News Tidbits...
Blood Sugar and Cancer Risk:
"When comparing the highest quintile of blood glucose to the lowest, there was an 18% increase in the relative risk of cancer and a 50% increase in the relative risk of fatal cancer....The researchers suggest that their study provides "strong evidence that high blood glucose is a risk factor for cancer" and that "associations between
glucose and overall incidence and fatal cancer were stronger in women than in men" http://tinyurl.com/yzmybg9
Calorie Counts off in restaurant and frozen food: According to a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, prepared foods may contain an average of 8% more calories than their package labels specify and restaurant meals may even be18% higher. Susan Roberts, professor of nutrition at Tufts University tested 29 restaurants and 10 frozen foods. Federal Regulations allow the calorie count to be off by 20%. If you eat out infrequently and cook your own meals, you won't have much to worry about - otherwise beware! More..
Top 10 Fattest countries in the world: See the list of the fattest countries in the world based on national Health surveys the World Health organization conducted between 2000 and 2008. The US currently comes in as number 3 with 66.7% overweight adults. more..
What can you expect when you are between 57 and 85?: The National Social Life, Health and Aging Project is providing some answers about emotional and physical health of seniors based on results from about 3000 study participants. 75.7% of people ages 65 to 74 are either highly overweight or obese, 58.4% have hypertension, 21.9% Diabetes, 13.4% Cancer. All of these conditions can be influenced or prevented with proper nutrition and exercise. For a summary see also the New York Times summary: http://tinyurl.com/ydslene
Vegetarians Get Good News on Bone Health: A new metaanalysis of nine previous studies concludes that, although vegetarians and vegans do have slightly weaker bonemineral density (BMD) than omnivores, “the magnitude of the association is not clinically significant.” This is based on data from 869 women and 1,880 men. Vegetarians BMD was on average 4% lower than the BMD of people who also eat meat, while vegans averaged 6% lower. The study concluded that "the magnitude of the association is clinically insignificant." http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/4/943
Breast Cancer: A new study shows that women with breast cancer who eat soy are less likely to die or have a recurrence. Physician's are slowly changing their advise from staying away from soy. http://tinyurl.com/ylnlzvf
Bone health and reduced Osteoporosis risk can not be improved with calcium supplements or dairy products but with a low-acid diet (many fruits and veggies): http://tinyurl.com/ybn69uc
Weight Loss: Did you know that participants of a study who received 3-5 daily text messages about nutrition lost 4 lbs more over 16 weeks than people who did not receive the text messages? http://tinyurl.com/ykyzypq
