Coffee Wards Off Alzheimer’s Because Unknown Ingredient Teams Up With Caffeine

An unknown ingredient in coffee teams up with caffeine to stimulate blood levels of a critical protein called GCSF, short for granulocyte-colony stimulating factor, that appears to put off the development of Alzheimer’s disease…

Intravenous Nutrition For Critically Ill Patients Must Not Be Administered Too Early

Intravenous nutrition does not have a positive effect on the recovery of critically ill patients if it is administered early. Recovery from critical illness is in fact faster when patients receive supplementary intravenous nutrition one week after their admission to intensive care…

Children And Adolescents Who Eat Candy Are Less Overweight Or Obese

Children and adolescents who eat candy tend to weigh less than their non-consuming counterparts, according to a new study published in Food & Nutrition Research, a peer-reviewed journal. This is potentially important news given the current state of the childhood obesity epidemic…

Does Grilling Kill E. Coli O157:H7?

Top sirloin steaks have been getting a grilling in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety studies. USDA microbiologist John B

Diet Soft Drinks Not Healthy Alternatives Say Researchers

Promoting diet soft drinks as healthy alternatives to sugar-sweetened drinks may be “ill-advised” researchers told a conference in the US this past week…

New Measurement Important Complement To GI

Many people are careful to follow a low glycaemic index (GI) diet. However, the glycaemic index concept has some shortcomings, in the view of one young researcher, who has developed a complementary method, ‘glycaemic profile’ or GP. The findings were recently published in Nutrition Journal…

Number Of Daily Meals And Snacks Contributes Most To Increase In Kilocalories Consumed By US Adults

The energy density of food and drink, portion size, and the number of meals and snacks per day have all been linked to increases in the average daily total energy intake of US adults over the past 30 years, but increases in the number of eating occasions and in portion size have accounted for most of this increase: energy density of food consumed may have actually slightly decreased…

Cinnamon Extract Inhibits Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s, the degenerative brain disorder that disrupts memory, thought and behavior, is devastating to both patients and loved ones. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, one in eight Americans over the age of 65 suffers from the disease

2-Fisted Assault On Diabetes And Nervous System Disorders With Flavonoids

A recent study from scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies suggests that a strawberry a day (or more accurately, 37 of them) could keep not just one doctor away, but an entire fleet of them, including the neurologist, the endocrinologist, and maybe even the oncologist…

Soluble fiber strikes a blow to belly fat

All fat is not created equal. Unsightly as it is, subcutaneous fat, the fat right under the skin, is not as dangerous to overall health as visceral fat, the fat deep in the belly surrounding vital organs.

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