Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Scientists Find High Fat Diet Causes Beta Cell Dysfunction Leading to Type 2 Diabetes


Scientists Find High Fat Diet Causes Beta Cell Dysfunction Leading to Type 2 ...
Genetic Engineering News
Scientists report new insights into the mechanisms by which a high fat diet can lead to type 2 diabetes. Mouse and human studies by researchers in the US and Japan suggest that elevated levels of free fatty acids leads to both reduced expression of the ...
For good karma, liberate animals from your diet
Kansas City Star
By PATTI TILLOTSON Earlier this month, a group of Buddhists in Massachusetts rescued more than 500 lobsters who were destined for the dinner table and released them into the Atlantic Ocean. This action was done in honor of Wheel-Turning Day, ...
Ellen DeGeneres announces new vegan site
MiamiHerald.com
The portal, an offshoot of her official Ellen.com site, is an introduction to an all-plant diet and how to stop eating the animal products. "Scientific studies supported by the American Dietetic Association have confirmed that vegan and vegetarian ...
Giann Rooney's biggest challenge: diet
Sydney Morning Herald
Everyone says to me now, "It must be so nice not to be on a diet." And I'd think, "Are you kidding? It's the first time in my life I've had to watch what I eat." Back then, when you are doing six or seven hours of exercise a day, six days a week, ...
Being fat may be healthier for you than constantly trying to diet, claim ...
Daily Mail
Researchers found that being slim isn't always superior as constantly trying, and failing, to shed the pounds is less healthy than staying overweight while eating a balanced diet. Scientists at York University in Canada discovered that obese people,...
Colour-code your diet
Sydney Morning Herald
"It's only really in the last decade or so that we have started to pay more attention to the importance of having them in the diet. Research shows that they protect against cancer and heart disease, as well as protecting eyes from cataracts and macular ...
Gluten cheating's a no-no
Toronto Sun
For people with celiac disease, however, this is not a "hot topic" but a way of life, a diet they must follow carefully forever. Perhaps the trend can be a good thing because it has led to the development of lots of products and resources that make ...
The low-weight, low-carbon diet
Sydney Morning Herald
This is because they weren't eating processed foods, much animal protein or sweets and instead ate a diet heavy in legumes, carbohydrates, fruits and leafy vegetables, Itsiopoulos says. ''You're minimising your intake of saturated animal fats, ..
Ancient diet links farming to landscape damage
Planet Earth
They found that, in less than two thousand years, the valley inhabitants had gone from subsisting on gathered foods, through a period of intense agriculture, and back again to a largely subsistence diet. This confirms earlier evidence suggesting that, ...
Women gossip for five hours a day
Marie Claire.co.uk
By Hannah Thomas on Monday 15 August 2011 It's common knowledge that women love to talk, but did you know that the typical woman spends a third of her day discussing diet, sex and other people's problems? A new report has found that women spend ...
Diet group sues critic second time
The Age
A MELBOURNE academic who complained to health authorities about a weight loss company linked to well-known conman Peter Foster is being sued for a second time by the group for more than $1 million. The adjunct senior lecturer at La Trobe University, ...
Could the chemistry diet be key to winning battle with obesity?
Halifax Evening Courier
We must do all we can to solve this dilemma and if people are reluctant to change their diet and exercise habits then surely the solution is to either modify the content of the products they consume without compromising the taste or help them feel ...
Rihanna Doesn't Follow A Diet To Keep Body In Check!
TaleTela
Over the last few weeks we have been showered with pictures of a bikini-clad Rihanna, living it up in Barbados but apparently despite having a seriously hot body, the singer does bother following a diet! The 23-year-old's personal trainer has revealed ...
Conan the Barbarian star Jason Momoa dishes diet and workout secrets
Examiner.com
Jason Momoa is muscular and has athletic genes (he's the nephew of famed surfers Brian & Rusty Keaulana), but even he had to work out intensely to play mythical warrior Conan the Barbarian. "You gotta eat a lot of boiled chicken breasts and lift a lot ...
FoodCorps National Service Program Kicks Off With Inaugural Training for 50 ...
PR Newswire (press release)
FoodCorps is a sound investment in a healthy future and gives our kids a chance to beat back the painful and costly epidemic of diet-related disease," said co-founder and FoodCorps Program Director Debra Eschmeyer, herself a produce farmer and former ...
Another reason to add more fruit and fibre to your diet
Irish Independent
Previous research suggested that a low-fibre diet could lead to diverticular disease, and that vegetarians may have a lower risk compared with meat eaters, but there was little evidence to substantiate this. So Dr Francesca Crowe and her team from the ...
Spice up your health
Times of India
In order to detox, Beyonce goes on a cayenne pepper diet which is definitely not for the faint-hearted. But a new study by Penn State University says that a mix of cinnamon, turmeric, oregano, rosemary, garlic and paprika reduced the insulin levels and ...

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