Weight loss
A Handful of Peanuts Takes Off the Pounds
Here’s a simple weight-loss tip for your patients — eat some peanuts every day. Adults with moderate-to-high risk of diabetes were able to lose weight, lower their blood pressure, and improve their blood sugar numbers after adding peanuts to their diet, according to a new study in the journal Nutrients.Read
Unexpected Blood Sugar Dips May Explain Why Weight Loss is So Difficult for Some People
New research shows that people who experience big blood sugar dips, several hours after eating, end up feeling hungrier and consuming hundreds more calories during the day than others. A study published in Nature Metabolism, from PREDICT, the largest ongoing nutritional research program in the world that looks at responsesRead
Bursts of Exercise Are Enough to Lead to Significant Improvements of Metabolic Health
Short bursts of exercise induce changes in the body’s levels of metabolites that correlate to, and may help gauge, an individual’s cardiometabolic, cardiovascular and long-term health, a study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found. In a paper published in Circulation, the research team describes how approximately 12 minutes ofRead
Results of Fasting and Energy-Restricted Diets on Leptin and Adiponectin Levels in Humans
Fasting and energy-restricted diets have been evaluated in several studies as a means of improving cardiometabolic biomarkers related to body fat loss. However, further investigation is required to understand potential alterations of leptin and adiponectin concentrations. Thus, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to derive a more precise estimateRead
Very Low-Carbohydrate Diet in Older Adults Dramatically Improves Metabolic Health
What is the value of very low carbohydrate diets? A new study, published in Nutrition and Metabolism, from researchers with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Nutrition Obesity Research Center observed improvements in body composition, fat distribution and metabolic health in response to an eight-week, very low-carbohydrate diet. Very Low-CarbohydrateRead
Three Fasting Studies Uncover Ideal Weight Loss Eating Times & Potential Benefits for Breast Cancer
Three recent fasting studies lend clarity to the timing of fasting for weight loss and benefits of fasting diets for breast cancer patients. Let’s look first at the timing question. STUDY ONE/ A study, in Cell Metabolism, compared the timing of two daily fasting diets, also known as time-restricted feedingRead
Intermittent Fasting Changes Liver Enzymes
Researchers in Australia have used state-of-the-art analytical tools to understand how intermittent fasting works on liver enzymes to help prevent disease. The findings will help medical scientists working in cancer, cardiovascular and diabetes research develop new interventions to lower disease risk and discover the optimum intervals for fasting. In experimentsRead
14-Hour Fasting Effective for Fending Off Diabetes and Heart Disease
Does fasting work to stave off metabolic syndrome, which affects nearly 30 percent of the U.S. population, and increases the risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke? In a collaborative effort, researchers from the Salk Institute and the UC San Diego School of Medicine, published in Cell Metabolism,Read
Is Intermittent Fasting About Burning Calories or Lowering Appetites?
Researchers have discovered that meal timing strategies such as intermittent fasting or eating earlier in the daytime appear to help people lose weight by lowering appetite rather than burning more calories, according to a report published in the journal Obesity. The study is the first to show how meal timingRead
Intermittent Fasting May Reduce Cognitive Decline in Diabetes
Cognitive decline is one of the most severe type 2 diabetes complications. Intermittent fasting (IF) is a promising dietary intervention for T2D risk reduction, but its protective effect and mechanism on diabetic cognitive dysfunction remain elusive. Gut microbiota plays a vital role interphasing diet and host physiology and pathology andRead