Archive for July 7th, 2010
Ilminster man achieves 6st weight loss
A man from Ilminster has achieved a massive weight loss of 6st. At his heaviest, 45-year-old Paul Palmer weighed more than 20st but he managed to shed a great amount of this through regular exercise and sticking to a healthy diet, thisisthewestcountry.co.uk reports. Paul, a counsellor at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, regularly attends….
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Healthy diet ‘reduces risk of eye disease’
People who eat a healthy diet are less likely to develop eye diseases, recent studies have shown. Scientists at the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research in Boston found that that a diet combining nutrients and low-glycemic-index foods provided a protective effect against age-related macular degeneration (AMD). A food’s glycemic index is calculated by how….
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Fructose ‘could contribute to high blood pressure’
A diet that contains high levels of fructose, in the form of added sugar, may not only scupper slimmers’ plans to lose weight, but also put them at risk of elevated blood pressure, a study has suggested. Dr Diana Jalal and colleagues from the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center came to this conclusion….
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Pregnant women with poor diets ‘could increase risk of birth defects’
Pregnant women who eat a poor diet could increase the risk of their children being born with birth defects, a study has suggested. The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the British Heart Foundation (BHF), involved two groups of pregnant mice – one fed a normal, balanced diet and the other fed a high-fat….
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