Nutrition Timeline

New Salt Study Says Cutting Salt May Not Be Worth The Hassle

new salt study

A new salt study released today from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) called into question the whole concept of trying to get your sodium consumption down to below 2,300 milligrams per day — much less below the almost impossible limit of 1,500 mg a day suggested by many doctors for certain patients. According to the… Read more »

105-Year-Old Bacon Woman: Why She’s Right

105-year-old bacon woman

The 105-year-old bacon woman from Richard Springs, Texas has come forward to reveal the real secret of long life — bacon. And she’s right. Scientists have proved it before, but we the people keep chasing idiotic nutrition fads and forgetting about the proven classics. As The Inquisitr previously revealed, Pearl Cantrell just celebrated a very… Read more »

Hungry Shoppers Buy More Junk Food, Study Shows

Hungry Shoppers Bad Foods

A new study by researchers at Cornell University showed something that many of us already know — shopping while hungry leads to more junk food purchases. While the concept is certainly not new, Cornell’s dietary researchers discovered that the situation is actually much worse than we previously realized. Along with out of control snacking in… Read more »

Carnitine In Red Meat And Supplements Linked To Artery Disease

carnitine in red meat and supplements linked to artery disease.

Carnitine, found naturally in red meat and not-so-naturally in a wide range of popular dietary supplements, has been linked to atherosclerosis, the deadly disease popularly known as “hardening of the arteries.” A disturbing study from doctors at Cleveland Clinic and elsewhere, published Sunday in Nature Medicine, has tracked the way that gut bacteria metabolizes L-carnitine…. Read more »

Kids’ Meals Unhealthy At Most Chain Restaurants, New Study

kid's meals unhealthy at most chains, says new study

Most kids’ meals in chain restaurants are unhealthy choices, even though children get one-quarter of their daily calories from restaurants. Of almost 3,500 combo meals offered in 34 restaurants, a stunning 91 percent didn’t meet the National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) standards set forth under their Kids Live Well industry policy. That’s the perhaps not-too-astounding news… Read more »

Picky Eaters Can Still Blame Their Genes, New Study

picky eaters can blame their genes

Picky eaters of the world, arise. Let ‘em beg, cry, moan, and whimper, but you have new evidence that it’s sooo not your fault that you can’t eat anything except French fries. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill released a new twin study on Thursday morning which offered fresh support for the theory… Read more »

Not Drinking Milk At College Age Linked To Metabolic Syndrome

not drinking milk as young adult linked to metabolic syndrome

If you don’t drink your milk as a young adult, you may have three times the risk of developing metabolic disease, a precursor to diabetes, as college-age kids who consume at least three servings of dairy a day. That’s the startling conclusion of a new study from the University of Illinois, which is being performed… Read more »

Lose Weight By Paying Attention, Study Says

lose weight by paying attention and mindful eating

Lose weight by paying more attention to what you eat and taking the time to remember what you have already eaten. That’s the take-home advice from a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition from a team led by University of Liverpool psychologist Eric Robinson. We’ve all heard the advice before, but… Read more »

Red Wine Ingredient Key To Living To Age 150?

red wine ingredient may be secret to a whole class of life extending drugs

A red wine ingredient could be the key to extending human life to the age of 150, according to a new paper published in Science today by a team headed by Australian researcher David Sinclair. After studying 117 drugs under development to fight the diseases of aging, they concluded that they all target a single… Read more »

Green Tea Extract May Help Fight Alzheimer’s

green tea extract may be new help in fight against alzheimer's disease

Green tea extract may interfere with the formation of abnormal clumps or plaques in the brain that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease. A team of scientists led by Mi Hee Lim at the University of Michigan said that the green tea extract is a powerful anti-oxidant. She added, “A lot of people are very excited… Read more »

Junk Food Junkies Inherit Addiction From Mom

junk food junkies can inherit the tendency to become hooked on junk food

Junk food junkies have someone else to blame for their craving for overly salty, sugary, or fatty food — Mom. A new Australian study suggests that pregnant women who eat too much junk food will pass the cravings on to their children, according to Ashik Siddique for Medical News Daily. The lead researcher for the… Read more »

Sugar Consumption Has Been Found To Be Toxic

Sugar Consumption Causes Diabetes

Put down that soda: It may very well be killing you. Increased sugar consumption, especially all those tasty sodas, have been found to increase the risk of diabetes, according to a new study. A study published in the journal PLoS One links increased consumption of sugar with higher rates of diabetes by using “econometric models… Read more »

Chipotle Has The Healthiest Fast Food: Weight-Loss Surgeon

Chipotle Mexican Grill

A doctor who practices in the field of bariatric surgery claims that the Chipotle Mexican Grill franchises have the healthiest menu of any fast-food restaurant. Matthew Weiner, M.D., is a big fan of Chipotle, according to the Benzinga website: “As a surgeon who specializes in bariatric (weight-loss) surgery, Dr. Weiner has spent his life studying… Read more »

Diet Pepsi Quietly Debuts New Sweetener

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Early this month, Diet Pepsi silently made a few adjustments to its sweetener as part of PepsiCo Inc.’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its flagship brands, reports the Associated Press. Diet Pepsi originally used aspartame alone as its sweetener, but the ingredient is known to break down when exposed to high temperatures. To address this, Diet… Read more »

Los Angeles City Council Endorses ‘Meatless Mondays’

Los Angeles Council supports No Meat Monday initiative

In a move sure to please vegans and vegetarians, and equally sure to anger meat lovers, the Los Angeles City Council passed a resolution urging residents to pledge they won’t eat meat on Mondays. The resolution, which the Los Angeles Daily News reports passed 14-0, does not have the force of law and the council… Read more »

DASH Diet Slow To Take Off With African Americans

DASH Diet Works, But Adherence With African Americans Is Slow

Faithfully adhering to the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is associated with considerably lowering blood pressure, but research suggests African Americans are far less likely to consistently stick to it than their white counterparts possibly due to “culturally sensitive” diets. A study from Duke University, which was published in Journal of the Academy… Read more »

NYC Soda Ban Means People Will Be Drinking More Aspartame

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Unintended consequences of government regulation? It will soon be illegal for New York City residents to buy a Big Gulp, Slurpee, or any sugar-sweetened drink in a cup larger than 16-ounces as The Inquisitr has previously reported. But Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on large sugary drinks passed by the city’s Board of Health gives free reign… Read more »