Rat study shows high-fat diet impairs concentration and memory
People on high-fat diets may not only be increasing their risk of heart disease -- but they may be damaging their brain function! A study by researchers at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and the University of Toronto compared the cognitive function of rats on a high-fa...From dolphins to the Giant Panda - chemistry at SeaWorld and the San Diego Zoo
... nutritionist at the San Diego Zoo, supervises the diets of more than 4000 animals at the zoo and 3200 animals at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Edwards has developed an easily digestible formula - a mixture of baby formula and puppy formula - for infant pandas, which has been instrumental in combating in...Soy may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease in postmenopausal women
...itutes of Health, 45 monkeys were fed one of three diets - soy with isoflavones, soy without isoflavones and Premarin, a commonly prescribed estrogen replacement for women. Fifteen monkeys were in each diet group. The scientists then examined the brain tissue of three monkeys in each group for some of t...Eating less may protect nerve cells
... those with normal blood sugar, and rats on normal diets to those that ate 30 to 40 percent less food. They...rchers have found that animals on very low-calorie diets tend to live longer and are more resistant both to natural diseases and stress-related disorders. Pr..."Soft" science? Fat's health impacts are often oversimplified, Science news feature contends
..., "The data remain ambiguous as to whether low-fat diets will benefit healthy Americans." Moreover, Taubes ...ut, researchers have not demonstrated that low-fat diets extend the lives of healthy people, he adds. As Taubes reports, complexities introduced by the diffe...Study to focus on diet, nutrition and weight loss in cats with cancer
...p the pet-food industry develop specialized cancer diets that provide the proper nutrition and which cats can and will eat. The study will require researchers to treat cats with a variety of cancers. Pet owners interested in having their cats participate in the study should contact Ehrhart or Kandace No...Consuming more protein, less carbohydrates may be healthier
...e body weight and overall health. For 30 years fad diets and various nutritional recommendations have come and gone, said Donald Layman, a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois. The result: Americans take in more calories than ever, obesity is at an all-time high, and heart dise......y includes a metabolic kitchen to provide research diets calculated to control a wide variety of nutrients. The center offers computer and biostatistics expertise to investigators. But not all patients are seen in the outpatient clinic, located in the GCRC Building near Hawthorne Road and Queen Street. ...UNC scientists find U.S. children snack more now than they did two decades ago
...mplications have led to increased concern over the diets of American children," the three wrote. "Among school-aged children and adolescents, the proportion classified as overweight has grown from 8 percent to 14 percent for children and from 6 percent to 12 percent for adolescents between 1976-80 and 1988...Scientists: nutritional deficiency can boost influenza virus damage
...ger, than animals that developed the flu but whose diets were normal. Since mice and humans are similar in ... country shouldn't worry about supplementing their diets to get it, Beck said. Five years ago, Beck and Levander demonstrated for the first time that a huma...Nuts cut coronary heart disease risk
...o help people understand how to plan heart healthy diets that include nuts. Dr. Kris-Etherton notes that dietary guidance on fats has changed in recent years from removing or drastically restricting fats to substituting and replacing them with heart healthy alternatives. For example, she says, "you can c...Trans fatty acid consumption may increase risk for type 2 diabetes
...he main sources of trans fatty acids in the womens diets were stick margarine; beef, pork or lamb; cookies; biscuits; and white bread. Polyunsaturated fats were mainly derived from vegetable oils used in salad dressing. The authors estimate that replacement of 2% of calories in the American diet represente...Higher fat diets show same positive effects on LDLs as low fat diet
University Park, Pa. Three diets high in monounsaturated fats from either olive oil...monounsaturated fat (35 percent calories from fat) diets containing either olive oil, peanut oil or peanuts and peanut butter. In the study, 9 men and 13 w...Scary study: Selenium deficiency causes flu virus to mutate into more dangerous forms
...ger, than animals that developed the flu but whose diets were normal. The difference between the mice's ill... country shouldn't worry about supplementing their diets to get it, Beck said. Five years ago, she and Levander demonstrated for the first time that a ...Study: 'Pill' may cancel some bone-building benefits of exercise
...iffered from the others in the study because their diets included higher levels of calcium, Weaver says. They were the three that came close to the required levels of calcium intake, she says.Weaver emphasized the role of calcium in maintaining bone health in young women who take birth control pills. If yo...Walnut consumption may reduce heart disease risk by beneficially redistributing cholesterol
...els. Over a 5-1/2 month period, they consumed four diets in sequence: their habitual diet (HD), HD + walnut...nd LDL-cholesterol concentrations. Compared to the diets without walnuts, the proportion of small particle LDL decreased by 27% with the HD + walnuts and 7% ...Cutting the risk of coronary disease - start before birth says UK doctor
...mately depend on changing the body composition and diets of young women and preventing imbalances between p...e thinking about changing the body composition and diets of young women and preventing imbalances between pre and postnatal growth among today's children if ...Earlier weaning, high-energy diet produce higher quality beef
...early and put immediately on high-energy finishing diets produce more high-quality beef with less waste fat than traditionally later-weaned-and-finished cattle, according to a series of research projects at the University of Illinois. The findings challenge long-held beliefs about the weaning-feeding proce...Genetic secrets of metal-eating plants uncovered
...ds foods that contain micronutrients missing from diets in certain areas. Metals are essential nutrients in small doses, but some regions of the world lack foods that contain sufficient levels of these micronutrients, which causes severe health problems. Using the genetic tools Salt and his colleagues hav......y," says Morris, adding that fish oil and corn oil diets might create different chemical environments in the colon. To verify and better understand these findings, the researchers are now designing studies involving a larger number of rats. Though more work will be needed to better understand how diet ...