Eat what you like, but just a little (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Does milk really do a body good?
Baltimore Sun - You know it like the Pledge of Allegiance: "Milk helps build strong teeth and bones." But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry's

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected
Xagena Medical News - Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast or colorectal cancer or heart disease, according to the latest findings from Women's Health Initiative ( WHI ). But a Stanford University

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Side Effects are killing me! (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Side Effects are killing me!
Sitnews - Do you suffer from muscle weakness or pain? How about nausea, vomiting or stomach pain? Is your urine brown or dark-colored? Do you have unexplained muscle weakness, fever or fatigue? Does your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow? Do you have

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Recent results from a major study have challenged many assumptions about women's health. A look at how the trials got started and what to expect next. Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed

In the haze of ifs & buts
DAWN Group - IN recent weeks, the articulate sections of society in Pakistan have been speculating about political change in the country. The emerging point of interest relates to the question whether it is time for the incumbent government to go. Political

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health
Food Navigator - 3/8/2006 - Overweight children kept on a nutritious diet and encouraged to exercise during a two-week period showed a dramatic reduction in cholesterol and insulin levels, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart

The Osgood File (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

In the haze of ifs & buts
DAWN Group - IN recent weeks, the articulate sections of society in Pakistan have been speculating about political change in the country. The emerging point of interest relates to the question whether it is time for the incumbent government to go. Political

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Recent results from a major study have challenged many assumptions about women's health. A look at how the trials got started and what to expect next. Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed

Give your man a bod like Bond
IC Scotland - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Limiting Carbs Results in Greater Weight Loss
Pakistan News Service - ISLAMABAD: Obese women who follow low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, may lose more weight in a four-month period than those who go on low-fat diets, new study findings show. The reason for the greater weight loss, however, is not clear

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Side Effects are killing me!
Sitnews - Do you suffer from muscle weakness or pain? How about nausea, vomiting or stomach pain? Is your urine brown or dark-colored? Do you have unexplained muscle weakness, fever or fatigue? Does your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow? Do you have

Fine Print Sends Clear Message: Stay the Course
New York Times - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Just when you thought you knew it all (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

In the haze of ifs & buts
DAWN Group - IN recent weeks, the articulate sections of society in Pakistan have been speculating about political change in the country. The emerging point of interest relates to the question whether it is time for the incumbent government to go. Political

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Low-fat study reveals media's shortcomings
Contra Costa Times - ALTHOUGH WE HAVE a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we'd find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on a

In the haze of ifs & buts (Low Fat Diet Plans)

In the haze of ifs & buts
DAWN Group - IN recent weeks, the articulate sections of society in Pakistan have been speculating about political change in the country. The emerging point of interest relates to the question whether it is time for the incumbent government to go. Political

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

Fine Print Sends Clear Message: Stay the Course
New York Times - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Does milk really do a body good?
Baltimore Sun - You know it like the Pledge of Allegiance: "Milk helps build strong teeth and bones." But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry's

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Limiting Carbs Results in Greater Weight Loss
Pakistan News Service - ISLAMABAD: Obese women who follow low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, may lose more weight in a four-month period than those who go on low-fat diets, new study findings show. The reason for the greater weight loss, however, is not clear

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Low-fat study reveals media's shortcomings
Contra Costa Times - ALTHOUGH WE HAVE a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we'd find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on a

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

In the haze of ifs & buts
DAWN Group - IN recent weeks, the articulate sections of society in Pakistan have been speculating about political change in the country. The emerging point of interest relates to the question whether it is time for the incumbent government to go. Political

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

Low-fat study reveals media's shortcomings
Contra Costa Times - ALTHOUGH WE HAVE a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we'd find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on a

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected (Low Fat Diets)

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected
Xagena Medical News - Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast or colorectal cancer or heart disease, according to the latest findings from Women's Health Initiative ( WHI ). But a Stanford University

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Give your man a bod like Bond
IC Scotland - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Recent results from a major study have challenged many assumptions about women's health. A look at how the trials got started and what to expect next. Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed

Kick start the season with a healthy getaway!
MSNBC - Spring is finally here and you know what that means -- bathing suit season is only weeks away. But what should you do if you're looking less than bootylicious? Combine your passion for travel with your quest for a healthier, fitter and more beautiful

Does milk really do a body good?
Baltimore Sun - You know it like the Pledge of Allegiance: "Milk helps build strong teeth and bones." But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry's

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

Health & Wellness (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Health & Wellness
Kirkland Courier - A new study has been thrown into the fray of the public debate about dieting and healthy eating. This one is certain to stir up the controversy even more, especially since the researchers involved have already declared it to be the "Rolls-Royce of

Does milk really do a body good?
Baltimore Sun - You know it like the Pledge of Allegiance: "Milk helps build strong teeth and bones." But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry's

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

Low-fat study reveals media's shortcomings (Low Fat Diets)

Low-fat study reveals media's shortcomings
Contra Costa Times - ALTHOUGH WE HAVE a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we'd find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on a

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

The Osgood File (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

Does milk really do a body good?
Baltimore Sun - You know it like the Pledge of Allegiance: "Milk helps build strong teeth and bones." But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry's

