TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fasting every other day can prompt more weight loss than simply cutting calories, a new clinical trial shows. People who undertook 4:3 intermittent fasting lost just under 8% of their body weight within a year, compared to a 5% loss among people whoContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Splenda doesn’t directly add calories to your diet, but the sweetener still might lead people to pack on pounds, a new study says. The sugar substitute might spur on a person’s appetite and feelings of hunger, potentially leading them to overeat, according toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — How should a person eat in middle age to protect their health as they grow older? One diet came out a clear winner in a 30-year study involving more than 105,000 men and women and eight diets, researchers reported in the journal NatureContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A blood test can help people with irritable bowel syndrome cut out specific trigger foods most likely to worsen their condition, a new study suggests. About 60% of IBS patients who followed a diet guided by the results of the blood test woundContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Set, hut! Super Bowl Sunday is almost here. But it’s not just about big plays and bad calls, it’s also a sodium tsunami. On average, foods advertised during NFL games contain 40% of the daily recommended sodium intake, researchers reported recently in JAMAContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Yo-yo” dieting — repeatedly losing and gaining weight — can significantly increase risk of kidney disease among people with type 1 diabetes, a new study warns. Diabetics with greater weight fluctuations experienced a 40% decline in their kidneys’ ability to filter toxins fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s easy these days to see how many calories a cheeseburger will set you back, or how many added sugars are in a jar of pasta sauce. But nutrition labels haven’t been as helpful at helping people cut calories as might have beenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, (HealthDay News) — Sugar-sweetened drink consumption accounts for more than 2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes, and 1.2 million new cases of heart disease worldwide annually. According to new research published Jan. 6 in the journal Nature Medicine, people all over the world are impactedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Mediterranean diet is renown for its ability to improve heart health and help folks lose weight. Now a new rat study says this eating pattern also might provide folks a boost in brain power. Lab rats fed a Mediterranean diet developed changesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Three GLP-1 drugs are best at helping obese and overweight people drop weight, including one that hasn’t yet been approved for that purpose. A new evidence review published in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that the widely-known drugs tirzepatide (Zepbound) and semaglutideContinue Reading