‘Gut bugs help in getting more from food’
September 13th, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) Some of the food we consume is shared with microbes populating our digestive tracts and they promote the absorption of dietary fats in the intestine leading ... Read more...
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Presence of fat improves heart’s ability to pump
May 5th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 5 (IANS) Stripping diets of fat may impair the heart's ability to pump optimally, especially among patients suffering from cardiac failure.Results from studies conducted by assistant professor of ... Read more...
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Eat wheat flour and almonds to ’satisfy hunger pains’
April 24th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 24 (ANI): Want to know the trick to control hunger pangs? Here is the clue.Eating wheat flour and almonds increases the feeling of fullness, leading to reduced food intake and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
3.23 p.m. - the time when dieting fails
March 22nd, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 22 (IANS) A myth that a midnight snack spelt doom for people on a diet has finally been broken. Experts say temptation for food is maximum during mid-afternoon ... Read more...
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Foods to Help You Sleep, Fight Depression
August 28th, 2010 - 12:32 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The solution to sleeping well and lifting mood may be as simple as the foods you eat, according to studies, foods which increase dopamine and serotonin levels ... Read more...
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Carbohydrate-based vaccines to battle malaria, HIV come closer to reality
March 23rd, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 23 (ANI): German scientists have developed an automated synthesizer that can enable the use of carbohydrates in revolutionary new vaccines and drugs to battle malaria, HIV, and a bevy ... Read more...
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Don’t give cow milk to kids, PETA urges Jharkhand
November 20th, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has claimed that dairy milk is bad for human health and has asked the Jharkhand government to ... Read more...
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Human bowel holds ten times more bacteria than previously thought
November 18th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has revealed that ten times more types of bacteria live in the human bowel than was previously ... Read more...
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Healthy food can make you ”more prone to diseases”
October 21st, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 21 (ANI): Healthy food can make an individual more susceptible to diseases, according to a new controversial book.
In the book titled ''Trick and Treat: How Healthy Eating Is Making ... Read more...
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Wrong kind of sugar ups risk of diseases
June 26th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 26 (ANI): A new study from the University of California, Davis, suggests that people better watch out for the kinds of sugar they consume in the same way as ... Read more...
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Worms may offer treatments for multiple diseases, including cancer
November 20th, 2007 - 4:53 pm ICT by admin
Washington, November 20 (ANI): It sounds a bit bizarre, but worms can be a potential source of chemical compounds that may help battle harmful germs.Sun Zhenjun, a scientist at China Agricultural ... Read more...
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