Feb. 6 2013
Dietary advice about fats and the risk of heart disease is called into question on bmj.com today as a clinical trial shows that replacing saturated animal fats with omega-6 polyunsaturated vegetable fats... View More
Feb. 5 2013
Men who consume high levels of vitamin C are at twice the risk of kidney stones than men who do not. The new finding does not strongly establish that vitamin C is responsible for the occurrence of kidney... View More
Feb. 4 2013
English Premier League soccer players, NHL hockey players, France's Top 14 club rugby players, and even elite amateur athletes have better developed cognitive functions than the average university student,... View More
Feb. 1 2013
IDEA Health & Fitness Association, the leader in continuing education for fitness professionals, recently announced the expansion of its highly rated IDEA Personal Trainer Institute conference to include... View More
Jan. 31 2013
The Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences is expanding its ground-breaking research of testing football helmets to reduce the number of concussions to now... View More
Jan. 30 2013
A team of scientists at Umeå University, in collaboration with colleagues in Melbourne, Australia, have found that television viewing and lack of exercise at age 16 is associated with the risk... View More
Jan. 29 2013
The first ever guidelines for managing type 2 diabetes in children aged from 10 to 18 years have been issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP explained that over the last thirty years,... View More
Jan. 29 2013
New research at Oregon State University suggests the health benefits of small amounts of activity -- even as small as one- and two-minute increments that add up to 30 minutes per day -- can be just as... View More
Jan. 28 2013
People can burn up to 20% more body fat by exercising in the morning on an empty stomach, according to new research from Northumbria University. Read more... View More
Jan. 28 2013
You can train your body, your mind ... and your willpower. That's according to a new study by researchers at The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, who say that with a little... View More
Jan. 25 2013
A Blend of Proteins Supplies Amino Acids to Muscles and Extends Growth & Repair. A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition demonstrates the benefits of consuming a protein blend for muscle protein... View More
Jan. 25 2013
The Nutrition Facts label was introduced 20 years ago and provides consumers with important information, including: the serving size, the number of servings in the package, the number of calories per serving,... View More
Jan. 24 2013
Smaller bites reduce food intake even during distracted eating Eating while distracted generally makes people eat more without being aware of it, but reducing bite sizes may be able to counter this effect,... View More
Jan. 23 2013
Combination of school, community policy changes could help young people meet national recommendations for daily physical activity Requiring daily physical education in school could help young people be... View More
Jan. 22 2013
New review by International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Nutrition Working Group examines role of nutrition in sarcopenia, with focus on protein, vitamins D and B, and acid-based diet. Sarcopenia, or... View More
Jan. 21 2013
Researchers from the University of Bonn discovered the signaling pathway by which potency enhancer Viagra might be able to fight excess weight. Read more... View More
Jan. 18 2013
We all know that getting a good night's sleep is good for our general health and well-being. But new research is highlighting a more surprising benefit of good sleep: more feelings of gratitude for relationships.... View More
Jan. 17 2013
An effective long-term strategy for managing obesity has been identified: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (lap banding). The finding came from a 15-year follow-up study of obese patients in Australia... View More
Jan. 16 2013
The effects of acute acupuncture applied during exercise on performance factors such as power and blood pressure and on the body's ability to recover post-exercise were evaluated in a review article published... View More
Jan. 15 2013
An effort to develop software that unravels the complexities of how proteins fold is paying dividends in new findings on how they misfold, according to researchers at Rice University. Continued at ... View More
