Articles tagged with "obesity"
10 Reasons to Avoid Refined Sugar
Posted by SoundHealth on Tuesday, October 04, 2011Sugar comes in many forms. [b]Fructose[/b] and [b]glucose[/b] are [i]monosaccharides[/i], known as simple sugars. Glucose is the primary sugar in the blood, and fructose ...
Obesity and Diabetes Caused By Food Sweetener Fructose
Posted by SoundHealth on Monday, January 25, 2010Scientists have proved for the first time that fructose, a cheap form of sugar used in thousands of food products and soft drinks, can damage human metabolism and is fuel ...
The Healthy Oil That Promotes Weight Loss
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, June 23, 2011A study has shown that dietary supplementation with coconut oil is associated with a reduction in waist circumference, as well as other benefits. Coconut oil contains ...
The Dangers of Sugar
Posted by SoundHealth on Wednesday, September 09, 2009Sugar is found in all kinds of foods and drinks, in many different forms. But sugar is actually an artificial, harmful substance, devoid of all nutrients, in fact it robs ...
Fructose Found To Be More Harmful Than Glucose
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, October 06, 2011The sugar fructose is already well known to be highly detrimental to health in large doses and has been linked with contributing to ills including obesity, type-2 diabete ...
Almonds Can Control Weight
Posted by SoundHealth on Tuesday, January 27, 2009The great scholar Ibn al-Qayyim in his [i]Prophetic Medicine [/i]mentioned that almonds were beneficial for health, especially when eaten with dates and figs. More re ...
Regular Exercise Reduces Risk of 24 Illnesses Including Dementia and Cancer, Review Finds
Posted by SoundHealth on Friday, December 03, 2010Regular exercise such as a daily walk is linked to reducing around two dozen physical and mental health conditions and slowing down how quickly the body ages, accordin ...
Aim For Quality Not Quantity of Food To Lose Weight
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, September 01, 2011The quality of the food you eat rather than how much you consume has the biggest impact on losing weight, a study has found. Diet also has a greater impact than other ...
Probiotics: The Key to Better Health
Posted by SoundHealth on Tuesday, November 24, 2009Growing research is finding that one of the keys to good health can be found in our guts - specifically, in the bacteria that live in the digestive tract. These bacteria ...
Tangerines Fight Obesity and Protect Against Heart Disease, Study
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, June 02, 2011New research has discovered a substance in tangerines that not only helps to prevent obesity, but also offers protection against type-2 diabetes, and even atherosclerosis ...
Freshly Squeezed Juice Lowers the Risk of Obesity
Posted by SoundHealth on Monday, May 11, 2009Drinking a freshly squeezed glass of juice is a delicious and nutritious way to start the day, and new research shows that it will also lower the risk factors for several ...
Almonds: The Healthy Snack Linked to Weight Loss
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, October 06, 2011The results of a study have found that supplementation with almonds, in contrast to complex carbohydrates, is associated with greater reductions in weight and BMI, waist ...
Junk Food Diet Increases Allergies in Children
Posted by SoundHealth on Wednesday, August 04, 2010Children who have junk food diets are at greater risk of allergies as well as obesity, according to a new study. Scientists compared youngsters from a rural African v ...
Flavor Enhancer Monosodium Glutamate Is Linked to Obesity
Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, September 01, 2011Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer used liberally in processed foods and Asian cuisine. While this ingredient is permitted in the food supply, many studies h ...
Phytochemicals In Plant-based Foods Help Battle Obesity and Disease
Posted by SoundHealth on Friday, October 23, 2009A new study provides more evidence that supports eating a healthy diet low in meat and high in plant-based foods like fruits and vegetables, to tackle obesity and prevent ...
Being Overweight Raises the Risk of Cancer
Posted by SoundHealth on Monday, March 09, 2009Overweight people are at a higher risk of developing cancer, evidence has shown. However, this risk can be reduced naturally by reducing body fat, through changing eating ...
Blueberries Provide Natural Weight Loss, Study
Posted by SoundHealth on Tuesday, May 03, 2011Blueberries have been shown to be a powerful superfood in several nutrition studies, due to their high polyphenol content, including their ability to help prevent heart d ...
Vitamin C Status and Perception of Effort During Exercise in Obese Adults Adhering to a Calorie-Reduced Diet
Posted by Admin on Thursday, August 16, 2012Vitamin C is water-soluble, and probably the most famous of all the vitamins. Even before its discovery in 1932, physicians recognised that there must be a compound in ci ...
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