Milk May Boost Weight Loss
Drinking a cup or two of milk a day might help overweight dieters lose even more weight. In a new study, dieters who consumed milk or milk products lost more weight on average than those who did not.Researchers in Israel placed more than 300 overweight men and women ages 40 to 65 on either a low-fat, low-carb or Mediterranean diet for two years. Regardless of meal plan, dieters who drank 12 ounces (a cup and a half) of milk each day lost 12 pounds at the end of two years, compared to only 7 pounds for dieters who drank less than half a cup of milk per day, according to their research published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. For each extra 6 ounces of milk per day — about three-quarters of a cup — dieters lost an additional 10 pounds in six months.
The researchers found that people who lost weight increased levels of Vitamin D in their blood, supporting other studies that found obesity is linked with the lack of Vitamin D. Soaking up rays of sun can naturally produce Vitamin D, as can drinking fortified milk, fatty fish and eggs. Four cups of milk has the recommended 400 international units (IU) of Vitamin D that recent studies show Americans aren’t getting. To see more of The Orlando Sentinel or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.OrlandoSentinel.com. Copyright © 2010, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
Marissa Cevallos, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.
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Low Zinc Levels Increase Pneumonia Risk in Elderly
A high proportion of nursing facility residents were found to have low serum (blood) zinc concentrations during an observational study funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the National Institute on Aging.
The scientists found that those with normal blood zinc concentrations were about 50 percent less likely to develop pneumonia than those with low concentrations. The study was led by Simin Nikbin Meydani, director of the Nutritional Immunology Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University in Boston, Mass. ARS is the chief intramural scientific research agency of USDA. HNRCA researchers have been studying immune response and respiratory infections in about 600 elderly residents in 33 nursing facilities in the Boston area.
Meydani and colleagues previously reported that among the facility residents, those who consumed 200 international units (IU) of vitamin E daily for one year were 20 percent less likely to get upper respiratory infections, such as colds, than those who took a placebo. The secondary analysis of data from the same clinical trial showed a high proportion of the residents had low serum (blood) zinc concentrations at baseline and after one year of follow-up. All participants had been supplemented with half of the recommended dietary allowance of essential vitamins and minerals, including zinc, during the trial. Those with normal zinc status were not only less likely to develop pneumonia, they also had fewer new prescriptions for antibiotics, a shorter duration of pneumonia, and fewer days of antibiotic use compared with residents who had low zinc levels. In addition, mortality was lower in those with adequate blood zinc levels.
The study suggests that supplementation of zinc-deficient elderly may result in reduced risk of pneumonia. Still, the authors note that controlled clinical trials are needed to test efficacy of zinc supplementation as a low-cost intervention to reduce mortality due to pneumonia among vulnerable populations who already have low zinc levels. These study results were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. CONTACT: Rosalie Marion Bliss, ARS News Service Agricultural Research Service, USDA
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Vitamin B May Help Fight Depression
FOLIC acid, the vitamin linked to the prevention of birth defects, may also prevent and help treat depression.
In two trials, around 1,000 people are being given a daily dose of folic acid, the synthetic form of the vitamin folate.
In one new trial, at the University of Oxford, researchers are looking at whether it can prevent new episodes of depression in young people.
In the second trial, at Bangor University, North Wales, researchers are treating adults with moderate to severe depression.
Research shows that up to a third of people with depression have low levels of folate. Studies have also shown that the greater the folate deficiency, the more severe the depression symptoms.
People with low levels also have a poorer response to antidepressants.
Posted June 11, 2010
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Green Tea can help lower your cancer risk
An interesting article about the cancer preventing benefits of green tea.
Posted Mar 8, 2010
Taipei (dpa) – A study published recently in Taiwan showed that drinking green tea is effective in preventing cancer caused by smoking.
Lin Yi-hsin, a student from the Graduate School of Public Hygiene at Taiwan’s Chung Shan Medical University, said many studies have shown that drinking green tea is effective in preventing cancer, but her study focused on green tea’s effectiveness in preventing cancer caused by smoking.
Lin recruited 500 people, including 170 lung cancer patients, for her study.
“I analyzed their lifestyles and habits of smoking, eating and drinking tea,” she told a news conference at her university in Taichung, central Taiwan.
The study found that those who do not drink green tea are five times more likely to develop lung cancer than those who do. And those who do not drink green tea but smoke have 13 times the risk of getting the disease compared with people who drink at least one cup of green tea each day.
This is because tea polyphenols are an antioxidant which can inhibit the formation of lung cancer cells, she said.
Professor Wong Jui-hung, who supervised Lin’s research, said: “This study has shown that drinking green tea can check the growth of insulin-like growth factor, which is a hormone that stimulates the growth of cancerous cells.
“Lung cancer is common in Taiwan but rare in Japan because the Japanese like to drink green tea,” he said at the news conference.
Date: Feb 1, 2010
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Are your dieting habits putting your bones at risk?
DIETING by teenage girls desperate to reach ’size zero’ could be putting their bones at risk, say British researchers.
They found bone strength is linked to fat levels – meaning the pressure to be thin may increase the chances of fractures.
A long-term child development study shows fat mass is more important to bone development in girls than boys.
It has long been known that being anorexic leads to prematurely thin bones, but the latest study suggests a reason for decreased bone strength.
A team from Bristol University looked at more than 4,000 young people aged 15, scanning their bones to calculate their shape and density, as well as how much body fat they had. Read More…
Date: Jan 6, 2009
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Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease with Vitamin D
Vitamin D has a well-established role in calcium and phosphorus metabolism and bone mineralization. Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in children, and in adults can lead to osteomalacia, resulting in muscle and bone weakness. Data are emerging that link hypovitaminosis D, as assessed by measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], with cardiovascular pathology. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with hypertension, some inflammatory markers, and metabolic syndrome. More recently, low serum 25(OH)D has been associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. In this review, we discuss the role of vitamin D in health, and describe recent evidence linking hypovitaminosis D to cardiovascular disease. We describe controversies surrounding recommended daily intake and optimal serum levels, as well as discuss the need for further research relating vitamin D deficiency with cardiovascular disease. Read More…
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Can Music Help Treat Ringing Ears?
LISTENING to specially altered music could help tinnitus sufferers combat the condition, researchers have found.
Thousands who experience the nightmare of constant ‘ringing’ in the ears may benefit from a new therapy that appears to change how the brain processes sounds.
Scientists took a sufferer’s own choice of music – but adapted it by removing sounds that were on the same frequency as the tinnitus sounds.
They found that by regularly listening to the altered music, many sufferers gained long-term relief from their condition. Read More…
Date: Dec 29, 2009
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Avoid Cancer by Cutting the Fat
Lower your intake of calories and fat this holiday season, and you could lower your risk for diabetes, heart disease — and cancer, experts say.
Kalli Castille, director of nutrition at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, said emerging research shows there is a strong link between obesity and cancer risk.
According to a recent report by the American Institute for Cancer Research, more than 100,000 cases of cancer each year are caused by excess body fat.
So decreasing your intake of fat and calories to get yourself to an ideal body weight may help prevent cancer. But you can eat smart and still enjoy yourself during the holidays and into the new year. Read More…
Date: Dec 20, 2009
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