Genetics tells us to rethink 'one size fits all' healthy diet
Some people eat as little fat as possible to lose weight and stay healthy, while others avoid carbohydrates. A vegan diet (with no animal products) and the paleo diet (with lots) both have enthusiastic devotees. One popular diet encourages intermittent …
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Vital Signs: Active lifestyle and healthy diet are tools to help stave off pre …
While there are more than 29 million people with diabetes in the United States, another related epidemic is increasing: pre-diabetes. In Virginia alone, more than 2 million people are estimated to have pre-diabetes, but there is good news. With a …
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The Zombie Diet: Is the Way You Eat Causing You to Lose Brain Cells?
Researchers looked at two groups of mice: The first group was put on a healthy diet of food containing 10 percent fat while the second group was put on an equally healthy diet, but one with food containing 60 percent fat. At eight weeks, the high-fat …
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