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Adding This To Your Diet Stops High Blood Pressure

One of the biggest risk factors for heart disease is having high blood pressure--especially later in life. Now researchers say they've uncovered a simple way to lower blood pressure to minimize your risk of cardiovascular disease as you age. According to Boston University School of Medicine researchers, people who ate a high protein diet had a 40 percent lower risk of developing high blood pressure compared to those who consumed more carbohydrates in their diet. These weren't just short-term effects…
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Why This Diet Doesn’t Make You Lose More Weight

To lose weight, some health experts say you need to avoid "bad carbs," such as baked potatoes. However, new research is challenging this claim, now reported in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Their findings reveal that people who eat potatoes as part of a calorie-controlled diet still lose weight--shattering the myth that what you eat matters more than how much you eat. "Some people have questioned the role of potatoes in a weight loss regimen because of…
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These 3 Foods Naturally Reduce Your Appetite

When it comes to dieting, people agree this is their biggest problem: Curbing their appetite. And while diet drugs or pills may work, they don't necessarily provide the safest solution, say health experts. One health expert says she's identified three foods that naturally suppress a person's appetite, however. "Satiety is the feeling of fullness after or between meals, and it is an emerging area in weight management," says Linda Milo Ohr, a contributing editor to the Institute of Food Technologists.…
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Eat This Diet to Survive Cancer Longer

A good diet may help you get a healthier bod, but could it also save you from dying from cancer? A new study from Oxford University alleges this in the case, now published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. "Interestingly, they found that it was not the individual components that affected mortality, but an overall healthy diet," says Dr. Elisa V. Bandera, an associate professor of epidemiology at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. "The index gives more…
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This Diet Nutritionists Hate Speeds Up Weight Loss!

What's better: Crash diets or a healthy, gradual diet? While most nutritionists say gradual diets, a new study published in The Lancet says you may be better off crash dieting. "We now know that there are several ways of losing weight," says Gaynor Bussell, a public health nutritionist and dietitian. "There may well be a role for using rapid weight loss diets in some people, but it is important to consider how weight loss will be maintained after the diet…
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This 1 Weird Trick Makes You Exercise Faster

When it comes to exercise, most people just don't want to put in the effort. A new study from New York University shows there may be a new way to motivate people to exercise harder and longer, however. According to their findings, now published in Motivation and Emotion, people who focused on a specific target while exercising, such as a tree or landmark off in the distance, ended up exercising faster than those who didn't focus on anything. In turn,…
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Eat These 2 Foods to Stop Obesity AND Diabetes!

For those with metabolic syndrome, there are almost always two certainties: Obesity and diabetes. Worse yet, it's on the rise. Yet new research from the Canadian Medical Association Journal may show that not everyone is doomed to develop metabolic syndrome--provided they tweak their eating habits in a few simple ways. Researcher Dr. Jordi Salas-Salvadó recently spoke with the media about what he discovered in his latest study, now set to be published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. "In this…
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Doing This Tricks Your Brain to Exercise HARDER!

Having trouble staying motivated during your workout? Here's one way to fight it: Listen to music. A new study from McMaster University in Canada reveals that people who listened to music during high intensity exercise worked out harder and longer than those who did not. As an added bonus, listening to music seemed to make the exercise seem easier, even if the workout was very strenuous, say researchers. "Many people find the experience aversive," says Matthew Stork, a graduate student…
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Doing This Makes You FAIL Your Diet?

When it comes to losing weight, staying motivated matters. But regardless of how motivated you are, it won't overcome serious limitations, say researchers--such as having limited access to healthy food. "Changing the environment alone cannot produce results," says Wenjun Li, Ph.D., an associate professor of medicine and director of the Health Statistics and Geography Lab at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. "However, efforts to try to change a person will be very limited without improving the environment." Li recently…
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This 1 Simple Trick Helps You Eat Fewer Calories

Having trouble keeping your weight under control? Try this: Text messaging. A recent study from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health says that people who received a weekly text message reminding them of their recommended caloric intake were more likely to remember their caloric limit--and stick to it. Those who opted not to receive a daily text message were more than twice as likely to forget how many calories they needed to consume everyday, however. The findings…
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