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Cut belly fat with tart cherries

Cut belly fat with tart cherries Natural News posted a new study from the University of Michigan. Researchers found that adding tart cherries to your diet may help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. The study fed mice one of two diets: a high fat, moderate carbs diet (45% calories from fat, 40% calories from carbs) OR a low fat, high carbs diet (10% calories from fat, 75% calories from carbs). Mice that were given added cherry powder to either diet had an 11%...

How an egg a day could keep your blood pressure down

How an egg a day could keep your blood pressure down Starting the day on an egg could keep your blood pressure in check, research suggests. Scientists have shown that eggs produce proteins that mimic the action of powerful blood pressure-lowering drugs. The finding comes a few days after a study exploded the myth that they can increase the danger of heart attacks. It now appears that eggs may be good for the heart, lowering blood pressure in the same way as Ace inhibitors, prescription-only...

Strawberries help reduce cholesterol damage

Strawberries help reduce cholesterol damage Researchers at the University of Toronto recently completed a new study on strawberries and their effect on cholesterol. The study looked at 28 men and women with high cholesterol who had been eating a low cholesterol diet. Researchers gave half of the group three cups of strawberries every day for 30 days and the other half more oat bran bread. At the end of the month, the subjects who ate the strawberries maintained lower cholesterol but also had a...

Whats the best diet? Eating less food

What's the best diet? Eating less food Low-fat, low-carb, high-protein - there's a diet plan of every flavor. And if you're one of the millions of Americans who struggle with weight, you've probably tried them all, likely with little success. That wouldn't surprise Dr. Frank Sacks, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and lead author of a new study published in the February 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, whose findings confirm what a growing body of weight-loss...

When mixing your foods can be dangerous

When mixing your foods can be dangerous For people whose eyes are bigger than their stomachs, a big meal with lots of different tastes usually satisfies. But some foods do not go with others. When the mix is wrong, people will not be able to assimilate the nutrients in the food. Sometimes there are risks of more serious side effects. Crabs and persimmons are a well-known example. When the two are eaten together, they cause diarrhea. Li Hongyan, a senior nutritionist from Shanghai Tongmai...

How to pick a wine for a dinner party

How to pick a wine for a dinner party   With so many choices out there in Beijing, sometimes it's hard to choose a wine to drink or bring to a dinner party based on just a price. Probably at one time or another we have all gone by the Beijing rule, if it's under 100 yuan it probably won't taste as good as something over 100 yuan. That is only partially true.   We invited both Gabriel Suk and Dorian Tang to gives us some tips and value vintages that will not only taste good, but are...

Take it with a pinch of salt

Take it with a pinch of salt Eating an egg for breakfast in peace is not always easy given the common admonition, "Don't use so much salt!" While high consumption of table salt has long been blamed for high blood pressure, some scientists are now not so sure. Beyond dispute, however, is that the human body's fluid balance and absorption of nutrients depend on salt, which maintains osmotic pressure in the lining of blood vessels, explains Stephan Bischoff, a professor of nutritional medicine...

Eat Yogurt, Avoid Bladder Cancer

Eat Yogurt, Avoid Bladder Cancer If you love yogurt, you're in luck. You probably already know it's good for you, but I found a recent Swedish study that gives us more evidence. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm studied the diets of 80,000 patients in a nine-year span and published their findings in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. They concluded that women who consumed two servings of yogurt every day were 45% less likely to develop bladder cancer than those...

Grate cheese to cut heart disease

Grate cheese to cut heart disease Eating grated cheese rather than sliced can reduce the risk of heart disease, says a new report. According to to the Food Standards Agency [FSA], people should grate or use a stronger flavoured cheese to reduce their intake of saturated fat. "It's important to find ways to cut down, not give up," said FSA chief executive Tim Smith. "I learned to cut down cheese by grating it or using stronger flavour and I have cut down to 1% milk rather than...

Diamond dessert?

Diamond dessert?   Florin Flan, a dessert master, decorates cakes with simulation diamonds in his workshop in Sibiu, central Romania, on Feb. 11, 2009. The decorations of the cakes, simulation diamonds originated by Florin Flan in Romania, are made of edible sugar. The cakes with simulation diamonds will go on sale with a price of 20 Romanian Leu (about 6 Dollars) during the Valentine's Day.(Xinhua/Agerpres) ...