The Diet Diary

Past studies had shown that high body weight tended to protect against osteoporosis. This lead some to conclude that obesity was somewhat protective of bones.

Everyone knows exericise is good for your heart. But do you need intense exercise? Or is is it ok to exercise at low intensity for a long time? Well, it turns out that to increase good cholesterol exercise duration matters. Or at least that’s what Dr. Satoru Kodama and colleagues reported in The […]

News that surprises no one: Getting drunk ain’t good for you.
A study by Dr. Joan Dorn of University of Buffalo specifically shows that getting drunk once a month or more sharply increases the risk a woman will have a fatal heart attack; moderate alcohol consumption lowers the risk.

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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, […]

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. […]

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 […]