Adding tiny amounts of beetroot or dietary nitrate to salty food products might help prevent high blood pressure, according to a preliminary study of rats. While findings in animals may not translate to humans, researchers of the new study—released Thursday in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension—hope to find a new tool to help battle the epidemic of high-salt diets, a major risk...
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Colloidal silver: Does it work and is it safe?
By Tim HuzarReviewed by Alan Carter, PharmD Colloidal silver is a popular dietary supplement. However, very little evidence suggests that it benefits the body. Many people use colloidal silver to cleanse the gut, boost the immune system, and combat inflammation. However, official bodies, such as the National Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), state that colloidal silver can cause serious side effects and that there is...
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Females respond poorly to ketogenic weight loss diet in an animal model
by The Endocrine Society The ketogenic diet recently has been touted for weight loss and improving blood sugar control, but a new study finds that females fail to show these metabolic benefits on this high-fat, very low-carbohydrate diet. Results of the animal study will be presented Sunday at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans,...
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Is the new ‘fasting’ diet trend healthy?
The 28-year-old Louisville, Kentucky, native already had tried many diet plans to varying degrees of success. In 2013, he lost more than 100 pounds through exercise and diet. But afterward, his weight slowly began to creep back up. In 2017, Joy decided to try time-restricted eating, consuming all his meals within an eight-to 10-hour window...
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Can eating certain foods make you smarter?
by Margaret Morris, The Conversation Trying to keep up with what constitutes a “healthy” diet can be exhausting. With unending options at the supermarket, and diet advice coming from all directions, filling your shopping trolley with the right things can seem an overwhelming task. For a long time we’ve known diet is key to maintaining physical health. But emerging evidence indicates diet quality...
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This Is The Amount Of Diet Soda That Can Increase Women’s Risk For Early Death
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) can increase people’s risk for premature death, but this does not always mean that consuming artificially sweetened beverages (ASB) is the healthier option. Dangers Of Consuming Too Much Artificially Sweetened Drinks Findings of a large, long-term study have found that drinking one artificially sweetened drink a day instead of a sugary one...
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How to get your calcium if you’re lactose-intolerant
(HealthDay)—With research finding that the body prefers calcium from food, not supplements, it can be a challenge to meet daily requirements if you’re lactose-intolerant. On average, adults need about 1,000 milligrams of calcium a day. Fortunately, there are choices within many food groups that deliver on calcium. Leafy greens are a great calcium source, and at the top of the list are cooked spinach, collard...
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Eating olive oil once a week may be associated with making blood less likely to clot in obese people
In a group of healthy, but obese adults, eating olive oil at least once a week was associated with less platelet activity in the blood, which may reduce the tendency of blood to clot and block blood flow, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic...
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Yo-yo dieting may increase women’s heart disease risk
Yo-yo dieting may make it harder for women to control a variety of heart disease risk factors, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2019, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population-based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians. “Achieving a healthy weight is generally recommended as heart healthy but maintaining weight loss is difficult...
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Tracking food leads to losing pounds
Those who tracked food and weight lost pounds in new Duke study DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, N.C. — Without following a particular diet, overweight people who tracked daily food consumption using a free smartphone app lost a significant amount of weight in a new Duke University study. The results were achieved using automated, free tools, rather than expensive in-person interventions, suggesting a...