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Don't eat a healthy diet? Doing so now won't just increase your risk of obesity later in life--it could now cause dementia. A study from the University of Eastern Finland says that those who ate a healthy diet at 50 were 90 percent less likely to develop dementia later on in life. While it isn't the first study to link a healthy diet with a reduced risk of dementia, it is the first to look at a person's overall diet…
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While most people choose to go vegetarian for ethical reasons, researchers say there's a more important reason to cut out the meat--it could lower your blood pressure. Reporting in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers say that people who consumed a vegetarian diet were more likely to have lower levels of blood pressure than those who consumed a meat-based diet. Having lower blood pressure also meant their risk of heart disease was low--making it not just great for…
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We all love junk food--but is indulging in a cookie or crisp changing your appetite? A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology alleges that eating junk food for just two weeks can cause your brain to become addicted, making it nearly impossible to eat a balanced diet. Not surprisingly, it will also make you fat too, say researchers. "These experiments sought to determine whether exposure to a cafeteria diet consisting of palatable high fat foods impacts upon…
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Many diets promise to help people lose weight, but few can say they've earned the title "World's Best Diet." But now researchers from the University of Copenhagen say they've uncovered a diet plan that not only helps people lose weight but feel and look good too. Based off a European study called the Diogenes Diet, researchers says that eating a diet high in protein and low-GI carbs is the best diet you can try--not just because it helps you lose…
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While maintaining a healthy weight may be your best defense against metabolic syndrome, not everyone can--or wants--to lose weight, according to health experts. New research from St. Michael's Hospital in Canada reveals that you may not need to lose weight to avoid this potentially fatal problem, however. The research, led by Dr. John Sievenpiper, says that those who ate tree nuts reduced two of the five markers linked to metabolic syndrome--including a reduction in blood sugars and blood fats known…
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Want to reduce your risk of heart disease? Getting most of your protein from soy may be more effective, according to new research from the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Researchers previously knew that women who regularly consumed protein from soy products--something common among Asian-born women--were the least likely to develop heart disease. However, those who switched to an animal-based diet later in life began developing heart disease more rapidly, leading researchers to hold a study investigating how different proteins…
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It's no secret that most of us want to lose weight--but how far is too far? A new diet trend among brides-to-be has health experts worried that women could be putting their lives in danger. Called the K-E diet, or the feeding tube diet, this diet supposedly helps brides lose weight by--you guessed it--hooking them up to feeding tubes to give them a low calorie solution of vitamins, minerals, and virtually no carbs. But believe it or not, it works,…
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