Low Fat Diet

Week of Father's Day puts spotlight on men's health

2011-06-15 12:56:00

It's Men's Health Week, and public health officials are encouraging men to pay more attention to their bodies. Not only should they be paying more attention to little changes that don't seem right, they should be getting annual checkups. Diseases common...

Clinton set to undergo heart bypass

2004-09-04 00:00:00

Former President Bill Clinton, who at age 58 has appeared trim and vigorous, checked into New York Presbyterian Hospital yesterday after suffering chest pains and shortness of breath and was scheduled for quadruple bypass surgery, his office said....

The Fayetteville Observer, N.C., Kim Hasty column

2013-05-20 02:14:02

A low-fat diet and regular exercise. A light touch with the salt shaker. A good ol' belly laugh. That last ingredient is key. Laughter, Susan Sparks contends, is as important to your health and well-being as any of those other things. She made...

Does a low-fat diet increase triglycerides?

2013-03-27 09:28:00

It’s easy to assume that a low-fat diet is the healthy way to go, especially since a diet low in saturated and trans fat was recommended by government agencies back in the 1980s. But in Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune story, which looked at the...

Hungry for reliable information

2013-03-27 00:00:00

One of the things that was clear from reaction to this week's front page story on good nutrition (and how little it is taught in medical schools) is that readers are hungry for clear, reliable information. The story was shared on social media hundreds...

Prescription for nutrition

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Despite a growing consensus that cardiovascular disease is a "food-borne" illness, many physicians are ill-prepared to advise patients on what they should eat to best protect them from heart attack or stroke. One provocative new study found that a...

Mediterranean diet over low fat? Well, at least it's more fun

2013-02-26 15:39:00

It sounds like a happy hour dream: Now, scientists say,�you can have your wine and eat the nuts that go with it, and be healthier in the bargain. A rigorous new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine should finally put to rest any doubts...

Mediterranean diet can ward off heart disease: study

2013-02-25 10:26:00

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A Mediterranean diet high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits and vegetables may help prevent heart disease and strokes, according to a new large study from Spain. Past research suggested people who eat a Mediterranean-...

Mediterranean Diet Rich In Olive Oil Or Nuts Slashes Heart Risk

2013-02-25 13:59:00

A Mediterranean diet with extra servings of olive oil or mixed nuts reduced the risk of a first heart attack, stroke and death by almost 30 percent in less than five years, according to a study from Spanish researchers. The research involved 7,477 high-...

5 Questions: Dr. Dean Ornish on the power of mindful choices

2013-02-23 00:00:00

For more than three decades, Dr. Dean Ornish has been talking about the power individuals have to affect their health, even to the extent of reversing heart disease by changing the way they eat and behave. His prescription for sick people is radical, as...

Briefs: Environmental Nutrition

2013-01-30 02:30:04

RESEARCH ROUNDUP --FREQUENT COOKING LINKED TO LONGER LIFE. A 10-year study of Taiwanese people aged 65 and over revealed that those who cooked most frequently (up to five times a week) were more likely to be alive at the end of the study period...

Jean Harris dies at 89; killer of 'Scarsdale Diet' doctor

2012-12-28 21:14:00

Jean Harris, the onetime headmistress of an elite girls' school whose trial in the fatal 1980 shooting of the celebrity diet doctor who jilted her generated front-page headlines and national debates about whether she was a feminist martyr or vengeful...

A low-fat grilled cheese sandwich. Researchers said Tuesday that a low-fat diet seemed to slow the metabolism more than a low-carb diet. "Insulin is the bad guy," says Dr. Robert Lustig.

2012-06-27 16:49:00

We found this on the Atkins.com site: "A just-released study from Johns Hopkins University has found that dieters that followed a low-carb diet like the Atkins Diet , shed more weight than those on a low-fat diet 10 lbs. more in six months."

2012-05-18 09:33:00