Dining Out Healthfully: Breakfast

Whether you're dashing to work or relishing a weekend breakfast, the right morning foods can help you control blood glucose and focus on good nutrition. The keys are choosing wisely and controlling portion sizes.

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How to Survive (and Thrive) at a Potluck

Good eating surrounds us when we gather for backyard barbecues, parties, special occasions, and family reunions. Those buffet spreads can be loaded with temptations, but with the right approach, you can serve up some healthful choices. What should you put on your plate?

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Easy Way to Balance Your Blood Sugar and Lose Weight

If your blood sugar is going up and down then it’s the time to think that something is wrong. If it is not balanced then your body will stop using up energy and will convert it into fat and store it and ultimately you won’t lose weight. Research shows that the best foods for enjoying good weight are those that don’t cause a sharp rise in blood sugar levels. Are you overweight and want to... read more

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Make Snack Time Healthier

Instead of reaching for candy to keep your blood sugar up, plan ahead for a more substantial snack. Print Email Having healthy snacks on hand can save you from hypoglycemia — and from settling for less-than-nutritious foods. The best choices begin at the bottom of the food pyramid and contain 15 grams of carbohydrate per serving. Good options include air-popped popcorn, baked tortilla chips and salsa, graham crackers, pretzels, bagels, and cereal.

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When It Came to Eating Right, Did Hunter Gatherers Have the Right Stuff?

Yes, they lacked indoor plumbing, permanent settlements and elevated manners when it came to eating, but our hunter-gatherer ancestors may have eaten a diet that can help modern people combat metabolic syndrome and even type 2 diabetes.

That’s the hypothesis of Dr. Umesh Masharani, an endocrinologist at the University of California at San Francisco. He and his colleagues are looking into the benefits of the diet our ancestors ate during the Paleolithic Era more... read more

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Weight loss diets: what does the science say?

Obesity has rapidly become a serious problem and with over half of the population recorded as either overweight or obese, weight loss is of major concern. The Health Survey for England (2003) stated that 24 million adults, 65.4 per cent of men and 55.5 per cent of women, were either overweight or obese, and the prevalence of obesity alone was 22.2 per cent in men and 23 per cent in women. The incidence of generalised... read more

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Surprising High-Sodium Foods

We may malign the salt shaker, but sodium plays an important role in maintaining the body's fluid balance. It’s essential for muscles and nerves to function properly. But most of us consume too much of it. FDA guidelines call for less than 2,400 mg of sodium per day -- about 1 teaspoon of table salt. Surprisingly, most of our salt intake doesn’t come from the salt shaker; it’s hidden in many of the foods we... read more

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The Tongue Is The Start Of The Route To Obesity

Obesity gradually numbs the taste sensation of rats to sweet foods and drives them to consume larger and ever-sweeter meals, according to neuroscientists. Findings from the Penn State study could uncover a critical link between taste and body weight, and reveal how flab hooks the brain on sugary food.

"When you have a reduced sensitivity to palatable foods, you tend to consume it in higher amounts," said Andras Hajnal, associate professor of neural and... read more

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Portion size then and now

Photos showing portion size we used to eat versus what we are eating now.

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Childhood Obesity In The USA Would Be Reversed If Fast Food TV Advertising Were Banned, Says Study

A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of childhood obesity, though in smaller numbers.

The study was conducted by the National Bureau of Economic... read more

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