Archive for March, 2008

In the News: The big breakfast diet

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Early morning feasts really could be the secret to beating middle aged spread.

 

Doctors from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge conducted a five-year study into the eating habits of 6,764 men and women living in Norfolk aged between 40 and 75. They found those who ate the biggest breakfast put on the least amount of weight even though they consumed the most food through the course of an average day.

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In the News: Laughing your way to better health

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in January 2008 shows that women benefit the most from living life with a laugh. Research involving 3,000 London based civil servants found that happy women may be at lower risk from heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure and obesity.

 

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In the News: Walk away from the menopause

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Walking briskly for at least half an hour a day could help women beat the anxiety and stress that often accompany symptoms of the menopause, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. That and a diet rich in foods such as soya and lentils could be just as effective as hormone replacement therapy, according to researchers who studied nearly 400 women in Philadelphia over eight years.

 

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