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Make sure your olive oil is fresh

August 7, 2007 By Matthew Naythons MD Leave a Comment

Everyone knows by now (or should know) that olive oil is one of the "healthier" cooking oils, and can lower total cholesterol as well as the unwanted LDL (low density lipoprotein) fraction in your blood.
But many people lose track of the freshness of their olive oil bottles. And as olive oil loses freshness over time, it loses some of the antioxidant properties which make it so valuable.

Health tip: make sure when you buy your olive oil that it is no older than one year, and use it before the next year is up.

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Tagged With: food

Barbeque Grilled Food and Your Health

August 2, 2007 By Matthew Naythons MD Leave a Comment

You’ve been reading for years about the dangers lurking in grilled meats. But who doesn’t like to grill in the summer (or even the winter if the BBQ addiction is high enough).
So what do you do? How can you enjoy the simple pleasures of grilling without picturing yourself in a chemotherapy ward lamenting that last grilled steak?

The simplest solution (other than throwing the grill into the trash), is to not grill at high heats. High heats char the outside of the meat and increase the carcinogens. Cooking slower cuts down the exposure.

Additionally, cutting off the outside fat (particularly in lamb) cuts down the risk of flame-ups that burn the meat.
And it isn’t just meat. Anything with protein (fish, chicken, snake) can develop carcinogens on the grill.

Dieticians, such as Elizabeth Schaub at Baylor Medical Center point out that grilling vegetables and fruits is risk free.

Source: Baylor Health Care System

Filed Under: Cancer, Diet & Weight, General Health Tagged With: food

Tomatoes vs. Cancer, is the Evidence on Lycopene In?

July 24, 2007 By Matthew Naythons MD Leave a Comment

Sure it’s better to eat less fat, more vegetables and more tomatoes. But does the antioxidant lycopene prevent cancer?

A review published online by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute stated that their researches couldn’t find any scientifically sound evidence to support links between consuming antioxidants (food or supplements) and a statistically significant decrease in cancer of the prostate, lung, GI tract, breast or pancreas.

Source: New York Times (7/24/07)

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: cancer, food, lycopene

Lentils in a Low Glycaemic Index Diet

July 21, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

Low glycaemic index diets seem to be particularly effective for those who are obese, as well as for diabetics.

According to the Straight from the Doc blog, “Foods like lentils release energy slowly once consumed as opposed to foods that rapidly release sugar into the blood stream like white bread.”

Filed Under: Diabetes, Diet & Weight Tagged With: Diabetes, diet, food

Extra Fruits and Vegetables Don’t Necessarily Help Prevent the Recurrence of Breast Cancerdiv

July 18, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

It is recommended to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetable a day. A clinical study of women who ate twice as much as the recommended servings found that both groups had about the same in long term breast cancer survival.

The results were not what the researchers expected, as they thought the extra nutrients would improve the body’s ability to fight off recurrence of breast cancer. The extensive study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: breast cancer, cancer, food

Drinking a Pint of Milk Per Day Cuts Diabetes Risk

July 13, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

Drinking a pint of milk a day may protect against diabetes and heart disease, say UK researchers.

Filed Under: Diabetes Tagged With: Diabetes, diet, food

Obesity Caused by “Food Addiction?”

July 10, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

Obesity has long been blamed on weak willpower, overeating, genetics and lack of exercise. Now scientists increasingly are seeing signs that suggest there may be an additional contributor: food addiction.

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Tagged With: addiction, food, obesity

Poor Diet May Affect Teen Asthma

July 10, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

New research on asthma and diet shows that teens with poor diets may be more likely than their peers to have asthma symptoms and worse lung function.

The findings come from a study of some 2,100 teens in 12 U.S. and Canadian communities. In a nutshell, the teens with less than ideal diets were the most likely to have poorer lung function — including asthma symptoms — than their peers.

Filed Under: Diet & Weight, Pediatrics & Parenting Tagged With: asthma, diet, food, teens

New Type of Milk May Help Lower Cholesterol

July 8, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

At a time when one out of every two American adults has borderline or high cholesterol, Kroger is advertising a new milk that can reduce your LDL.

Filed Under: General Health Tagged With: cholesterol, food

Diabetes and Diet Soft Drinks Linked

March 13, 2007 By MedNews 1 Comment

Several studies have linked soda drinking–including diet soda– with diabetes and metabolic syndrome, a series of conditions such as obesity, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure.

According to the American Heart Association, people with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of coronary heart disease and other diseases related to plaque buildups in artery walls.

One of the most recent studies was unique in that it included a large populations–about 6,000 individuals who were part of the Framingham Heart Study that has been following patients since 1948 in the town of Framingham, MA.

Sources:

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA. 2004;292:927-934)
Circulation, July 24, 2007

Filed Under: Diabetes, Diet & Weight, Food, High Blood Pressure Tagged With: Diabetes, food

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