Ghee is a type of clarified butter that contains fewer dairy proteins than regular butter. This ingredient can be used in place of regular butter, but is it healthier, and what are the benefits? Ghee can be used as a substitute for butter, and while butter is not necessarily bad for health, many people think...
Category: <span>Nutrition & Dietics</span>
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Study suggests pasta can be part of a healthy diet without packing on the pounds
Carbohydrates get a lot of bad press and blame for the obesity epidemic, but a new study suggests that this negative attention may not be deserved for pasta. Unlike most ‘refined’ carbohydrates, which are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, pasta has a low glycemic index, meaning it causes smaller increases in blood sugar levels than those caused by eating foods...
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What To Eat For Breakfast? High-Energy Food Beneficial For Obese, Diabetes Patients
“This study shows that, in obese insulin-treated type 2 diabetes patients, a diet with three meals per day, consisting of a big breakfast, average lunch and small dinner, had many rapid and positive effects compared to the traditional diet with six small meals evenly distributed throughout the day: better weight loss, less hunger and better diabetes...
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Artificial sweetener Splenda could intensify symptoms in those with Crohn’s disease
In a study that has implications for humans with inflammatory diseases, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues have found that, given over a six-week period, the artificial sweetener sucralose, known by the brand name Splenda, worsens gut inflammation in mice with Crohn’s-like disease, but had no substantive effect on those...
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ALZHEIMER’S SYMPTOMS WORSENED BY CANOLA OIL—AND IT COULD CAUSE ONSET OF DEMENTIA, SCIENTISTS WARN
Cooking with canola oil is extremely common, but a new study might make you think before subbing it in for the ever-popular olive. Researchers from Temple University found that canola decreased learning ability, inhibited memory and led to weight gain for mice with Alzheimer’s disease. Canola oil may worsen the symptoms and onset of dementia,...
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Is this the formula for reversing type 2 diabetes?
The first-year results of a clinical trial have shown that almost half of people partaking in an intensive weight management program delivered through primary care achieved remission of their type 2 diabetes without medication. A trial has shown that type 2 diabetes is reversible if weight is lost and kept off. The trial, which...
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Cinnamon shown to burn fat
The findings aren’t an excuse to gorge on cinnamon buns, though Cinnamaldehyde is an essential oil that not only gives cinnamon its distinct flavor, but has also been shown to protect mice against obesity. Now, University of Michigan scientists led by Prof. Jun Wu have gained a better understanding of how it does so, and...
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Sugar, Not Fat, Causes Weight Gain: Professor Of Medicine
A professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine has explained that the real culprit behind getting fat is eating sugar and not fat. Aaron Carroll, a pediatrics professor, has said that it is perfectly fine to eat avocados, nuts, cream, and butter. Sugar Linked To Weight Gain And Obesity Consuming fats does not make...
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Consuming nuts strengthens brainwave function
Pistachios are among the nuts the improve brain function. A new study by researchers at Loma Linda University Health has found that eating nuts on a regular basis strengthens brainwave frequencies associated with cognition, healing, learning, memory and other key brain functions. An abstract of the study — which was presented in the nutrition section...
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Deadly sugar addiction – why carbs, not fats, are the problem
ST. LOUIS – Some doctors said sugar may be the number one killer in America right now. That may sound like a stretch, but you can see why they make that claim. Diabetes, heart disease, stroke and obesity can all be partially attributed to too much sugar. Mike Norton, 51, had been an athlete most...