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health
Food Navigator - 3/8/2006 - Overweight children kept on a nutritious diet and encouraged to exercise during a two-week period showed a dramatic reduction in cholesterol and insulin levels, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth
Nutra Ingredients USA - 3/15/2006 - Capsaicin, the compound that gives red pepper its heat, could stop the spread of prostate cancer, claims a new study. Red chilli pepper has previously been linked to inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells, and has been suggested

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good (Low Fat Diet Plans)

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Limiting Carbs Results in Greater Weight Loss
Pakistan News Service - ISLAMABAD: Obese women who follow low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, may lose more weight in a four-month period than those who go on low-fat diets, new study findings show. The reason for the greater weight loss, however, is not clear

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Low-Cal Drinks Help Teens Stay Trim
Heart Info - TUESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Curbing teen obesity could be as easy as restocking the family fridge with low-cal drink alternatives that kids choose themselves, a new study finds. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston had 103 teens pick

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries (Low Fat Diets)

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

13 Mar Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement in Kidney Function
Playfuls - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND (Low Fat Diet Plans)

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth
Nutra Ingredients USA - 3/15/2006 - Capsaicin, the compound that gives red pepper its heat, could stop the spread of prostate cancer, claims a new study. Red chilli pepper has previously been linked to inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells, and has been suggested

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Recent results from a major study have challenged many assumptions about women's health. A look at how the trials got started and what to expect next. Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed

13 Mar Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement in Kidney Function
Playfuls - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

If calcium and low-fat diets don t help women s health, what does?
Tacoma News Tribune - What do women do now? The results of two major studies over the past two weeks have questioned the value of two widely recommended measures: calcium pills and vitamin D to prevent broken bones, and low-fat diets to ward off heart disease and breast

Fletcher resumes gubernatorial powers, 'resting comfortably'
WHAS 11 - Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday. The governor was

Limiting Carbs Results in Greater Weight Loss
Pakistan News Service - ISLAMABAD: Obese women who follow low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, may lose more weight in a four-month period than those who go on low-fat diets, new study findings show. The reason for the greater weight loss, however, is not clear

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected
Xagena Medical News - Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast or colorectal cancer or heart disease, according to the latest findings from Women's Health Initiative ( WHI ). But a Stanford University

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Not milk?
Pueblo Chieftain - But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry s slick, celebrity-driven got milk? advertising campaign? Milk, the sacred cow

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Low-fat study reveals media's shortcomings
Contra Costa Times - ALTHOUGH WE HAVE a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we'd find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on a

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

13 Mar Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement in Kidney Function
Playfuls - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic? (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected
Xagena Medical News - Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast or colorectal cancer or heart disease, according to the latest findings from Women's Health Initiative ( WHI ). But a Stanford University

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

Fine Print Sends Clear Message: Stay the Course
New York Times - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

The Common Denominator's restaurant, food & travel editor asks our
Common Denominator - DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES: The war against unhealthy food just got more complicated again. According to the National Institutes of Health, "reducing fat intake may have small effect on risk of breast cancer, no effect on risk of colorectal

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably'
Wave 3 - (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast (Low Fat Diets)

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Prison psychologist Frederick Gelbman
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Suzanne Huff, who had the first successful heart transplant in Minnesota, dies The one-time acquaintance hesitated when Fred Gelbmann asked whether the two had met before. The man had been a prisoner undergoing therapy for chemical dependency when

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed on three things: estrogen protects women against heart disease, low-fat diets make you healthier, and taking calcium supplements prevents fractures. But

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health
Food Navigator - 3/8/2006 - Overweight children kept on a nutritious diet and encouraged to exercise during a two-week period showed a dramatic reduction in cholesterol and insulin levels, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health (Low Fat Diet Plans)

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health
Food Navigator - 3/8/2006 - Overweight children kept on a nutritious diet and encouraged to exercise during a two-week period showed a dramatic reduction in cholesterol and insulin levels, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

Not milk?
Pueblo Chieftain - But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry s slick, celebrity-driven got milk? advertising campaign? Milk, the sacred cow

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Guidelines, not gospel (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth
Nutra Ingredients USA - 3/15/2006 - Capsaicin, the compound that gives red pepper its heat, could stop the spread of prostate cancer, claims a new study. Red chilli pepper has previously been linked to inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells, and has been suggested

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed on three things: estrogen protects women against heart disease, low-fat diets make you healthier, and taking calcium supplements prevents fractures. But

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Limiting Carbs Results in Greater Weight Loss
Pakistan News Service - ISLAMABAD: Obese women who follow low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, may lose more weight in a four-month period than those who go on low-fat diets, new study findings show. The reason for the greater weight loss, however, is not clear

Not milk?
Pueblo Chieftain - But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry s slick, celebrity-driven got milk? advertising campaign? Milk, the sacred cow

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed on three things: estrogen protects women against heart disease, low-fat diets make you healthier, and taking calcium supplements prevents fractures. But

Fine Print Sends Clear Message: Stay the Course
New York Times - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed on three things: estrogen protects women against heart disease, low-fat diets make you healthier, and taking calcium supplements prevents fractures. But

