Diabetes
White rice increases risk of Type 2 diabetes
The risk of type 2 diabetes is significantly increased if white rice is eaten regularly, claims a study published today in the British Medical Journal.
Mar 16, 2012
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Medical research
Genes and obesity: Fast food isn't only culprit in expanding waistlines—DNA is also to blame
Researchers at UCLA say it's not just what you eat that makes those pants tighter—it's also genetics. In a new study, scientists discovered that body-fat responses to a typical fast-food diet are determined in large part ...
Jan 8, 2013
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Health
Popular blood type diet debunked
Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) have found that the theory behind the popular blood type diet—which claims an individual's nutritional needs vary by blood type—is not valid. The findings are published ...
Jan 15, 2014
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Health
Let them eat more fat? Researcher argues that a balance of types of fat is the key
Public health guidelines, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, have long emphasized reducing dietary fat intake, but nutritionists and other health scientists now have more recent evidence that not all fats have ...
Jan 8, 2019
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Diabetes
Obesity in teen years might trigger type 1 diabetes
Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a large new study adds to evidence that it also contributes to the much less common type 1 diabetes.
Jun 6, 2022
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Cardiology
Shift focus from calorie counting to nutritional value for heart health, say experts
It's time to stop counting the calories, and instead start promoting the nutritional value of foods if we are to rapidly cut illness and death from cardiovascular disease and curb the rising tide of obesity, say experts in ...
Aug 26, 2015
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Diabetes
Study identifies receptor's role in regulating obesity, type 2 diabetes
A recent study led by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) demonstrates that the A2b-type adenosine receptor, A2bAR, plays a significant role in the regulation of high fat, high cholesterol diet-induced symptoms of ...
Jul 26, 2012
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Medical research
Researchers determine hormone linked to improved glucose metabolism activates browning of fat
Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered that a hormone long associated with weight loss and improved glucose metabolism is linked to activation of calorie-burning brown fat. This finding could have implications ...
Jan 9, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adherence to Mediterranean diet and reduced risk of late-life depression
Maintaining a Mediterranean-type diet may protect against symptoms of depression in later life, according to new research presented here at the American Psychiatric Association's 2019 Annual Meeting.
May 20, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
What babies eat after birth likely determines lifetime risk of obesity, rat study suggests
Rats born to mothers fed high-fat diets but who get normal levels of fat in their diets right after birth avoid obesity and its related disorders as adults, according to new Johns Hopkins research.
Aug 30, 2012
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