Diabetes diet warning: Eating THIS 'healthy' oil could increase risk of symptoms
DIABETES risk could be reduced by consuming olive oil in your diet, rather than sunflower oil. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Virginia Tech biochemists dip into the health benefits of olives and olive oil
(Virginia Tech) Virginia Tech research team discovered that the olive-derived compound oleuropein helps prevent type 2 diabetes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Dementia news: Cooking with THIS type of oil could protect your memory
DEMENTIA - including Alzheimer ’s disease - can cause memory loss and problems with brain function. However, a Mediterranean diet staple, extra virgin olive oil, could help. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could a Mediterranean diet be as good as drugs for acid reflux?
Conclusion
The results of this relatively small cohort study seem to show that a plant-based Mediterranean diet with alkaline water is equally good as PPI medication at treating acid reflux symptoms when people also follow standard advice to cut out certain things from their diet.
This might suggest that the first port of call for people with gastro-oesophageal reflux could be to try a Mediterranean diet before going on PPI medication, to avoid potential side effects.
There are, however, some limitations to this research:
Cohort studies can only show links and cannot prove definite cause and effect, and retrospective co...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Source Type: news
Medical News Today: How avocados and nuts could boost intelligence
Higher blood levels of monounsaturated fatty acids - found in avocados, nuts, and olive oil - have been linked to greater intelligence in a new study. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
UCLA faculty voice: A healthy lifestyle can help prevent dementia
UCLAJonathan FieldingDr. Jonathan Fielding is a distinguished professor of public health and pediatrics at UCLA. This column appeared in U.S. News and World Report.Does behavior have a significant impact on your risk of developing dementia? That ’s what a wealth of new data is suggesting, and the evidence, gathered from different research teams around the globe, is pointing in the same intriguing direction.A suite of new studies came to a common finding — that our own behavior could partially stave off the effects of dementia, including dementia-related to Alzheimer’s, which accounts for up to 75 percent of cases, ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 8, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Olive-Oil-Enriched Dark Chocolate May Improve Endothelial Function Olive-Oil-Enriched Dark Chocolate May Improve Endothelial Function
In a small preliminary study, adults with cardiovascular risk factors who ate a small bar of olive-oil-enriched dark chocolate daily for a month had increased levels of endothelial progenitor cells.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Using DNA markers to revitalise the olive oil industry
In a bid to foster a more sustainable and competitive olive-oil sector, the EU-funded BeFOre project is developing a molecular database of the most resilient olive varieties that have the highest agronomical potential. (Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre)
Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre - September 1, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Heart disease diet: Two foods which could protect your blood vessels - but there's a catch
HEART disease can cause symptoms such as heart attacks and even heart failure. Now experts have revealed an unusual combination of dark chocolate and olive oil eaten together could protect people against the condition. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Would YOU eat chocolate enriched with olive oil?
Researchers from the University of Pisa found the unusual combination significantly raises endothelial progenitor cell levels, which are critical for blood vessel repair and function. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dark chocolate with olive oil associated with improved cardiovascular risk profile
(European Society of Cardiology) Dark chocolate enriched with extra virgin olive oil is associated with an improved cardiovascular risk profile, according to research presented today at ESC Congress. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Is your olive oil the real deal?
Europe produces 70 % of the world's olive oil, but is facing increasing competition. Its high price combined with a reputation as being healthy are attracting new producers from elsewhere, as well as less honest businesses selling counterfeit olive oil. The OLEUM project is building the tools to detect fake olive oil and to verify quality for the real thing. (Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre)
Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre - August 25, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
10 REASONS: to eat a Mediterranean diet
A University of Barcelona study found that cutting down on fat was the least effective way to trim ‘spare tyres’ and eating 'good fats' like olive oil, lost more weight than those who controlled calories. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Do You Become a Humanitarian?
August 19, 2017Ghiath Alddin Zeen was forced to leave Syria, but continues to find ways to help his people. On World Humanitarian Day, meet a real humanitarian.“We started as a volunteer team in Damascus city—8 women and 8 men—in 2001,” says Ghiath Alddin Zeen. “In our free time, we were distributing food baskets during Ramadan, and second hand toys for the poor families.”Ghiath is now the CEO ofGhiras A-Nahda, a nongovernmental organization of more than 125 Syrian humanitarians. One of the NGO ’s projects,A Challenge to Survive, is helping people living in besieged areas of Syria to grow mushrooms at home as...
Source: IntraHealth International - August 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news
Magnetic resonance is used to evaluate food quality
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) A Brazilian company has developed a low-field nuclear magnetic resonance device that takes a few seconds to perform chemical and physical analyses of fruit, grains, olive oil, milk and meat, among other products. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
