What Does Diet Means Links

Book tackles how to diet without being hungry

“Diet” means “denial” no matter how you spell it, but “diet” doesn’t have to mean “hungry,” too. But often it does, which may be why so many righteous January resolutions are forgotten by February. A new e-book attempts to tackle the problem, offering ways to lose weight while still feeling satisfied.

Does your Paleolithic diet allow tuna?

The paleolithic diet is pretty popular among Americans right now. The basic idea is that humans during the Paleolithic (about 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 years ago), were healthier (and presumably skinnier) than we are now, and so if we eat what THEY ate (based on “hunter-gatherer” diets rather than our modern agriculturally based model), we might be healthier too. The diet consists of ...

The voting spice is missing

There is one exit poll, which no Indian election commissioner can ban. It is called word-of-mouth. This word does not come out of the mouth of politicians on the stump, or journalists on the fly. It emerges from those with feet firmly planted on the ground, voters, who have protected their treasured franchise with jealous secrecy till the day of decision, but now that it has been made are happy ...

Studies Put Soda in the Crosshairs

All this week, NHPR has been looking at the challenge of reducing the number of overweight people in the state. At the national level, there is the barest glimmer of good news.  One study suggests that obesity rates among some groups might be leveling off. A separate analysis  found that the consumption of certain sugars in our diet dropped about 25% Taken together, the two results have drawn ...

Blurry line in diagnosing early Alzheimer's: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The revised definition of a brain condition called mild cognitive impairment means that many people now considered to have mild or early Alzheimer's disease could easily be given that diagnosis instead, suggests a new study. Mild cognitive impairment is already seen by doctors as the first hint of a future Alzheimer's diagnosis in many cases. And the new definition ...