Nutrition
Obesity Is Caused More By Overeating Than Not Exercising
I have mentioned this in passing many times before but I’ll say it again: Losing weight is about 80% diet and only 20% exercise. In general, if you want to lose weight, then adding all the exercise in the world will do you little good if you continue with your current diet. Conversely, a few [...]
Hot To Cook Vegetables To Preserve Their Antioxidant Powers
How do you cook your vegetables so you can preserve, and get the most of, their antioxidant powers? The answer (like most things in life) is: “It depends”! In the Journal of Food Science, Spanish researchers from the University of Murcia found that vegetables reacted differently to different cooking methods:
They looked at how the ability [...]
Men And Women Diet Differently
About a month back, the New England Journal Of Medicine came out with a rather “obvious” paper which suggested that irrespective of the ratio of carbs, proteins or fats one consumed, a low calorie diet was the single-best way to lose weight. Newsweek reported on the results and then did an interesting piece on the [...]
High-Calorie Liquids Are Leading To Greater Weight Gain
It’s probably because of the ease of consuming larger quantities of the liquid more easily, but a recent study of 810 adults from around the United States found that soft drinks, sodas, fruit punches etc. had a much stronger impact on weight gain than even solid food:
“Among beverages, sugar-sweetened beverages was the only beverage type [...]
Could “Brown Fat” Help You Lose Weight?
Most of the regular fat in our bodies is somewhat white or yellowish in color and is generally recognized belonging to the bad-variety: one that does not burn a of of calories and adds to the overall weight of a person resulting in the onset of numerous ailments including diabetes and heart disease.
There is another [...]
