Nutrition
Mediterranean diet reduces cardiovascular disease risk
By David Liu, PHD
Saturday April 20, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that eating a Mediterranean
Eating More Meat, Dairy, and Other Unhealthful Foods Leads to Worse Aging
After an average 16-year follow-up, people who consumed a “Western-type” diet, including a high intake of red and processed meats, whole dairy products, and fried ...
Is Milk Really Good for You? Many Say No
By Martha Rosenberg
Not everyone likes--or drinks--milk. Teenagers and young adults typically shun it as do dieters, athletes and health-food eaters who reject the cholesterol, fat, ...
High saturated fat, low starch intake linked to hyperinsulinaemia
By Jimmy Downs
Saturday April 13, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A study in Diabetologia suggests that eating too much grassy saturated fat and total fat, which is ...
More Bad News For Red Meat
Martha Rosenberg
If red meat had a publicity agent, he or she would be fired by now. Publicity agents are supposed to plant positive news about ...
Alcohol-drinking postmenopausal women more likely to die from breast cancer
By Jimmy Downs
Thursday April 11, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study in Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prevention suggests that women with early stage breast cancer who ...
Deep-fried foods boost prostate cancer
By Jimmy Downs
Sunday April 7, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study published in the Prostate suggests that eating deep-fried foods may increase the risk of ...
Hepatitis A: What you need to know
What is hepatitis A?
Hepatitis A is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by hepatitis A virus, an RNA virus. People contract the disease ...
Vitamin D deficiency linked to Alzheimer's disease
By Jimmy Downs
Sunday April 20, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A study recently published in the Journal of Alzheimer's disease suggests that vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency ...
Vitamin C prevents estrogen-induced breast cancer - study
By David Liu, PHD
Thursday April 4, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- It has been well known for many years that estrogen, endogenous or exogenous, promotes breast cancer. ...
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