U.S. Dietary Guidelines Take Aim at Sugar
And continue to endorse fruits, vegetables and unsaturated fats
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
8 Reasons Avocado Is a Perfect Weight-Loss Food
Avocado was all like, "Look at me, I'm the good fat!" and Butter was like, "Show-off!" Trendy, popular and a bit of an overachiever in the health department, avocado is like the homecoming queen of the fats parade. It's actually a single-seeded berry native to Mexico, but at 322 calories and 29 grams of fat -- 10 to 20 times what you'll find in any other item in the produce aisle -- the avocado can arguably be considered more of a fat than a fruit.
Moreover, it's the mono-unsaturated fat content of an avocado -- 20 grams per berry -- that researchers say make it so special, and deserving of the health food fame. With its...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An Avocado A Day Keeps Bad Cholesterol Away
Your love for avocados is oh-so right, according to a new study that finds that eating an avocado a day can improve bad cholesterol levels -- at least in overweight and obese people.
Avocados have gotten a bad rap in the past because they're high in calories and fat. But it's their richness in monounsaturated fat that researchers say gives avocado its ability to lower bad cholesterol.
Researchers asked 45 overweight or obese participants to eat an average American diet (51 percent of calories from carbs, 34 percent from fat and 16 percent from protein) for two weeks to establish a common baseline for testing their cho...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Can a yoghurt a day reduce diabetes risk?
Conclusion
This analysis of three large cohort studies, and a meta-analysis of 14 more, came up with estimates that each serving per day of yoghurt (244g) decreases the relative risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 18%.
It suggests other dairy foods and consumption of total dairy are not associated with type 2 diabetes. It was not clear over what time period this risk reduction was achieved, as follow-up times varied, but the maximum was 30 years.
The research team pointed out that their findings on total dairy intake were consistent with some, but not all, previous studies. Differences between this and previous studies ...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Food/diet Source Type: news
Eating certain fats might offset some heart risk from weight gain
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're going to overindulge and gain weight, at least try to make sure the extra calories come from unsaturated fats, a new study suggests. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Mouse Study Hints at How Mediterranean Diet Protects the Heart
Researchers find unsaturated fats, vegetables combine to lower blood pressure (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tossing lettuce in olive oil with a sprinkling of nuts and avocado boosts heart health
Researchers at King's College London found the addition of unsaturated fat makes lettuce particularly good for people. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mouse Study Hints At How Mediterranean Diet Protects the Heart
Researchers find unsaturated fats, vegetables combine to lower blood pressure
Source: HealthDay
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - May 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Saturated fats and heart disease link 'unproven'
ConclusionIn contrast to current recommendations, this systematic review found no evidence that saturated fat increases the risk of coronary disease, or that polyunsaturated fats have a cardioprotective effect.Similarly, there was no significant association between the levels of total omega-3 or omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and coronary disease. This lack of association was seen in both cohort studies, which looked at dietary intake or circulating levels the in blood, and in randomised controlled trials that had looked at the effect of supplementation. There was also no significant association between total saturate...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Experts question link between saturated fat and heart disease
A new review of published evidence challenges current guidelines that suggest in order to reduce heart disease risk, people should generally restrict intake of saturated fats - like those found in butter and dairy foods - in favor of unsaturated fats - such as in margarine and sunflower oil.The analysis, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine by an international group led by a team at the UK's University of Cambridge, included 72 separate studies on heart risk and intake of fatty acids. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Link between saturated fat and heart disease comes into question
A new review of published evidence challenges current guidelines that suggest in order to reduce heart disease risk, people should generally restrict intake of saturated fats - like those found in butter and dairy foods - in favor of unsaturated fats - such as in margarine and sunflower oil.The analysis, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine by an international group led by a team at the UK's University of Cambridge, included 72 separate studies on heart risk and intake of fatty acids. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Coming This Week: Unsaturated Fats Again, FDA and Transplants
(MedPage Today) -- Expect a busy medical news week featuring more about fats and the heart, as well as another look at not so prime donor organs. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Want to avoid a muffin top? Unsaturated fats prevent us gaining weight around the waist
Researchers at Sweden's Uppsala University found people who eat a lot of polyunsaturated fat gain more muscle and less fat than those who eat saturated fat. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Abdominal fat accumulation prevented by unsaturated fat
New research shows that saturated fat builds more fat and less muscle than polyunsaturated fat. This is the first study on humans to show that the fat composition of food not only influences cholesterol levels in the blood and the risk of cardiovascular disease but also determines where the fat will be stored in the body. Gaining weight on excess calories from polyunsaturated fat appears to cause more gain in muscle mass, and less body fat than overeating a similar amount of saturated fat. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
