Fast Food Versus Fast Casual -- Which Has More Calories?
THURSDAY, Feb. 21, 2019 -- Fast-food restaurants get a bad rap for menus chockful of high-fat, high-salt foods with little nutrition. But are fast casual and sit-down chains better? The answer may surprise you.
A University of South Carolina study... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
High-Fat Diets Do No Favors for Your Gut Bacteria
Title: High-Fat Diets Do No Favors for Your Gut BacteriaCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/20/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/21/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - February 21, 2019 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Salk scientists uncover how high-fat diet drives colorectal cancer growth
(Salk Institute) A new study led by Salk Institute scientists suggests that high-fat diets fuel colorectal cancer growth by upsetting the balance of bile acids in the intestine and triggering a hormonal signal that lets potentially cancerous cells thrive. The findings, which appeared in Cell on Feb. 21, 2019, could explain why colorectal cancer, which can take decades to develop, is being seen in younger people growing up at a time when higher-fat diets are common. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
High-Fat Diets Do No Favors for Your Gut Bacteria
The study showed that a high-fat diet is linked to unfavorable changes in the type and numbers of gut bacteria, known as the microbiome, as well increasing inflammatory triggers in the body. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High-Fat Diets Do No Favors for Your Gut Bacteria
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20, 2019 -- Has a high-fat meal ever left you feeling bloated and sluggish? It turns out that a heavier fat diet may keep the many bacteria that live in your digestive system from doing their best, too.
New research found that when... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 20, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Eating a high-fat diet in your 20s and 30s makes you likely to get heart disease and diabetes later
According to researchers at Qingdao University, China, fatty foods cause a reduction and mutation of good bacteria in the gut, which can potentially cause diabetes, heart disease and strokes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Prospective Study of Dairy-Food Intake and Early Menopause A Prospective Study of Dairy-Food Intake and Early Menopause
Might the choice of low- vs. high-fat dairy-food consumption impact a woman ' s risk of early menopause?American Journal of Epidemiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Making Mayo's Recipes: Two days' worth of heart-healthy menus
Do you want to adopt a heart-healthy diet, but aren't sure where to start? Heart-healthy eating doesn't have to be difficult. Use these menus provided by Mayo Clinic Staff to get started. One way to begin is to create a daily meal plan that emphasizes vegetables, fruits and whole grains and limits high-fat foods (such [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 7, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Why Do You Get Sleepy After Eating? These Are the Top Theories
If eating makes you tired, you’ve got something in common with most people—and, for that matter, with most living things. Researchers have turned up evidence of “postprandial sleepiness,” also known as a food coma, in insects, snakes, worms and rats.
“The conservation of this behavior across species suggests that it’s really important for something,” says William Ja, an associate professor of neuroscience at the Scripps Research Institute in Florida who has studied this food coma phenomenon.
Some experts have hypothesized that animals—humans included—have built-in &ldqu...
Source: TIME: Health - January 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Diet/Nutrition Source Type: news
Drug shows promise to treat diet-induced osteoarthritis
(Queensland University of Technology) Scientists from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, have found that a drug derived from omega-3 fatty acids can reduce osteoarthritis inflammation that's been caused by a high-fat diet. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 29, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Eating a Western diet makes you more prone to listeria as it makes the immune system less capable
The consumption of this high-fat and low-fibre diet affected the gut bacteria in mice, making them more susceptible to listeriosis - caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, Irish researchers found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fidarestat prevents high-fat diet-induced intestinal polyps in ApcMin/+ mice
(Bentham Science Publishers) Recent epidemiological and experimental studies have shown that obesity is a major risk factor for Colorectal Cancer (CRC). Regular intake of high fat-containing diet can promote obesity and metabolic syndrome by increasing the insulin resistance and inflammatory response which contribute to carcinogenesis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 18, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Celebrities Are Fighting Over the ‘Keto’ Diet. Here’s What Science Says About How Healthy It Is
A celebrity feud has ignited debate over the popular — but somewhat controversial — ketogenic diet.
It all started last week, when trainer Jillian Michaels told Women’s Health that the high-fat, low-carb keto diet is “a bad plan, for a million reasons.”
“I don’t understand. Like, why would anybody think this is a good idea?” Michaels asked.
It quickly became clear that many people, famous and otherwise, think the trendy plan is a good idea. Celebrities including Al Roker and Andy Cohen criticized Michaels’ take, causing her to double down on her position and offer to de...
Source: TIME: Health - January 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Diet/Nutrition healthytime onetime Source Type: news
Epigenetic change causes fruit fly babies to inherit diet-induced heart disease
(Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) Scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have identified an epigenetic marker and two genes that caused heart failure in the children and grandchildren of fruit flies with high-fat-diet-induced heart dysfunction. Reversing the epigenetic modification or over-expressing the two genes protected subsequent generations from the negative heart effects of their parents' diet. The study was published in Nature Communications. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Is the trendy Keto diet BAD for you? High-fat eating plan raises blood pressure
A study by Augusta University found a high-fat diet causes immune cells to be released into the aorta and kidneys of rats, which then drives inflammation linked to high blood pressure. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
