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DOES DRINKING LESS SUGAR MEAN DRINKING MORE ALCOHOL? Reducing the intake of sugary drinks is presently quite important to many public health advocates. Taxes on sweet drinks are one effective way to do this. And advocates are convinced that the result will be better health – less obesity and less diabetes. But it’s worth asking: …
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PLANT PROTEIN LINKED TO LONGER LIFE Greater consumption of plant-based proteins such as those found in cereals and legumes is associated with lower mortality risk, according to an observational study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Roughly 70,000 people aged 40 to 69 in Japan completed food frequency questionnaires. During a mean 18 years’ follow-up, 18% died. …
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THE KETOGENIC DIET FOR OBESITY AND DIABETES ConscienHealth’s Ted Kyle reports on a meta-analysis of ketogenic diets for obesity in JAMA Internal Medicine that suggests that currently enthusiasm is outpacing the evidence. Shivam Joshi, Robert Ostfeld, and Michelle McMacken tell us: “Although the ketogenic diet has garnered much attention for the dietary treatment of chronic …
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THE HUMBLE GLYCEMIC INDEX MARKS GLOBAL DIABETES RISK ConscienHealth’s Ted Kyle reports on a systematic review and meta-analysis of glycemic index, glycemic load, and type 2 diabetes risk published in Nutrients by an impressive global group of nutrition scientists. Their conclusions are simple and powerful he says. Glycemic index and glycemic load are important markers …
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MODERNIZING THE DEFINITION OF PROTEIN QUALITY Dr David Katz and colleagues call for the definition of protein quality to be modernized in their recent paper in Advances in Nutrition, because the current definition is misleading and antiquated they say. Historically, protein quality has been defined in biochemical and physiological terms reflecting the concentration of the …
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PLANT-BASED DIETS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE IN ENDURANCE SPORTS Meat-free athletes – from tennis champion Venus Williams to Formula 1’s Lewis Hamilton to Derrick Morgan of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans – have already proven the performance-boosting power of a plant-based diet. A review recently published in Nutrients adds further evidence that plant-based athletes may …
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WHICH FAT IS WORSE FOR FATTY LIVER DISEASE? Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease occurs when too much fat accumulates in the liver. Many people have no symptoms of the disease, but can end up with cardiovascular problems and type 2 diabetes. In addition, the liver can scar and not work properly, causing serious health issues if …
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WILL A TREAT A DAY KEEP THE WEIGHT AWAY? Possibly. Back in 2005, when researchers from the University of Toronto deprived a group of women volunteers of chocolate for a week, they found that the restrained eaters in the group experienced more intense, chronic chocolate cravings and swallowed approximately double the amount of the forbidden …
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HOW STARCHY CARBS ADVANCED THE HUMAN RACE Starchy carbohydrates were a major factor in the evolution of the human brain say researchers in the Quarterly Review of Biology, challenging the long-standing belief that the increase in size of the human brain around 800,000 years ago was the result of increased meat consumption. “Global increases in …
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YOGHURT – ITS INSULINEMIC INDEX IS HIGHER THAN ITS GI Numerous studies over the past 20 years have shown that high yoghurt intake is associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. In Nutrition Today, Prof Tom Wolever talks about yoghurt’s glycemic and insulinemic impact of yoghurt. “There is evidence that low GI and …
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