Study: beans, chickpeas might help with weight loss
HealthDay News Beans, chickpeas, peas, lentils: Humble foods that may pack a punch for weight loss, Canadian researchers report. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What's the key to losing weight AND keeping it off? Add a portion of PULSES a day
Eating a 130 gram serving of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils can help you stay trim without making any other dietary changes, experts at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, today revealed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eating beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils may help lose weight and keep it off
Eating one serving a day of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils could contribute to modest weight loss, a new study suggests. Eating about 3/4 cup (130 grams) each day of these foods known as pulses led to a weight loss of 0.34 kilograms (just over half a pound), in a systematic review and meta-analysis of all available clinical trials on the effects of eating pulses. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Could eating beans and chickpeas help you lose weight - and KEEP it off?
EATING beans, peas, chickpeas and lentils not only help people lose weight - but also enables them to keep it off, according to new research. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Beans, Chickpeas May Help With Weight Loss: Study
WEDNESDAY, March 30, 2016 -- Beans, chickpeas, peas, lentils: Humble foods that may pack a punch for weight loss, Canadian researchers report.
A new analysis of data from 21 clinical trials on these foods -- collectively known as "pulses" -- finds... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Eating beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils may help lose weight and keep it off
(St. Michael's Hospital) Eating one serving a day of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils could contribute to modest weight loss, a new study suggests. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - March 30, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Eating beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils may help lose weight and keep it off
(Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media)
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - March 30, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News Source Type: news
The 2 x 3 + 1 Rule: A Simple Way to Improve Your Diet
Diet and nutrition advice tends to get complicated, doesn't it? Eat this, don't eat that, drink this, don't drink that, try this, avoid that. It sometimes feels like a healthy diet requires more time, energy and attention than we have to give. We want to eat well, but we also want to get on with our lives. Fortunately, those of us who are too busy to sort through complicated nutrition information or follow complex eating plan, can follow one simple healthy eating strategy. I call it the 2 x 3 + 1 Rule. If you follow it, you'll end up following many of the complicated nutrition "rules" and improve your diet without even ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
These Mock Martian Crops Show We Could Grow Food On Mars
Establishing a sustainable colony on Mars would come with incredible challenges, none more pressing than figuring out how to keep inhabitants from starving. To the delight of sci-fi fans, the innovative approach of fictional astronaut Mark Watney to growing potatoes in the movie "The Martian" might just be the solution. Scientists at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands say they have successfully grown -- and harvested -- several crops, including tomatoes and peas, in simulated Martian and lunar soils. The goal of the ongoing study is to provide the basis for growing crops on Mar...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 11, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
10 Simple Tips to Savor the Flavor of Eating Right
National nutrition month (NNM) is a nutrition education campaign sponsored yearly by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). This year's NNM theme is Savor the Flavor of Eating Right. Here are smart tips to help you eat healthier this month. 1. Mind your portions and eat slowly. One of the best ways to "savor the flavor" is to chew our food well instead of shoveling it in. This will not only help us eat less, but we will be able to actually taste and enjoy what we are eating. 2. Include fruits and vegetables at each meal. Sprinkle in berries to your yogurt, add a colorful green salad to your lunch, and include ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First tomatoes, peas harvested on Mars, moon soil simulant
The second experiment on how to grow crops on Mars and moon soil simulant have given a surprising outcome. As a result of what the researchers in the Netherlands learned from their first experiments, they were able to grow ten different crop species. Tomatoes, peas, rye, garden rocket, radish and garden cress were harvested. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 8, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
If You Eat Any Fruits Or Vegetables At All, You're Doing Better Than Half Of America
If you’re feeling down about how you eat, consider this: if you eat about one cup of fruit and more than 1.5 cups of vegetables a day, you’re actually eating better than about half of all Americans. If you eat 1.5 cups of fruit (the recommended serving size for an adult), you’re doing better than more than three-fourths of Americans. And if you eat two cups of vegetables a day (another recommended serving size), that’s better than almost 90 percent of your neighbors. We say this not to put down our fellow Americans, but to point out that eating more fruits and vegetables is linked to lower rate...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
What's for Dinner Dilemma
Yes, food is delicious and all but food can also be crazy annoying! I mean the never ending eating/cooking train can get you scrambling at 4pm to decide that irritating thought...What's For Dinner Tonight. As you weed through your dented pinto bean cans and unopened baking soda you come across a few staples and figure let's do takeout. But with just a few staples you can make a good meal. Here are three foods you can make tonight with the remaining items in your pantry and freezer. Eggs. Quiche is an excellent choice when you are low on pantry items but want a lot of flavor. If you don't have any flour you can also go...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clemson researchers receive $1.8 million for root study with broad implications for agriculture
(Clemson University) Julia Frugoli, Alex Feltus and Victoria Corbin are the recipients of the three-year National Science Foundation grant. Their project will focus on legumes (such as peas and beans). (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 8, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Studies Find Added Health Benefits To Coffee, Berries, Soy
BOSTON (CBS) — If you like berries, soy, or coffee, rejoice. As Dr. Mallika Marshall reports, they all have health benefits.
Good news for lovers of coffee, tea and chocolate. A new study finds that regular caffeine intake does not cause extra heart beats or abnormal heart rhythms.
This is on the heels of another study which found that drinking 3 to 5 (8 ounce) cups of coffee a day, including decaf, is associated with a lower risk of death, in general.
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We all want to avoid unwanted weight gain and now Harvard researchers say eating more foods like apples, pears, berries,...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: larasalahi Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local CBS Boston Dr. Mallika Marshall WBZ Source Type: news
