News tagged with low calorie diet


Academics launch new clinically approved diet, that can help lower the risk of breast cancer

Two academics from The University of Manchester have come up with a new diet which they believe can help lower the risk of breast cancer.

Cancer created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Calories, not protein or carbs, are key to weight loss for people with diabetes

(Medical Xpress) -- Overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to reduce weight if they focus on cutting back on total calorie intake, rather than specific high protein/high carbohydrate diets according ...

Diabetes created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How poor maternal diet can increase risk of diabetes -- new mechanism discovered

Researchers have shown one way in which poor nutrition in the womb can put a person at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other age-related diseases in later life. This finding could lead to new ways of identifying ...

Medical research created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diet reverses type 2 diabetes

(Medical Xpress) -- A Newcastle University team has discovered that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed by an extreme low calorie diet alone. Affecting two and half million people in the UK – and on the increase – Type ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fat substitutes linked to weight gain

Synthetic fat substitutes used in low-calorie potato chips and other foods could backfire and contribute to weight gain and obesity, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.

Neuroscience created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Are some patients too heavy for a new kidney?

In a research review article published in the American Journal of Nephrology, Saint Louis University investigators examined data from multiple studies to better understand how obesity, an epidemic in the U.S., impacts kidney ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

One week at a health spa improves your health, study shows

Take off those Thanksgiving pounds with a week at a spa retreat. A new study shows that not only are they relaxing and nourishing, but they are safe and a week-long spa stay can correspond with changes in our physical and ...

Health created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Commercial weight loss programme evaluated

(Medical Xpress)—Anyone who wants to lose weight has a wide variety of diets to choose from, but knowledge of what works is often poor. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University have now evaluated a Swedish ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical myth: Cutting carbs is the best way to lose weight

There seems to be an endless number of fad diets and "golden rules" for weight loss. One of the most popular of these rules is that cutting carbohydrates (carbs) is the best way to lose weight.

Health created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Caloric restriction restores glucose response in diabetes

(HealthDay) -- Neuronal responsiveness of the hypothalamus to glucose, critical in the regulation of feeding, can be restored in patients with type 2 diabetes by short-term caloric restriction, according ...

Diabetes created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Restricted calorie diet improves heart function in obese patients with diabetes

A low-calorie diet eliminates insulin dependence and leads to improved heart function in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...

Cardiology created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Weight can melt off when eating low-calorie frozen meals, fruits and vegetables, research finds

Improving health can be as easy as opening the freezer door. "Save time, save money, boost nutrition and control portions by eating low-calorie, frozen foods," advises Jessica Bartfield, MD, internal medicine.

Overweight and Obesity created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1