BIG TEST: Will Heels continue late surge?
Winston-Salem Journal - GREENSBORO - History usually is acted out at one time and written about in another time, after the distinct trees grow into an unmistakable forest. This seems true in war, in peace and even in college basketball. As the ACC Tournament opens this

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

The Common Denominator's restaurant, food & travel editor asks our
Common Denominator - DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES: The war against unhealthy food just got more complicated again. According to the National Institutes of Health, "reducing fat intake may have small effect on risk of breast cancer, no effect on risk of colorectal

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected
Xagena Medical News - Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast or colorectal cancer or heart disease, according to the latest findings from Women's Health Initiative ( WHI ). But a Stanford University

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

If calcium and low-fat diets don t help women s health, what does?
Tacoma News Tribune - What do women do now? The results of two major studies over the past two weeks have questioned the value of two widely recommended measures: calcium pills and vitamin D to prevent broken bones, and low-fat diets to ward off heart disease and breast

Fine Print Sends Clear Message: Stay the Course
New York Times - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Guidelines, not gospel (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably'
Wave 3 - (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday

The Common Denominator's restaurant, food & travel editor asks our
Common Denominator - DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES: The war against unhealthy food just got more complicated again. According to the National Institutes of Health, "reducing fat intake may have small effect on risk of breast cancer, no effect on risk of colorectal

No More 'Good Girl' (Low Fat Diet Plans)

No More 'Good Girl'
Washington Post - That's it. I'm not going to be a Good Girl any more. The latest headlines from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) have put me over the edge. A low-fat diet -- overrated for cancer protection! Calcium supplements -- in doubt for maintaining bones

Prison psychologist Frederick Gelbman
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Suzanne Huff, who had the first successful heart transplant in Minnesota, dies The one-time acquaintance hesitated when Fred Gelbmann asked whether the two had met before. The man had been a prisoner undergoing therapy for chemical dependency when

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

How to know what research to live by (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Ped Med: Sweets no treat for kids' health
Science Daily - SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (UPI) -- Recipe for good health: choose foods heavy on nutrients, light on saturated fats and sugars, add variety, sprinkle with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, mix with a dash of daily exercise. Eating well -- including

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With (Low Fat Diets)

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected
Xagena Medical News - Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast or colorectal cancer or heart disease, according to the latest findings from Women's Health Initiative ( WHI ). But a Stanford University

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

The Osgood File (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

Kick start the season with a healthy getaway! (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Kick start the season with a healthy getaway!
MSNBC - Spring is finally here and you know what that means -- bathing suit season is only weeks away. But what should you do if you're looking less than bootylicious? Combine your passion for travel with your quest for a healthier, fitter and more beautiful

The Common Denominator's restaurant, food & travel editor asks our
Common Denominator - DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES: The war against unhealthy food just got more complicated again. According to the National Institutes of Health, "reducing fat intake may have small effect on risk of breast cancer, no effect on risk of colorectal

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably' (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably'
Wave 3 - (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

No More 'Good Girl'
Washington Post - That's it. I'm not going to be a Good Girl any more. The latest headlines from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) have put me over the edge. A low-fat diet -- overrated for cancer protection! Calcium supplements -- in doubt for maintaining bones

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Her Body: Inside the Giant Women's Health Study
MSNBC - Feb. 28, 2006 - Until recently, many doctors who specialize in women s health would have agreed on three things: estrogen protects women against heart disease, low-fat diets make you healthier, and taking calcium supplements prevents fractures. But

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

If calcium and low-fat diets don t help women s health, what does?
Tacoma News Tribune - What do women do now? The results of two major studies over the past two weeks have questioned the value of two widely recommended measures: calcium pills and vitamin D to prevent broken bones, and low-fat diets to ward off heart disease and breast

Health & Wellness (Low Fat Diets)

Health & Wellness
Kirkland Courier - A new study has been thrown into the fray of the public debate about dieting and healthy eating. This one is certain to stir up the controversy even more, especially since the researchers involved have already declared it to be the "Rolls-Royce of

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected
Xagena Medical News - Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast or colorectal cancer or heart disease, according to the latest findings from Women's Health Initiative ( WHI ). But a Stanford University

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health
Food Navigator - 3/8/2006 - Overweight children kept on a nutritious diet and encouraged to exercise during a two-week period showed a dramatic reduction in cholesterol and insulin levels, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth
Nutra Ingredients USA - 3/15/2006 - Capsaicin, the compound that gives red pepper its heat, could stop the spread of prostate cancer, claims a new study. Red chilli pepper has previously been linked to inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells, and has been suggested

Kick start the season with a healthy getaway!
MSNBC - Spring is finally here and you know what that means -- bathing suit season is only weeks away. But what should you do if you're looking less than bootylicious? Combine your passion for travel with your quest for a healthier, fitter and more beautiful

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

BIG TEST: Will Heels continue late surge? (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

BIG TEST: Will Heels continue late surge?
Winston-Salem Journal - GREENSBORO - History usually is acted out at one time and written about in another time, after the distinct trees grow into an unmistakable forest. This seems true in war, in peace and even in college basketball. As the ACC Tournament opens this

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth
Nutra Ingredients USA - 3/15/2006 - Capsaicin, the compound that gives red pepper its heat, could stop the spread of prostate cancer, claims a new study. Red chilli pepper has previously been linked to inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells, and has been suggested

