Category: Diet
High-protein diet does not cause kidney damage
The idea that a diet containing relatively high amounts of protein leads to kidney damage is persistent. And even this Australian study, in which the [...]
Nigella sativa, plant-based insulin substitute
A very modest dose of Nigella sativa - known in the Middle East as Habbat ul Baraka or Habbat ul Sauda, and in Europe as black cumin - helps the bod [...]
Lower cortisol levels with fish oil
A modest dose of one gram of fish oil per day lowers cortisol levels, write Italian researchers in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. The participa [...]
Fight fat with half a gram of Rutin
You may have heard of rutin as a compound that protects blood vessels, but according to South Korean researchers the same stuff may offer protection [...]
Fitness foods make you fat
Many people who want to lose weight do so by eating less. They become 'restrained eaters'. But according to health scientists Joerg Koenigstorfer and [...]
Restaurant food makes you just as fat as fast food
If you eat fast food regularly, you'll put on weight. As a rule fast food contains more calories than food you prepare yourself. But the same is true [...]
Weight loss success with Psyllium
You're looking to slim down your fat rolls and have reduced the number of calories you consume at meals. This works, but it increases your feeling of [...]
Fructose makes you lazy and fat
If you consume large amounts of sugar you'll not only get fatter, you'll also get fatter faster than if you consume large amounts of glucose. That's [...]
Fat loss with Acai
Supplementation with acai - scientific name Euterpe oleracea - might reduce the amount of body fat you're carrying, a Brazilian animal study publishe [...]
Intermittent fasting can build muscle mass, increase endurance and fat loss
We are not aware of it, but our eating habits are pretty unnatural. We eat from the moment we wake up to when we fall asleep again. If we can break t [...]
Two cups of coffee daily and live longer
If you drink two or three cups of coffee a day, then do continue to do so. This habit may just delay the aging process at molecular level. Epidemiolo [...]
Paleo diet – take these supplements as well
The diet that nutritionists most love to hate, the paleo diet, is an excellent weight-loss diet, and has no negative effects on the cardiovascular sy [...]
More vitamin D, more muscle mass
If you have an optimal amount of vitamin D in your blood – which surprisingly few people actually do – you'll have more muscle mass than if your vita [...]
Strength training fights belly fat better than aerobic training
Men who do strength training keep their fat percentage lower in the long term than men who run, cycle or do other aerobic exercise. Epidemiologists [...]
Endurance athletes perform better if they avoid these foods
Onions, soya, beans and pistachio nuts are all healthy, but endurance athletes are better off avoiding them in the week before a race, according to [...]