Diet and Weight Loss

• Which Fats Really Are Good for Your Heart?

  

  Posted 9:03 PM 2/6/2013

  Feb. 6, 2013 -- The standard advice about which fats are best for heart health is under debate again.

  Triggering it is new research, just published in BMJ, finding that a form of omega-6 fatty acid found in vegetable oils may actually boost heart disease risk. Omega-6 fatty (More)
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• Brominated Vegetable Oil Q&A

  

  Posted 8:15 PM 1/30/2013

  Jan. 30, 2013 -- PepsiCo recently announced it would remove brominated vegetable oil (BVO) from its Gatorade drinks in response to customer concerns.

  Just what is BVO? And what is it doing in your sports drink?

  To learn more, we reached out to food chemists Kantha Shelke, PhD, a Chicago scientist who consults with food companies to develop new products, and Walter Vetter, PhD, who is studying BVO at the University of Hohenheim in (More)
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• Lap-Band Shown Effective for Long-Term Weight Loss

  

  Posted 9:21 PM 1/18/2013

  Jan. 18, 2013 -- More than 200,000 weight loss surgeries are performed each year in the U.S.

  Several recent studies have questioned the effectiveness and safety of one type, gastric banding, which has led to a decline in its use as patients (More)
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• 'Xtreme Eating Awards': And the Winner Is?

  

  Posted 8:07 AM 1/16/2013

  Jan. 16, 2013 -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has announced its seventh annual Xtreme Eating Awards, and as usual, there are some eye-popping, belt-busting, and artery-clogging stats behind these oversized restaurant meals.

  Some of this year's biggest offenders are dishes even savvy diners might not suspect:

  • Despite healthy (More)
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• Sugar and Excess Weight: Evidence Mounts

  

  Posted 9:30 PM 1/15/2013

  Jan. 15, 2013 -- Eating less sugar is linked with weight loss, and eating more is linked with weight gain, according to a new review of published studies.

  The review lends support to the idea that advising people to limit the sugar in their (More)
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• Fructose May Affect Hunger Cues

  

  Posted 9:13 PM 1/2/2013

  Jan. 2, 2013 -- All sugars are not created equal, at least when it comes to the brain, a new study shows.

  For the study, which is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers asked 20 healthy men and women to sip a cherry-flavored drink sweetened with either pure glucose or pure fructose.

  Both glucose and fructose are (More)
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• A Few Extra Pounds Linked to a Longer Life

  

  Posted 7:04 PM 1/1/2013

  Jan. 1, 2013 -- Overall, people who carry a few extra pounds tended to live longer than those who are either normal weight or very obese, new research shows.

  The review, of 97 studies that included a combined 2.88 million people, questions the notion that (More)
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• Weight Loss Pill Qsymia 'Gaining Traction'

  

  Posted 3:01 AM 12/26/2012

  Dec. 26, 2012 -- Sales of the prescription weight loss drug Qsymia, the first such drug to get the FDA's OK in 13 years, are increasing, despite earlier reports of sluggish interest.

  For the week ending Dec. 7, more than 2,000 new prescriptions for Qsymia were filled, according to Source Healthcare Analytics, a provider of (More)
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• Whey Protein, Amino Acids May Boost Fat Loss

  

  Posted 6:31 PM 12/14/2012

  Dec. 14, 2012 -- Adding essential amino acids and whey protein to a weight loss plan appears to increase fat loss, according to new research.

  The study was done in older, obese adults, but the strategy may also work for younger adults, says researcher Robert (More)
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• Brown Fat Transplants May Spur Weight Loss

  

  Posted 7:09 PM 12/10/2012

  Dec. 10, 2012 -- Mice given brown fat transplants lose weight and avoid the kinds of metabolic changes that lead to type 2 diabetes, even on high-fat diets, a new study shows.

  Scientists hope the (More)
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