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At a Greek or Middle Eastern sandwich shop, should you order the gyro or the falafel? Gyro is a blend of lamb and beef, the falafel is fried chickpea patties.…
Seen the claims for Azo Bladder Control pills? This dietary supplement, marketed primarily to women, supposedly “helps control the need to go to the bathroom,” “helps reduce occasional urgency,” and…
“We’ve known for a long time that if you reduce the calorie intake of rats or mice, they live much longer,” says Mark Mattson, chief of the laboratory of neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in Baltimore. Do these intermittent fasting benefits carry over to humans?
What happens in species closer to humans is more complicated. Rhesus monkeys fed 30 percent fewer calories lived longer in a study at the University of Wisconsin, but not in a study at the NIA.
Paige Einstein and Lindsay Moyer are both Registered Dietitians and Project Coordinators for Nutrition Action Healthletter. They conduct in-depth research on restaurant and supermarket foods for Nutrition Action’s Brand-Name Rating…
A combination of aerobic, resistance, and flexibility training can keep older people on their feet, according to the longest and largest trial to address the question. Researchers randomly assigned 1,635…
A food additive to avoid: partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, inter-esterified vegetable oil (trans fat) Found in: Fat, oil, shortening: Stick margarine, crackers, fried restaurant foods, baked goods, icing, microwave popcorn.…
Sleep. People who report sleeping less (usually 6 or less hours a night) are more likely to gain weight over the years than those who sleep more (7 or 8…
Here’s how to find the best microwave popcorns. Trans fat. Apparently, not everybody has gotten the message. Nearly all Jolly Time, many Pop Secret, and a few Orville Redenbacher’s still…
“The dairy story can be confusing,” says June Chan, professor of epidemiology & biostatistics and urology at the University of California, San Francisco. She and others followed nearly 4,000 health…