Recently added articles from Nutrition Action Healthletter:
Brain scans reveal all.(QUICK STUDIES)(how to maintain weight loss; brain activity)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... What makes some people succeed at losing weight--and keeping it off--and others fail? Researchers did brain scans on 18 people who were normal weight, 16 who were obese, and 17 "successful weight-loss maintainers" while they all were shown pictures of food and other objects. ...
Soy what? The jury's still out on soy's benefits.(SPECIAL FEATURE)(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scientist have long suspected that the soy foods in Asian diets may help explain why people in places like Japan, China, and Singapore have lower rates of breast cancer, prostate cancer, osteoporosis, and heart disease. And thousands of studies over the ...
From sun & sea: new study puts vitamin D & omega-3s to the test.(Cover story)
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "They're two of the most promising nutrients available for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer," says JoAnn E. Manson, professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and ...
Bad buffet behavior?(QUICK STUDIES)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Overweight people behave differently than leaner people at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Twenty-two trained observers watched 213 patrons at 11 all-you-can-eat Chinese food buffets in several cities. Diners who were overweight or obese were more ...
Less acid, more bone.(QUICK STUDIES)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Eating a diet that makes you excrete less acid may help preserve bone. Researchers randomly assigned 171 men and women over age 50 to take potassium bicarbonate (6,750 mg a day), sodium bicarbonate (5,670 mg a day), potassium chloride (5,030 mg a day), or a placebo. Each ...