Posts Tagged ‘diet’
Plant-Based Diet May Cut Obesity Risk For Women In Menopause
For many women, menopause feels like their body suddenly stopped playing by the rules. Their meals stay the same, but their weight keeps creeping up. Now, a new study suggests certain eating patterns may actually help lower the risk of obesity during this life transition. Researchers followed more than 38,000 women for 12 years, tracking…
Read MoreMediterranean Diet Can Lower Stroke Risk
People who follow a Mediterranean diet might lower their risk of stroke, a new study reports. Overall, women who stuck most closely to an eating pattern resembling the Mediterranean diet had an 18% lower risk of any sort of stroke, researchers reported Feb. 4 in the journal Neurology Open Access. They specifically had a 16%…
Read MoreNew Study Identifies the Best Diets for Slowing Your Biological Clock
Keeping your sweet tooth under control may help slow your biological clock. Researchers looked at how different dietary habits impact cellular aging and found eating foods high in vitamins and minerals and low in added sugar has major benefits. Their study included 342 Black and white women who filled out food records and provided saliva…
Read MoreDo You Need to Take Supplements If You Eat a Healthy Diet?
Vitamin supplements are a big business, with Americans spending roughly $45 billion out of more than $177 billion worldwide on pills, gummies and powders meant to boost health. About 59 million Americans regularly use some type of vitamin or supplement, spending an average $510 each year. But most folks are wasting that money, experts say.…
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