| Diet Drinks? I think I'll eat something instead | | Posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:30:49 PM by Kate Grant | Remember the time diet drinks were the latest diet fad, and everybody drank them? I'm not thinking about soft diet soft drinks of the fizzy or fruit kind, but about those horrible shakes in flavors like chocolate, lemonade and strawberry, that were meant to replace two meals a day...
T hey probably did give you all the vitamins and fiber and nutrients, and were quite healthy in a way, but you usually didn't feel very satisfied, and actually, what you thought was: "Okay, that's done, where's breakfast?" But with the development of new diets,like the Atkins diet, those drinks lost their high position. It's now a well known fact.
If you want to lose those extra pounds, you should drink plenty of that clear liquid: water. If you're trying to make homemade diet smoothies and drinks, using water instead of milk or soy milk will help reduce the calories.
Hollywood stars and other public figures like Oprah Winfrey, (who's known for her battles with her weight in the past) are leading a new approach toward diets, of having a much healthier and sane options which will make satisfied and not hungry,instead of those diet shakes.
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| | | Health: The Beer Drinker's Diet | | Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:51:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | (CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA In health, if you had a few too many drinks watching the Super Bowl, there's a way to make that part of a new diet. That's right. According to one new book you can indulge in alcohol and still lose weight.Medical reporter Stephanie Stahl has the details on the beer diet. It's usually off limits for dieters. Beer is loaded with calories that can pack on the pounds. "Most normal people like to enjoy their life and have some drinks," said Bradley Cailor. Whether it's beer, or another alcoholic beverage you can have your drinks, and diet too.Bradley Cailor found a way to make it work. "You can cheat and still succeed. I lost 114 pounds," said Cailor. At one point he weighed 266 pounds. Now he's 152. After trying and failing on dozens of diets. Cailor said he finally found success with moderation and balance and yes beer.... | |
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| | | Health: Kid-Friendly Drinks | | Posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 2:51:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | American children are packing on the pounds with junk food and sugary drinks getting much of the blame.Now there are some new kid friendly drinks hitting grocery store shelves that are more diet friendly.Laurie Heckman thought her 7 year old son jimmy had a healthy diet that included Fruit Juice."I didn't realize how much sugar and carbs were in there at all," said Laurie Heckman.Pediatric Dietitian Laura Jeffers says most parents don't realize many products that say 100% juice still have high amounts of sugar, calories and carbs.And Fruit "drinks" contain some real fruit juice plus added sugar. Now there are new kid friendly drinks hitting the market."That have no extra sugars added that children can try and hopefully tend to like," said Laura Jeffers.For instance newcomers Waddajuice and Wild Waters both have about half the sugar of some 100% juices."A lot of the lower calorie drinks are going to have you know say 5 or 10 calories per 8 ounces which is great.... | |
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| | | Excess Sweet Drinks Put Kids at Risk | | Posted Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:53:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | Drinking lots of soda and juice drinks may put kids' health at risk -- leading to poor health and teen obesity as young as age 13, a U.S. study shows. The findings come from a study of 154 girls seen every two years since age 5. Researchers included Alison K. Ventura, Leann L. Birch, PhD, and Eric Loken, PhD, of Pennsylvania State University. By age 13, 14% of the girls studied already showed high risk of developing metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of ominous risk factors that indicate a person could be headed toward heart disease, stroke, or type 2 diabetes. These girls were at or near the danger level for three metabolic syndrome risk factors -- big waistline, high blood pressure, and a low level of good HDL cholesterol. What made these high-health-risk girls different from other girls? Their parents tended to be more obese and to have more obesity-related health problems than other parents.... | |
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| | | Alcohol in moderation may extend life | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:56:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moderate drinking may lengthen your life, while too much may shorten it, researchers from Italy report. Their conclusion is based on pooled data from 34 large studies involving more than one million people and 94,000 deaths. According to the data, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol -- up to four drinks per day in men and two drinks per day in women -- reduces the risk of death from any cause by roughly 18 percent, the team reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine. However, "things radically change" when consumption goes beyond these levels, study leader Dr. Augusto Di Castelnuovo, from Catholic University of Campobasso, said in a statement. Men who have more than four drinks per day and women who have more than two drinks per day not only lose the protection that alcohol affords, but they increase their risk of death, the data indicate.... | |