Health & Wellness
Kirkland Courier - A new study has been thrown into the fray of the public debate about dieting and healthy eating. This one is certain to stir up the controversy even more, especially since the researchers involved have already declared it to be the "Rolls-Royce of

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

BIG TEST: Will Heels continue late surge? (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

BIG TEST: Will Heels continue late surge?
Winston-Salem Journal - GREENSBORO - History usually is acted out at one time and written about in another time, after the distinct trees grow into an unmistakable forest. This seems true in war, in peace and even in college basketball. As the ACC Tournament opens this

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth
Nutra Ingredients USA - 3/15/2006 - Capsaicin, the compound that gives red pepper its heat, could stop the spread of prostate cancer, claims a new study. Red chilli pepper has previously been linked to inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells, and has been suggested

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

If calcium and low-fat diets don t help women s health, what does?
Tacoma News Tribune - What do women do now? The results of two major studies over the past two weeks have questioned the value of two widely recommended measures: calcium pills and vitamin D to prevent broken bones, and low-fat diets to ward off heart disease and breast

No More 'Good Girl' (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

No More 'Good Girl'
Washington Post - That's it. I'm not going to be a Good Girl any more. The latest headlines from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) have put me over the edge. A low-fat diet -- overrated for cancer protection! Calcium supplements -- in doubt for maintaining bones

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health
Food Navigator - 3/8/2006 - Overweight children kept on a nutritious diet and encouraged to exercise during a two-week period showed a dramatic reduction in cholesterol and insulin levels, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Pepper extract could stop prostate cancer growth
Nutra Ingredients USA - 3/15/2006 - Capsaicin, the compound that gives red pepper its heat, could stop the spread of prostate cancer, claims a new study. Red chilli pepper has previously been linked to inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells, and has been suggested

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health
Food Navigator - 3/8/2006 - Overweight children kept on a nutritious diet and encouraged to exercise during a two-week period showed a dramatic reduction in cholesterol and insulin levels, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably'
Wave 3 - (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Health & Wellness
Kirkland Courier - A new study has been thrown into the fray of the public debate about dieting and healthy eating. This one is certain to stir up the controversy even more, especially since the researchers involved have already declared it to be the "Rolls-Royce of

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Just when you thought you knew it all (Low Fat Diets)

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

The Common Denominator's restaurant, food & travel editor asks our
Common Denominator - DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES: The war against unhealthy food just got more complicated again. According to the National Institutes of Health, "reducing fat intake may have small effect on risk of breast cancer, no effect on risk of colorectal

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Results! (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Results!
Guam Pacific Daily News - Editor's note: On Feb. 20, Lifestyle reporter Jojo Santo Tomas began a body-cleansing program called "The 21-Day Detox: The Simple Cleanse." He completed the program on March 12 with positive results. Impressed. Fantastic. Amazing. Those were just

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably'
Wave 3 - (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday

Lenore Greenstein: Low-fat diet study no reason to stop healthy eating
Naples Daily News - Although there has been another media flurry about low-fat diets, consider the evidence carefully. A new study has found that postmenopausal women on a low-fat diet did not significantly reduce their risk of breast cancer, heart disease or stroke

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity (Low Fat Diets)

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Ped Med: Sweets no treat for kids' health
Science Daily - SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (UPI) -- Recipe for good health: choose foods heavy on nutrients, light on saturated fats and sugars, add variety, sprinkle with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, mix with a dash of daily exercise. Eating well -- including

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

Ped Med: Sweets no treat for kids' health (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Ped Med: Sweets no treat for kids' health
Science Daily - SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (UPI) -- Recipe for good health: choose foods heavy on nutrients, light on saturated fats and sugars, add variety, sprinkle with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, mix with a dash of daily exercise. Eating well -- including

Is new-look Coleen chav or chic?
Daily Mail - She has a magazine lifestyle column, a 2million book deal to write about fashion, lucrative Asda and Nike contracts, and is launching her own line of sportswear. Yet three years ago, Coleen McLoughlin, 19, was a Merseyside schoolgirl with puppy fat

The Common Denominator's restaurant, food & travel editor asks our
Common Denominator - DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES: The war against unhealthy food just got more complicated again. According to the National Institutes of Health, "reducing fat intake may have small effect on risk of breast cancer, no effect on risk of colorectal

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected
Xagena Medical News - Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast or colorectal cancer or heart disease, according to the latest findings from Women's Health Initiative ( WHI ). But a Stanford University

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Don't Be Swayed, Stay the Course
Ledger - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: Forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Health can be nuts: Professionals respond to health-related queries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Just when you think eating such-and-such is good, a study comes out saying that s all wrong. Living healthy can be confusing these days. So we posed 10 health-related questions about things such as chocolate, sleeping and multivitamins to three

Not milk?
Pueblo Chieftain - But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry s slick, celebrity-driven got milk? advertising campaign? Milk, the sacred cow

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Prison psychologist Frederick Gelbman
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Suzanne Huff, who had the first successful heart transplant in Minnesota, dies The one-time acquaintance hesitated when Fred Gelbmann asked whether the two had met before. The man had been a prisoner undergoing therapy for chemical dependency when

