News tagged with food restriction


Low-calorie diet may not prolong life: study (Update)

Scientists have found that calorie restriction—a diet comprised of approximately 30 percent fewer calories but with the same nutrients of a standard diet—does not extend years of life or reduce age-related deaths in a ...

Medical research created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Dieting youth show greater brain reward activity in response to food

The story is a familiar one: most people are able to lose weight while dieting but once the diet is over, the weight comes back. Many of us can personally attest that caloric deprivation weight loss diets typically do not ...

Neuroscience created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Proteins linked to longevity may be involved in mood control

(Medical Xpress) -- Over the past decade, MIT biologist Leonard Guarente and others have shown that very-low-calorie diets provoke a comprehensive physiological response that promotes survival, all orchestrated by a set of ...

Medical research created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Calorie-restricted weight loss restores ghrelin sensitivity

(HealthDay)—In a mouse model, calorie-restricted weight loss reverses the high-fat diet-induced ghrelin resistance that may contribute to rebound weight gain, according to research published online Jan. ...

Health created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New regulations fail to make TV food adverts healthier for children

Despite new regulations restricting UK TV advertisements for food, children are still exposed to the same level of advertising for junk foods which are high in fat, salt and sugar, researchers have found.

Health created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain scans show specific neuronal response to junk food when sleep-restricted

The sight of unhealthy food during a period of sleep restriction activated reward centers in the brain that were less active when participants had adequate sleep, according to a new study using brain scans to better understand ...

Neuroscience created Jun 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Starvation hormone markedly extends mouse life span, researchers show

A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers finds that a starvation hormone markedly extends life span in mice without the need for calorie restriction.

Medical research created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Low ghrelin—reducing appetite at the cost of increased stress?

Ghrelin is a hormone released by the lining of the stomach that promotes feeding behavior. Decreasing ghrelin levels could potentially help combat obesity—in fact, a vaccine that lowers ghrelin levels in order to reduce ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain circuitry is different for women with anorexia and obesity

Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? A study recently published by a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher shows that reward circuits in the brain are sensitized in anorexic women and desensitized ...

Neuroscience created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Caloric restriction has a protective effect on chromosomes

One of the indicators of a cell's health is the state of its DNA and containers—the chromosomes—so when these fuse together or suffer anomalies, they can become the source of illnesses like cancer and/or ageing processes.

Medical research created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ACOG to HHS: Reconsider age limit on plan B access

(HealthDay)—Physicians from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), together with other health organizations, are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Feds crack down on homeopathic weight loss remedy

(AP) -- Federal regulators are ordering several companies to stop selling an unproven weight loss remedy that uses protein from the human placenta.

Medications created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

DRCongo, Uganda Muslims banned from Mecca over Ebola epidemic

Saudi Arabia has banned Muslims from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda from making the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca this year because of cholera and Ebola epidemics in the region, a Congolese religious leader ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0