Surprising Research ! Link between Saturated Fats And Heart Disease Questioned

The government is reviewing its dietary guidelines on saturated fat following growing concerns that it’s been unfairly “demonized” in the past.

Under current recommendations, the government advises that foods high in saturated fat such as butter, cream, and cheese make up just 10% of the total calories a person eats per day.

This is largely because saturated fats were previously linked to a person having an increased risk of heart disease.

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Obesity and Cancer Risk: Obesity Could Cause 670,000 New Cancer Cases By 2035

Over the next 20 years there will be 670,000 new cases of obesity-related cancer if nothing is done to tackle the growing epidemic, new research suggests.

The Obesity Health Alliance estimates that around 40 million adults in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2035, which could result in more than 7.6 million new cases of diseases.

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In Fight Against Obesity, The U.S. Is Failing Women | Latest News

About 41 percent of women and 35 percent of men are obese, according to survey data collected as recently as 2014 and reported in one of the studies.

A decade earlier, about 38 percent of women and 34 percent of men were obese, the study found. Only the increase for women was large enough to be sure it wasn’t due to chance.

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Does Salt Make You Fat ? New Research About Salt And Weight Gain

Many people are wondering about the link between salt and weight gain (or weight loss) so they are asking numerous questions: Can Salt Prevent You From Losing Weight? Can Eating Salt Prevent Weight Loss? Does salt make you fat? A New Australian Research may have the answer to all these questions.

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Have You Ever Heard About Fat Virus ? Virus In Chicken Linked To Obesity

Recently, there has been research examining the connection between poultry consumption and weight gain. One study out of the Netherlands examining about 4,000 people, correlated chicken consumption with weight gain. Another study followed 89,000 people in four other countries and found that animal protein intake was associated with long-term weight gain, and poultry was the worst, with 40 percent more weight gain than red meat or processed meat.

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Count Bites Not Calories ! Wearable Technology To Lose Weight

New wearable technology is helping to provide novel weight loss tools. One way is by providing bite count feedback, which allows users to keep track of the number of bites during a meal.

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Overeating may cause more eating by cutting off fullness signal: Uroguanylin

Overeating can lead to more eating, setting up a vicious cycle that promotes obesity. Now, a new study suggests one way this cycle works is that when the gut senses too many calories, it shuts off a hormone that tells the brain we are full.

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Do Weight Loss Pills Work? 5 Drugs Compared by FDA

In an analysis that included nearly 30,000 overweight or obese adults, compared with placebo, orlistat, lorcaserin, naltrexone-bupropion, phentermine-topiramate, and liraglutide were each associated with achieving at least 5 percent weight loss at 52 weeks, and phentermine-topiramate and liraglutide were associated with the highest odds of achieving at least 5 percent weight loss, according to a study appearing in the June 14 issue of JAMA.

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Taking folic acid during pregnancy may reduce childhood obesity risk

Adequate intake of folic acid during pregnancy is likely to protect children from a future risk of obesity, especially those born to mothers who were obese, finds a new study by Johns Hopkins University in the US.

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New Study: Fish oil transforms fat-storage cells into fat-burning cells

Kyoto University researchers have found that fish oil transforms fat-storage cells into fat-burning cells, which may reduce weight gain in middle age. Fish oil activates receptors in the digestive tract, fires the sympathetic nervous system, and induces storage cells to metabolize fat.

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