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably' (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably'
Wave 3 - (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday

The bad research debate
Food Navigator - 2/27/2006 - The dust is settling on the WHI trial. First came the news that low-fat diets didn t reduce the risk of breast or colorectal cancer or cardiovascular disease, then came news that vitamin D and calcium supplements don t protect against

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Calcium supplement study leaves mixed feelings
Sentinel & Enterprise - The huge health study that found no obvious benefit for women from taking calcium supplements leaves very mixed feelings. On one hand, it indicates that women may have far less power to prevent broken bones and colorectal cancer than previously

BIG TEST: Will Heels continue late surge?
Winston-Salem Journal - GREENSBORO - History usually is acted out at one time and written about in another time, after the distinct trees grow into an unmistakable forest. This seems true in war, in peace and even in college basketball. As the ACC Tournament opens this

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American. Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Calcium supplement study leaves mixed feelings
Sentinel & Enterprise - The huge health study that found no obvious benefit for women from taking calcium supplements leaves very mixed feelings. On one hand, it indicates that women may have far less power to prevent broken bones and colorectal cancer than previously

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably'
Wave 3 - (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday

Sidebar: Airlines should charge for extras
MSNBC - From the courtroom to the battlefield, it's the program about justice. Why columnists and some consumer groups need to stop moaning about airlines charging for services we used to get for free. I know. We ve come to accept free meals, drinks

Just when you thought you knew it all . . . (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Just when you thought you knew it all . . .
Chicago Tribune - It never fails. Just when you think you've grasped Health 101, the experts pull a 180. We should all now know that low-fat diets don't protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Do you look your age?
Belfast Telegraph - It's such a dirty word, is ageing. Very few of us embrace the process, many deny it and most - save for Brigitte Bardot - try to cheat it in some way. For years I looked much younger than I was, but up until my early twenties I'd led a fairly

The Osgood File (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Fine Print Sends Clear Message: Stay the Course
New York Times - The health news of recent weeks could prompt even a stalwart defender of preventive medicine like me to abandon hope: forget about those hard-to-swallow tablets of calcium and vitamin D3 to stave off osteoporosis, those capsules of glucosamine and

Not milk?
Pueblo Chieftain - But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry s slick, celebrity-driven got milk? advertising campaign? Milk, the sacred cow

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

The bad research debate
Food Navigator - 2/27/2006 - The dust is settling on the WHI trial. First came the news that low-fat diets didn t reduce the risk of breast or colorectal cancer or cardiovascular disease, then came news that vitamin D and calcium supplements don t protect against

It's enough to make your head spin (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

It's enough to make your head spin
Los Angeles Times - "Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds" (New York Times, Feb. 8). "Study Reverses Long-Held Ideas on Calcium's Use" (Los Angeles Daily News, Feb. 16). "Study Revises View of Hormones, Heart Woes" (Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 20). Just when

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman on the Women s
Center for Science in Public Interest - Media reports on a recent major study on low-fat diets may mislead the public because they suggest that current advice to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer are wrong. In fact, the study tested diet advice that is 10 to 20 years out of date

High-fiber, low-fat diet benefits kids heart health
Food Navigator - 3/8/2006 - Overweight children kept on a nutritious diet and encouraged to exercise during a two-week period showed a dramatic reduction in cholesterol and insulin levels, according to a study presented last week at the American Heart

The Common Denominator's restaurant, food & travel editor asks our
Common Denominator - DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES: The war against unhealthy food just got more complicated again. According to the National Institutes of Health, "reducing fat intake may have small effect on risk of breast cancer, no effect on risk of colorectal

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Community heart health program successful
Science Daily - LIMBURG, Netherlands, March 2 (UPI) -- A 5-year community health plan in the Netherlands has been deemed successful, with improvement found in three major risk factors for heart disease. The cardiovascular disease prevention plan targeting residents

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman on the Women s
Center for Science in Public Interest - Media reports on a recent major study on low-fat diets may mislead the public because they suggest that current advice to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer are wrong. In fact, the study tested diet advice that is 10 to 20 years out of date

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

Eat what you like, but just a little (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Eat what you like, but just a little
Brazoria Facts - A Feb. 8 New York Times article by Gina Kolata declares: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds. In one of the largest and most extensive studies ever, researchers declared there was no appreciable health benefit between a low-fat

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

Getting the smarts about fats
AZCentral.com - Fat is a necessary evil. Gram for gram, oils and solid fats carry twice the number of calories as protein and carbohydrates -- not a comforting thought for the legions of Americans who count calories as they try to lose weight. Even more insulting

No More 'Good Girl' (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

No More 'Good Girl'
Washington Post - That's it. I'm not going to be a Good Girl any more. The latest headlines from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) have put me over the edge. A low-fat diet -- overrated for cancer protection! Calcium supplements -- in doubt for maintaining bones

Results!
Guam Pacific Daily News - Editor's note: On Feb. 20, Lifestyle reporter Jojo Santo Tomas began a body-cleansing program called "The 21-Day Detox: The Simple Cleanse." He completed the program on March 12 with positive results. Impressed. Fantastic. Amazing. Those were just

