Diet & Nutrition
As a rough rule of thumb, 1 pound of fat contains about 3,500 calories, so one could lose a pound a week by reducing daily caloric intake by about 500 calories a day.
To determine the daily calorie requirements for specific individuals, multiply the number of pounds of ideal weight by 12 - 15 calories.
The number of calories per pound depends on gender, age, and activity levels. For instance a 50-year-old moderately active woman who wants to maintain a weight of 135 pounds and is mildly active might need only 12 calories per pound (1,620 calories a day).
A 25-year old female athlete who wants to maintain the same weight might need 25 calories per pound (2,025 calories a day).
Fat intake should be no more than 30% of total calories. Most fats should be in the form of monounsaturated fats (such as olive oil). Avoid saturated fats (found in animal products). Oct 8
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Another mechanism discovered by which sulforaphane prevents cancer
Research in the Linus Pauling Institute has found a second mechanism by which foods rich in sulforaphane, such as broccoli, can help prevent cancer. (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture) Researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have discovered yet another reason why the "sulforaphane" compound in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables is so good for you – it provides not just one, but two ways to prevent cancer through the complex mechanism of epigenetics. Epigenetics, an increasing focus of research around the world, refers not just to our genetic code, but also to the way that diet, toxins and other forces can change which genes get activated, or "expressed."
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Seafood Calculator According to an upcoming report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), “consumption of fish provides energy, protein, and a range of other important nutrients, including the long-chain n-3 [omega-3] poly unsaturated fatty acids.” These international agencies are urging governments around the world to do a better job of encouraging people to eat fish. This is good news for anyone who wants to reap the health benefits of a diet that’s rich in seafood, including pregnant women (and women who are planning to become pregnant).
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Not only is it a powerfully refreshing drink to start off your day, but water with fresh lemon in the morning can help to accelerate natural and healthy fat loss in addition to boosting your overall immune function. What’s more, is that it is extremely simple to prepare — even easier than the typical morning cup of coffee. Garlic has been used by many cultures for the treatment and prevention of disease for many centuries due to its powerful health benefits matched with a crucial role in many traditional dishes. While many modern doctors have turned to pharmaceuticals in place of health-promoting foods, garlic is emerging as a natural solution to fight off infections — used as an antiviral and antifungal by many natural health practitioners. The best news?
When you're staring down the barrel of a new diet, your portions are one of the most difficult things to measure and keep track of. Your kitchen scale may be great in the comfort of your home, but it's not practical to carry with you all day. Instead, just get to know the rough estimates with your hand. If the idea looks familiar, that may be because earlier this month Melanie walked through the basics of this idea, highlighting its usefulness for cooks.
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Swole.me Automatically Plans Your Meals Based on Your Dieting Goals
One of the hardest parts of dieting is figuring out what you can actually eat. Swole.me is an app that figures out your meals for you. You simply tell it your calorie goal, what meals you want to eat, and what foods you want to include in those meals and it'll generate a plan in seconds. All you really need to enter is the number of meals you want to eat and your calorie goal.
A new study by Oregon researchers suggests that all those holiday treats, backed up by year-round junk food, might be going to your head, and not in a good way. Research by scientists at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University has found that older people whose diets are big on unhealthy, fatty foods do worse on mental acuity tests and have more brain shrinkage than those with healthy diets. Older people who eat lots of fruits and vegetables and the healthy oils found in fish were sharper and had less brain shrinkage. The study is getting attention because it’s the first to measure the effect of diet on brain size and function by directly measuring nutrient levels in the blood and by imaging brains using an MRI.
Diet affects brain health, study finds | Oregon researchers say those who eat a lot of fruits and vegetables fare better as they age
Study: Eating less keeps the brain young
A team of Italian researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome have discovered that this molecule, called CREB1, is triggered by " caloric restriction " (low caloric diet) in the brain of mice. They found that CREB1 activates many genes linked to longevity and to the proper functioning of the brain. This work was led by Giovambattista Pani, researcher at the Institute of General Pathology, Faculty of Medicine at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome, directed by Professor Achille Cittadini, in collaboration with Professor Claudio Grassi of the Institute of Human Physiology . The research appears this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ). "Our hope is to find a way to activate CREB1, for example through new drugs , so to keep the brain young without the need of a strict diet ," Dr Pani said.
Scientists think Rapamycin might be able to slow aging (NEWSER) - Scientists think a drug derived from a chemical found in the soil of Easter Island may be able to slow down the aging process and extend human life spans. The drug Rapamycin, nicknamed the “forever young” drug, has been shown in experiments to counteract the effects of Hutchinson-Gilford Progerias Syndrome—a rare genetic disease that causes children to age at a greatly exaggerated rate, dying of “old age” by around 12, the Telegraph reports.
Fountain of Youth for Your Brain: Slashing Calories - Calories-restricted diets release CREB1, the key to brain health
More than 2/3 of Americans are overweight or obese ( source ), and we spend more than $40 billion a year on weight loss, much of it on pills, gadgets, and creams that don't live up to their lofty claims. When you're desperate to change your life, and you're just starting out, it's hard to know what's truth and what's hype. Everything sounds like the secret to losing weight, finding happiness, and becoming your best you! That's because it usually is. You already know 12 Ways to Spot a Fad Diet , but the latest scams go beyond mere dieting. We asked our experts to weigh in on the year's worst diet rip-offs.
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Nutrition Facts: An interactive guide to food labels - MayoClinic.com
Housecall, our weekly general-interest e-newsletter, keeps you up to date on a wide variety of health topics with timely, reliable, practical information, recipes, blogs, questions and answers with Mayo Clinic experts and more. Our biweekly topic-specific e-newsletters also include blogs, questions and answers with Mayo Clinic experts, and other useful information that will help you manage your health. Housecall Archives close window The Nutrition Facts label is a boxed panel required by the Food and Drug Administration on most packaged food and beverage products.Nutrition facts, calories in food, labels, nutritional information and analysis – NutritionData.com
On Nutrition Data, you'll find detailed nutrition information, plus unique analysis tools that tell you more about how foods affect your health and make it easier to choose healthy foods.Food Allergy: MedlinePlus
Food allergy is an abnormal response to a food triggered by your body's immune system. Allergic reactions to food can sometimes cause serious illness and death. Tree nuts and peanuts are the leading causes of deadly allergic reactions called anaphylaxis.Food Allergy Test, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, Signs and Causes of Allergies by MedicineNet.com
Food allergies are often misunderstood, even though societal recognition of, and education about, the condition is increasing. See if you have heard – or believed – any of the following myths about food allergies: "You're "allergic" to any food that gives you problems." This statement is false, since there are several problems that can arise after eating specific foods, the majority of which are unrelated to allergy . True allergies to foods are immunologic reactions involving the class of immunoglobulins ( proteins that assist in the body's immune response ) known as immunoglobulin (Ig) E. Other kinds of reactions to foods that are not food allergies include food intolerances (such as lactose or milk intolerance ), food poisoning , and toxic reactions.Lemon Grass kills Cancer
A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube according to new Israeli research. At first, Benny Zabidov, an Israeli agriculturalist who grows greenhouses full of lush spices on a pastoral farm in Kfar Yedidya in the Sharon region, couldn’t understand why so many cancer patients from around the country were showing up on his doorstep asking for fresh lemon grass. It turned out that their doctors had sent them. “They had been told to drink eight glasses of hot water with fresh lemon grass steeped in it on the days that they went for their radiation and chemotherapy treatments,” Zabidov told ISRAEL21c.Complementary & Alternative medicine
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