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A new disease: couch potato: needs drug therapy

Couch potato is a layman word for “Extreme laziness” which is a medical condition called motivational deficiency disorder (MoDeD). This was told by Australian researchers in a report in the 1 April issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) // Professor Leth Argo...

Dealing With Nausea When Pregnant

...inach. One thing that must be kept in mind is that potato contains a lot of pesticide and may not be healthy for mother or child. Hence either organic potato must be used or they must be abandoned altogether. Ginger is another food that seems to be very ade...

Exercise in Itself Improves Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

...fact there is substantial benefit going from couch potato to being even modestly active.” While there were no documented adverse effects from any of the exercise regimes in studied, Kohatsu says that patients with type 2 diabetes should consult with their physician before starting or changing an exercise ...

Exercise in Itself Improves Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

...fact there is substantial benefit going from couch potato to being even modestly active.” While there were no documented adverse effects from any of the exercise regimes in studied, Kohatsu says that patients with type 2 diabetes should consult with their physician before starting or changing an exercise ...

Processed foods – "the" cause of obesity!

...try's rising obesity rates. Processed foods like potato chips, cookies, yogurt and white bread are readily available to Americans. These foods are rich in sugars that cause the body to believe it is hungry, which makes people feel compelled to consume more calories and conserve energy,he said. “Sugar ma...

"Tarakeswar Alu"- buy potatoes online !!

...fit of farmers who usually take to distress sales, potato trading will go online in West Bengal.// Accordi...wrah and other districts. The Tarakeshwar brand potato would actually be the popular Kufri Jyoti variety grown in West Bengal. According to De, online ...

Clinton’s Nutrition Deal Cuts Junk Food on School Menu

...g from M&M's, yogurt and granola bars to Frito-Lay potato chips would have to reformulate some products or introduce new lines of healthier snacks for children. Others will be urging schools to buy healthy, rather than cater to student cravings. Some of the items that are to be banned are fatty, extra-s...

No Kidding, All Gizmos and No Play Makes Jack A Super-Dull Boy!

... it is the parents who need to be blamed for couch potato kids. In today’s competitive scenario, kids are pulled into the vortex of stress, unwittingly, with subtle demands of perfection, laid down by parents. It is uncommon to find children these days, taking a walk in the garden, observing plants, and but...

Kids' Food: Saltier than the Deep Blue Sea

...fast cereals and soups with other products such as potato crisps and biscuits also making tremendous cuts. "Additionally more and more manufacturers are helping consumers see at a glance how much salt is in their foods by putting information on the front of packs and including salt equivalence." NL...

Pesticides Linked to High Risk of Pediatric Cancers - a Study Unveils

...ed with pesticides 80 percent of which is used for potato farming (19 sprays) in a single growing season. According to the Environmental Working Group, potatoes are among the produce that are highly contaminated with pesticides in the US. Early monitoring led the EPI government and the Canadian Cancer Soc...

Healthy Potato Chips: A Trans Fat Oil With Health Benefits

...or and Jain have used the converted oil to produce potato chips that contain high concentrations of CLA. Proctor calls them “healthier potato chips.” “It is still important to have a low fat diet and we do not propose increasing the fat int...

Physical Activity Reduces Hypertension Risk in Young Adults

...protective you don’t have to go from being a couch potato to a gym rat,” Zemel said. Incremental changes in physical activity, if sustained over a long period of time, provide an enormous benefit, he said. Source-Newswie SRM...

Sedentary Lives Equal Shorter ‘sweeter’ Livs

Being a couch potato can do more than making you look like one. It steers you towards a life of diabetes, and more so if you are a woman//, say researchers. The report published in the journal Diabetes Care, was based on research carried out by lead author Dr. David W...

Low-sugar Potato Cultivation Spreads in India

...tern India, where more than half of the land under potato has switched to the new variety. The low-sugar potato is giving much better yields than the traditional one and also processing firms snap up the produce ...

South African Farmers Turn to Organic Farming

...dy poor soil of its nutrients. Hennie Saaiman, a potato farmer-turned consultant on biological agriculture, notes that in the late 1970s, 20 kg of nitrates were recommended to secure two tonnes of wheat in South Africa. Today, to obtain the same yield itrequires an input of 55 kg. "If we hadn't made tha...

Give Up Sugar to Keep Yourself Young

... brown, whether youre roasting a chicken, baking a potato or barbecuing a steak, is high in AGEs, he added. Brandt added that the conventional notion that AGEs can be easily digested, is wrong. "Conventional wisdom used to hold that when you ate something containing AGEs, they would simply pass through...

Pramlintide-A Boon to Restrain Fast Food Consumption

...t, sandwiches, casseroles, salads, tortilla chips, potato chips, cookies and soft drinks. They were also offered an evening snack that included peanut butter sandwiches and a cookie. On inpatient days 2, 4, and 44, participants received a high-fat, high-sugar lunch that included deep-dish pizzas, ice cream ...

Lazy Children may Face Chronic Health Problems

...computer usage have been blamed for creating couch potato children. At the same time, many children no longer take part in competitive sport at school, reported online edition of the Daily Mail. Previous studies have shown that physical inactivity plays a major role in health. Those who are physically ina...

Climate Change Threatening to Wipe Out Wild Relatives of Key Crops

...mpletely wipe out wild relatives of plants such as potato and peanut, according to a new study released by ...ut species analyzed and 12 percent of the 108 wild potato species analyzed could become extinct as the result of climate change. Most of those that remaine...

Very Soon You can Eat to Your Hearts Content

...and are found in many fried foods, baked goods and potato chips. Cis monounsaturated fat is naturally occurring and is particularly high in canola and olive oil. After 20 weeks on the diets, the mice that had the active ACAT2 enzyme and were fed saturated fat and both types of monounsaturated fat had h...

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