Do you look your age?
Belfast Telegraph - It's such a dirty word, is ageing. Very few of us embrace the process, many deny it and most - save for Brigitte Bardot - try to cheat it in some way. For years I looked much younger than I was, but up until my early twenties I'd led a fairly

Study: Low-fat diet didn't curb disease risk for older women
Arizona Daily Star - Disappointed researchers announced Tuesday that putting older women on a low-fat diet did not reduce their risk of breast cancer, colon cancer or heart disease, as they had hoped. But they added that the study results should not be interpreted as a

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably' (Low Fat Diets)

Fletcher Resumes Gubernatorial Powers, 'Resting Comfortably'
Wave 3 - (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Doctors removed most of a potentially life-threatening blood clot from Gov. Ernie Fletcher's chest and arm, and put him on blood-thinning medication as he continues recovering from gallbladder surgery, his physician said Friday

Health & Wellness
Kirkland Courier - A new study has been thrown into the fray of the public debate about dieting and healthy eating. This one is certain to stir up the controversy even more, especially since the researchers involved have already declared it to be the "Rolls-Royce of

GIVE YOUR MAN A BOD LIKE BOND
Daily Mirror - DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too! This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman on the Women s
Center for Science in Public Interest - Media reports on a recent major study on low-fat diets may mislead the public because they suggest that current advice to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer are wrong. In fact, the study tested diet advice that is 10 to 20 years out of date

Guidelines, not gospel (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Low-Cal Drinks Help Teens Stay Trim
Heart Info - TUESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Curbing teen obesity could be as easy as restocking the family fridge with low-cal drink alternatives that kids choose themselves, a new study finds. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston had 103 teens pick

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

MY BUM IS TOO FLAT
Daily Mirror - TV presenter Jenny Powell, 37, lives in Manchester with her husband Toby Baxendell, a flooring wholesaler, 40, and five-year-old daughter Connie. HAVE you ever dieted? NO, I use common sense. I do a lot of exercise and I've gone from a size 12 to an

Web Letters
Ashland Daily Tidings - (While web letters do not appear in the print version of the Tidings they are placed here as a courtesy to our readers in order to provide an opportunity for greater and more frequent dialogue amongst members of our community. Web letters follow the

Just when you thought you knew it all (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Just when you thought you knew it all
Olympian - We should all now know that low-fat diets don t protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and chondroitin, are no better than sugar pills when it came to relieving mild pain. And

The bad research debate
Food Navigator - 2/27/2006 - The dust is settling on the WHI trial. First came the news that low-fat diets didn t reduce the risk of breast or colorectal cancer or cardiovascular disease, then came news that vitamin D and calcium supplements don t protect against

If calcium and low-fat diets don t help women s health, what does?
Tacoma News Tribune - What do women do now? The results of two major studies over the past two weeks have questioned the value of two widely recommended measures: calcium pills and vitamin D to prevent broken bones, and low-fat diets to ward off heart disease and breast

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Do you look your age?
Belfast Telegraph - It's such a dirty word, is ageing. Very few of us embrace the process, many deny it and most - save for Brigitte Bardot - try to cheat it in some way. For years I looked much younger than I was, but up until my early twenties I'd led a fairly

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With (Low Fat Diet Plans)

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

Low-Cal Drinks Help Teens Stay Trim
Heart Info - TUESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Curbing teen obesity could be as easy as restocking the family fridge with low-cal drink alternatives that kids choose themselves, a new study finds. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston had 103 teens pick

Study: Low-fat diet didn't curb disease risk for older women (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Study: Low-fat diet didn't curb disease risk for older women
Arizona Daily Star - Disappointed researchers announced Tuesday that putting older women on a low-fat diet did not reduce their risk of breast cancer, colon cancer or heart disease, as they had hoped. But they added that the study results should not be interpreted as a

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

Getting the smarts about fats
AZCentral.com - Fat is a necessary evil. Gram for gram, oils and solid fats carry twice the number of calories as protein and carbohydrates -- not a comforting thought for the legions of Americans who count calories as they try to lose weight. Even more insulting

The bad research debate
Food Navigator - 2/27/2006 - The dust is settling on the WHI trial. First came the news that low-fat diets didn t reduce the risk of breast or colorectal cancer or cardiovascular disease, then came news that vitamin D and calcium supplements don t protect against

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman on the Women s (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman on the Women s
Center for Science in Public Interest - Media reports on a recent major study on low-fat diets may mislead the public because they suggest that current advice to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer are wrong. In fact, the study tested diet advice that is 10 to 20 years out of date

Study: Low-fat diet didn't curb disease risk for older women
Arizona Daily Star - Disappointed researchers announced Tuesday that putting older women on a low-fat diet did not reduce their risk of breast cancer, colon cancer or heart disease, as they had hoped. But they added that the study results should not be interpreted as a

No More 'Good Girl'
Washington Post - That's it. I'm not going to be a Good Girl any more. The latest headlines from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) have put me over the edge. A low-fat diet -- overrated for cancer protection! Calcium supplements -- in doubt for maintaining bones

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

The Common Denominator's restaurant, food & travel editor asks our
Common Denominator - DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES: The war against unhealthy food just got more complicated again. According to the National Institutes of Health, "reducing fat intake may have small effect on risk of breast cancer, no effect on risk of colorectal

