The Diet Diary

“We have now shown that choosing foods that are low in calorie density helps in losing weight, without the restrictive messages of other weight loss diets.”
So says explained Ello-Martin, of Pennsylvania State University (See Medline Plus.)

In a recent study, researchers compared the effects of two diets. In one diet, women were told to reduce […]

Exercise improves cardiovascular health. Fish oil improves cardiovascular health. Researchers have now demonstrated that doing both together improves cardiovascular health more than doing either individually. Why does this not surprise me?

The results are published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition The study included 75 overweight men and women, […]

Do you miss dessert? Of course we all do. People often say “just eat fruit”, but grabbing an apple often doesn’t seem quite like dessert. For me, fruit salad does!
So, here is what I do: I take the juice of 1 lemon and add it to a bowl. I stir in 1 tablespoon […]

Or do you at least to find something other than a drastic diet or exercise program that helps you gain less weight? A recent research study. lead by Bette Caan of Kaiser Permanente found that postmenopausal women who take calcium and vitamin D gain slightly less weight than women who don’t take the supplements. […]

Here’s my secret for merging portion control and the principles of Volumetrics at lunchtime: Use a divided plate.
I found these nice plastic lunch plates at my local grocery store and thought “Eureka!” Maybe that’s a bit much– but I did realize that if I filled one small segment with one vegetable, another segment […]

I can’t say I’m too surprised. I bet you won’t be either!

We’ve all read about individual foods that lower cholesterol. These include soy protein, plant sterol enriched margarine, oats, barley and almonds. Professor David Jenkins of the University of Toronto decided to study a diet where people ate all these foods instead […]