A researcher at Rutgers University has identified cranberries as one of the key foods that provides great health benefits. Cranberries, a traditional holiday food, are chock full of antioxidants. Antioxidants are key in the protection of your body’s cells against free radicals.
Archive for November, 2006
NEW YORK (UPI) — Honolulu has been named the healthiest U.S. city for
women in Self magazine’s “7th Annual America’s Healthiest Places”
survey.
ITHACA, N.Y. (UPI) — A U.S. researcher says people are more influenced
to eat by cues from packages, plates, shapes, smells, cupboards and
containers than hunger or taste.
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. (UPI) — Sixty-five percent of gout patients ranked
their typical gout flares as either close to or the worst pain possible,
finds a U.S. study.
Intentionally losing weight and then regaining it may increase men’s risk for gallstones later in life, according to a report in the November 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Gallstone disease – which occurs when a solid mass of cholesterol, bile and calcium salts forms in the gall bladder – is common among adults in Western countries, according to background information in the article. [click link for full article]
Mindless Eating may be the most nourishing book you read all year. It is full of tasty morsels dipped in a rich, creamy, sometimes sarcastic sauce of humor, spiced with common sense and reachable goals.The author of this Bantam Books banquet, Brian Wansink, is director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Laboratory. He also is an eater, he readily admits–of everything from French fries to fine French cuisine. [click link for full article]
Do you hate Brussels sprouts because your mother did” Does the size of your plate determine how hungry you feel” Why do you actually overeat at healthy restaurants”"You can ask your smartest friend why he or she just ate what they ate, and you won’t get an answer any deeper than, ‘It sounded good,’” says Brian Wansink, Ph.D.), author of “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think,” and Professor and Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. [click link for full article]
DALLAS (UPI) — Packing on holiday pounds and not exercising could be
deadly for the 6 million U.S. adults who have diabetes and don’t know
it, says an expert.
DURHAM, N.C. (UPI) — Depression and anger can increase heart disease
risk, but a combination of these “negative” personality traits may be
even riskier, says a U.S. study.
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A U.S. study found 70 percent of patients with
depression were helped by one or more drugs, and 40 percent achieved
remission of symptoms on the first drug.