If calcium and low-fat diets don t help women s health, what does? (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

If calcium and low-fat diets don t help women s health, what does?
Tacoma News Tribune - What do women do now? The results of two major studies over the past two weeks have questioned the value of two widely recommended measures: calcium pills and vitamin D to prevent broken bones, and low-fat diets to ward off heart disease and breast

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman on the Women s
Center for Science in Public Interest - Media reports on a recent major study on low-fat diets may mislead the public because they suggest that current advice to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer are wrong. In fact, the study tested diet advice that is 10 to 20 years out of date

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Ped Med: Sweets no treat for kids' health
Science Daily - SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (UPI) -- Recipe for good health: choose foods heavy on nutrients, light on saturated fats and sugars, add variety, sprinkle with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, mix with a dash of daily exercise. Eating well -- including

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity (Low Fat Diets)

Marc K. Siegel : The Flavor Of Obesity
New York Post - E IGHT years ago, at the height of the low-carb-diet fervor, my secretary would sit in front of my patients breakfasting on bacon and eggs with no toast or potatoes. After decades of pasta, fiber and fruit, it seemed strange to see bacon and eggs

No effect from reducing total dietary fat on the risk of breast cancer
Xagena Medical News - Despite that a low-fat diet introduced in the middle-age years doesn't reduce the risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke or colon cancer, one of the researchers says people still need to focus on the types of fat they eat. The national diet

Trans fat ignored in study that bashed the low-fat diet - Doctors
San Francisco Gate - Confused by this week's news that a low-fat diet may not help prevent cancer and heart disease after all? Beth Hobson was. "I've been on a low-fat diet for four years now," said the 44-year-old part-time worker at a fitness center in Pasadena, Md

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Noni Juice Might Lower Smokers' Cholesterol
ABC News - Select a Health Topic ADD & ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Body Aches and Pains Breast Cancer Cancer Awareness Cardio Health Children's Health Colon Cancer Contraception COPD/Emphysema Dental Health Diabetes

Noni Juice Might Lower Smokers' Cholesterol (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Noni Juice Might Lower Smokers' Cholesterol
ABC News - Select a Health Topic ADD & ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Body Aches and Pains Breast Cancer Cancer Awareness Cardio Health Children's Health Colon Cancer Contraception COPD/Emphysema Dental Health Diabetes

The bad research debate
Food Navigator - 2/27/2006 - The dust is settling on the WHI trial. First came the news that low-fat diets didn t reduce the risk of breast or colorectal cancer or cardiovascular disease, then came news that vitamin D and calcium supplements don t protect against

Do you look your age?
Belfast Telegraph - It's such a dirty word, is ageing. Very few of us embrace the process, many deny it and most - save for Brigitte Bardot - try to cheat it in some way. For years I looked much younger than I was, but up until my early twenties I'd led a fairly

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Not milk?
Pueblo Chieftain - But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry s slick, celebrity-driven got milk? advertising campaign? Milk, the sacred cow

What You Should Really Eat
FOX News - We're constantly pummeled with new ways to lose weight. And many of them are right on the money. I'm not talking about popping a pill to get your cortisol levels in check or cutting the latest evil food from your diet. Some things are hogwash. But

Low-Cal Drinks Help Teens Stay Trim (Low Fat Weight Loss Diets)

Low-Cal Drinks Help Teens Stay Trim
Heart Info - TUESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Curbing teen obesity could be as easy as restocking the family fridge with low-cal drink alternatives that kids choose themselves, a new study finds. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston had 103 teens pick

Results!
Guam Pacific Daily News - Editor's note: On Feb. 20, Lifestyle reporter Jojo Santo Tomas began a body-cleansing program called "The 21-Day Detox: The Simple Cleanse." He completed the program on March 12 with positive results. Impressed. Fantastic. Amazing. Those were just

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Director Bonnie Liebman on the Women s
Center for Science in Public Interest - Media reports on a recent major study on low-fat diets may mislead the public because they suggest that current advice to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer are wrong. In fact, the study tested diet advice that is 10 to 20 years out of date

Community heart health program successful
Science Daily - LIMBURG, Netherlands, March 2 (UPI) -- A 5-year community health plan in the Netherlands has been deemed successful, with improvement found in three major risk factors for heart disease. The cardiovascular disease prevention plan targeting residents

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

More study needed on low-fat diet slam of late
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Although we have a vested interest in their contents, most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to read scientific journals. If we did, we d find ourselves immersed in a stew of methodological prose and statistical slang, all resting on

Guidelines, not gospel (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

No effect from reducing total dietary fat on the risk of breast cancer
Xagena Medical News - Despite that a low-fat diet introduced in the middle-age years doesn't reduce the risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke or colon cancer, one of the researchers says people still need to focus on the types of fat they eat. The national diet

Not milk?
Pueblo Chieftain - But does it really? Or, as nutrition researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities are radically suggesting: Have we all been duped by the dairy industry s slick, celebrity-driven got milk? advertising campaign? Milk, the sacred cow

Prison psychologist Frederick Gelbman
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Suzanne Huff, who had the first successful heart transplant in Minnesota, dies The one-time acquaintance hesitated when Fred Gelbmann asked whether the two had met before. The man had been a prisoner undergoing therapy for chemical dependency when