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| | | Sugar and fizzy drinks linked to pancreatic cancer | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 10:54:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | Swedish research has linked the risk of developing cancer of the pancreas to the consumption of sugar and fizzy drinks. The researchers at the Karolinska Institute say that people who drink large quantities of fizzy drinks or add sugar to coffee or tea run a higher risk of developing cancer of the pancreas. The team reached this conclusion after studying the diets of almost 80,000 men and women between 1997 and 2005. Of that number a total of 131 developed pancreatic cancer, a deadly form of the disease that is difficult to treat. The researchers say the risk of developing pancreatic cancer is related to the amount of sugar in the diet. In the study the people who drank fizzy or syrup-based drinks twice a day were found to have a 90 percent higher risk of getting cancer of the pancreas than those who never drank them.... | |
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| | | Sugary drinks link to cancer risk | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:00:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Drinking two sugary drinks a day almost doubles the risk of pancreatic cancer, a study suggests. The Swedish researchers linked too much sugar, in fizzy drinks or added to tea and coffee to the increased risk. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition research looked at 80,000 men and women between 1997 and 2005 - 131 of whom developed pancreatic cancer. But UK experts said more research was needed to quantify the actual risk of drinking sugary drinks. .... | |
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| | | What Is A Diet? | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 2:45:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | By definition, "diet" refers to what a person eats or drinks during the course of a day. A diet that limits portions to a very small size or that excludes certain foods entirely to promote weight loss may not be effective over the long term. Rather, you are likely to miss certain foods and find it difficult to follow this type of diet for a long time. .... | |
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| | | Fizzy drinks increase risk of pancreatic cancer: study | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:04:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | The high consumption of sweetened food and drink increases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a new study published in the November 2006 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers from Karolinska Institute of Sweden said that a heavy intake of fizzy drinks, creamed fruit and sugar in coffee are three common ways of increasing the risk. Pancreatic cancer is a very serious form of cancer that is possibly caused when the pancreas produces heightened levels of insulin as a consequence of upset glucose metabolism. A well-known way of increasing insulin production is to eat a lot of sugar. Scientists have now, for the first time, shown that the consumption of sweetened food and drink affects a person's chances of developing pancreatic cancer.... | |
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| | | Science of Sport: Branched Chain Amino Acids and Exercise | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:57:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | Amino Acids are the building blocks for skeletal muscle as well as digestive enzymes, hormones, antibodies and other body proteins necessary for optimal functioning. Of the 20 amino acids in the body, there are two types: essential and non-essential. There are eight essential amino acids including -- leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, theonine, tryptophan, and valine. The term essential is used because the body cannot synthesize these amino acids, making it necessary to obtain them from the diet. The twelve non-essential amino acids are equally important, but can be synthesized in the body at a rate that equals demand so dietary intake is not as crucial. Complete proteins include all of the essential amino acids, and are considered higher quality proteins. Animal proteins (including dairy, poultry, eggs, beef, and pork) and soy protein (plant protein) are considered complete proteins.... | |
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| | | What Does A Balanced Diet Entail? | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:57:35 AM by Blog57 Team | | A balanced diet refers to intake of appropriate types and adequate amounts of foods and drinks to supply nutrition and energy for the maintenance of body cells, tissues, and organs, and to support normal growth and development. Alternative NamesWell-balanced diet Function A well-balanced diet acts to provide sources of energy and nutrition for optimal growth and development. Food Sources Milk group (milk and milk products) milk, cheese, yogurt Meat group (meat and meat substitutes) meat: chicken, fish, beef, pork, lamb legumes: beans and peas nuts and seeds Fruit and vegetable group fruits vegetables Grain group (breads and cereals) whole grain breads enriched breads rice pasta Side Effects An unbalanced diet can cause problems with maintenance of body tissues, growth and development, brain and nervous system function, as well as problems with bone and muscle systems.... | |
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