Ophthalmology
Eat right to protect your sight
(HealthDay)—A number of nutrients can help keep your eyes healthy, and some may even improve your eyesight, an eye doctor says.
Mar 31, 2015
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A dietary defense against disease: Proper nutrition can boost your immune system
The holiday season is here, but unfortunately, so is the second wave of COVID-19 cases. As the days get cooler and wetter and the flu begins to circulate again, coronavirus prevention efforts—such as social distancing and ...
Nov 24, 2020
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Which health messages work? Experts prefer negative ones, but the public follows positive ones
Is it better to be positive or negative? Many of the most vivid public health appeals have been negative - "Smoking Kills" or "Drive, Drive, and Die" - but do these negative messages work when it comes to changing eating ...
Jan 29, 2015
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Lose the weight, not the potatoes
A new study demonstrates that people can eat potatoes and still lose weight." Potatoes, Glycemic Index, and Weight Loss in Free-Living Individuals: Practical Implications" is now available through free access from the Journal ...
Oct 23, 2014
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Medical research
Ghrelin likely involved in why we choose 'comfort foods' when stressed
We are one step closer to deciphering why some stressed people indulge in chocolate, mashed potatoes, ice cream and other high-calorie, high-fat comfort foods.
Jun 23, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Whole food diet may help prevent colon cancer, other chronic conditions
A diet that includes plenty of colorful vegetables and fruits may contain compounds that can stop colon cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases in pigs, according to an international team of researchers. Understanding how ...
Sep 21, 2017
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Study questions value of glycemic index
(Medical Xpress) -- Potatoes and other reportedly high-GI foods might not be the dietary villains that recent publicity, books and health-based programmes would claim them to be, a new University of Otago study suggests.
Oct 11, 2011
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Mayo Clinic Minute: Toss the junk food for better health
The steady stream of holiday cookies and treats may have slowed, but for millions of Americans, the appetite for high-fat, sodium-laden sweets continues. Making the switch from highly-processed junk food to healthier whole ...
Jan 7, 2022
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Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches
(AP) -- Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do?
Nov 15, 2011
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Do processed foods up your type 2 diabetes risk?
(HealthDay)—Store-bought chicken nuggets, jelly donuts and energy bars may taste delicious. But a large, new study warns that the more of these and other highly processed foods you consume, the greater your risk for type ...
Dec 16, 2019
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