Results!
Guam Pacific Daily News - Editor's note: On Feb. 20, Lifestyle reporter Jojo Santo Tomas began a body-cleansing program called "The 21-Day Detox: The Simple Cleanse." He completed the program on March 12 with positive results. Impressed. Fantastic. Amazing. Those were just

How to know what research to live by (Low Fat Diets)

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

No effect from reducing total dietary fat on the risk of breast cancer
Xagena Medical News - Despite that a low-fat diet introduced in the middle-age years doesn't reduce the risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke or colon cancer, one of the researchers says people still need to focus on the types of fat they eat. The national diet

Guidelines, not gospel
Minneapolis Star Tribune - BY TARA PARKER-POPE Wall Street Journal When Bernadine Healy announced plans for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991, the then-director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) promised it would be one of the most definitive studies of

MY BUM IS TOO FLAT
Daily Mirror - TV presenter Jenny Powell, 37, lives in Manchester with her husband Toby Baxendell, a flooring wholesaler, 40, and five-year-old daughter Connie. HAVE you ever dieted? NO, I use common sense. I do a lot of exercise and I've gone from a size 12 to an

It's enough to make your head spin
Los Angeles Times - "Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds" (New York Times, Feb. 8). "Study Reverses Long-Held Ideas on Calcium's Use" (Los Angeles Daily News, Feb. 16). "Study Revises View of Hormones, Heart Woes" (Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 20). Just when

It's enough to make your head spin (Low Fat Diets)

It's enough to make your head spin
Los Angeles Times - "Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds" (New York Times, Feb. 8). "Study Reverses Long-Held Ideas on Calcium's Use" (Los Angeles Daily News, Feb. 16). "Study Revises View of Hormones, Heart Woes" (Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 20). Just when

Confusion Over Diet-Cancer Trials: Is There a Link Between Dietary
Washington Post - The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn't. In the early '90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in

Just when you thought you knew it all . . .
Chicago Tribune - It never fails. Just when you think you've grasped Health 101, the experts pull a 180. We should all now know that low-fat diets don't protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and

Do you look your age?
Belfast Telegraph - It's such a dirty word, is ageing. Very few of us embrace the process, many deny it and most - save for Brigitte Bardot - try to cheat it in some way. For years I looked much younger than I was, but up until my early twenties I'd led a fairly

The Osgood File
WBZ-AM - Charles Osgood, dubbed CBS' poet-in-residence, anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030AM. He also has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. His commentaries have drawn one of the

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

Ped Med: Sweets no treat for kids' health (Low Fat Weight Loss Diet)

Ped Med: Sweets no treat for kids' health
Science Daily - SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (UPI) -- Recipe for good health: choose foods heavy on nutrients, light on saturated fats and sugars, add variety, sprinkle with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, mix with a dash of daily exercise. Eating well -- including

Beth Ashley: Dieting is such a bore
Marin Independent Journal - THE HEADLINE said, "Major study casts doubts on benefit of low-fat diet." What a relief. I've waited a long time for a study like that. After years of trying a low-fat diet - and rarely sticking to it - it's gratifying to know that I haven't missed

How to know what research to live by
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Forget the low-fat diet and toss out the calcium pills? Rethink estrogen in your 50s? Women might get that impression from a trio of confusing studies published this month. But look more closely: The research doesn't actually change current advice

Just when you thought you knew it all . . .
Chicago Tribune - It never fails. Just when you think you've grasped Health 101, the experts pull a 180. We should all now know that low-fat diets don't protect against heart disease, stroke, breast cancer or colon cancer. Two popular arthritis pills, glucosamine and

Health & Wellness
Kirkland Courier - A new study has been thrown into the fray of the public debate about dieting and healthy eating. This one is certain to stir up the controversy even more, especially since the researchers involved have already declared it to be the "Rolls-Royce of

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats (Low Fat Diet Plans)

On Pace: The thick and thin of good and bad fats
Arizona Daily Star - "If you're just looking at one thing (like reducing total fat intake), you miss the synergy of everything else. It's the whole lifestyle that makes the difference: eating healthy fats, fruits vegetables, fiber and whole grains," Feeney said. "All of

Lipitor Demonstrates Improvement In Kidney Function In Patients With
Medical News Today - Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and elevated cholesterol who took Pfizer Inc's cholesterol- lowering medicine Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) experienced improved kidney function, and those improvements were significantly greater among

No More 'Good Girl'
Washington Post - That's it. I'm not going to be a Good Girl any more. The latest headlines from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) have put me over the edge. A low-fat diet -- overrated for cancer protection! Calcium supplements -- in doubt for maintaining bones

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good
Medical News Today - Pfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new

Go Ahead, Drink Bacon Grease for Breakfast
LiveScience.com - Two very big and very expensive health studies were published in February to the glee of people everywhere who enjoy drinking bacon grease for breakfast. Maybe you saw the reprints in Cynicism Today . Both studies had a "cheesesteak does your body

Ped Med: Sweets no treat for kids' health
Science Daily - SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (UPI) -- Recipe for good health: choose foods heavy on nutrients, light on saturated fats and sugars, add variety, sprinkle with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, mix with a dash of daily exercise. Eating well -- including