glucans, wh...

Thumbs up in weight loss for vegetarian diets: scientific review

...-fiber foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to achieve or maintain a healthy body weight without feeling hungry." Dr. Barnard puts it this way that, "There is evidence that a vegan diet causes an increased calorie burn after meals, meaning plant-based foods are being used more efficiently as ...

High Dietary Fiber Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease

...h levels of soluble fiber whereas foods like whole grains and many vegetables contain high levels of insoluble fiber. The nutritional functionalities of both fibers are different, but both are important. Researchers do not know how to explain why high dietary fiber intake is linked with low levels of CRP...

Glycaemic Index as an index of diet and tool questioned

...ing to the researcher. Fibre-rich foods like whole grains are often lower on the GI scale. Dr Mayer-Davis said that in her view, health-conscious consumers should not bother with seeking out the GI of their favourite foods. Many studies as put by her show that obesity is the "major player" in the risk of ...

A Complete Diet for Kids

...nerals are present in fruits, vegetables and whole grains which are essential in regulating body processes, strengthen cell function and growth and protect the body against illness. Water is very essential and it presents as a medium for vital body processes to occur.According to scientists at the San Fra...

Fat fighters’: Whole-grain foods’: under the microscoe

...n California provides the know-how as to how whole grains do that. According to ARS chemist Nancy L. Keim, ...into the effect that whole-grain foods and refined grains have on lipoproteins was conducted by Keim and colleagues. Participants were 10 women, age 20 to 4...

Folic Acid Improves Survival Rate Of Children With Birth Defects

... the effect of consumption of folic acid fortified grains on nearly 2,800 children born with spina bifida between the year 1998 and 2001. 92% of the study participants survived the first one year of life. Folic acid was added to the grains, for fortification, before 1998. ‘Folic acid may play a role in re...

A potato (couch or not) in the diet adverse for diabetics.

... intake to develop diabetes over 20 years. Whole grains - as well as many high-fiber vegetables, fruits and legumes - have a lower GI than potatoes and white-flour products. Therefore the diet should have more of these than potatoes. ...

Wholly Ingrained: White or Brown? Food War Going Racist? Get to the Heart of the Matter

...aging discussions about the wholesomeness of whole grains and unwholesomeness of visually appetizing foods, ...getting anything more than three servings of whole grains a day was as good for them as it is for young and middle-aged adults. And certainly when this was co...

Confusion persists in the case of whole grains

...nt Source' stamp signified a full serving of whole grains without any refined grains included. But the Food and Drug Administration said that the definition may not hold true in the c...

A plethora of disease control benefits of Whole grains!

...to examine the association between intake of whole grains and dietary finer and certain inflammatory indicat...le. The conclusion by the authors was that “whole grains and a low-glycaemic index diet may reduce systemic inflammation among women with type 2 diabetes...

Fat isn't all that bad: Reduction no predecessor of reduced disease

...en eating less fat and more fruits, vegetables and grains had no reduced risk of two types of cancer or heart disease. Still they were // healthier than others. The drawback of the study as perceived by some experts is that it might be wrongly understood and people might eat more of unhealthy food than the...

Whole Grain Foods Result In Health Benefits

...y that shows the relationship between eating whole grains and the health benefits for older people, whose metabolic characteristics are different from younger adults,’ Sahyoun said. In a group whose average age was 72 for men and 73 for women, the study found that subjects who consumed about three servin...

Obesity Has Adverse Impact On Breast Cancer Survival

... moderate exercise and eating vegetables and whole grains conferred some benefits....

Several helping of fruits and vegetables help the pressure off the pump- the heart!

...acks the efficacy of a diet rich in veggies, whole grains and fruits to promote good health. // This was revealed by a group of researchers of London's Imperial College. Their findings were that that people who eat their fill of plant foods are more likely to maintain better cardiovascular health than the...

Post menopausal women lose weight on a low fat diet

..., high-carbohydrate foods such as fruits and whole grains tend to lose weight. // The study comes after some popular diet plans blame high-carbohydrate diets weight gain and increasing of obesity rates. The results come from a seven-year study of 19,000 women who followed a low-fat diet without any weig...

DNA Underwent Changes Due To Culture

...zation, much on the lines of domestication of food grains when they started cultivation. "One of the major things that has happened in the last 50,000 years is the development of culture. By so radically and rapidly changing our environment through our culture, we've put new kinds of selection [pressures...

Aspartame, Artificial Sweetener, A Safe Bet!

...ally in protein containing foods, including meats, grains and dairy products. Methyl esters are also found naturally in many foods such as fruits and vegetable and their juices. The body handles the components from aspartame in the same way it handles them when derived from other foods. “Consumers and hea...

Dietary intake of Vitamin E by type 2 diabetics for prevention of atherosclerosis

...opherol isomers (Vitamin E) found mainly in cereal grains and palm oil, and have effective lipid lowering property in addition to their potent antioxidant activity. A recent study, conducted at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U., Aligarh, was published in the October issue of Atherosc...

Dietary intake of Vitamin E by type 2 diabetics for prevention of atherosclerosis

...opherol isomers (Vitamin E) found mainly in cereal grains and palm oil, and have effective lipid lowering property in addition to their potent antioxidant activity. > A recent study, conducted at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U., Aligarh, was published in the October issue of Atherosclerosis...

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