Diet guide news 2009-11

2009-11-14 Marissa Lippert: Going Vegetarian: Plain, Simple And Sane

Surprisingly, vegetarians have a range of protein options. Aside from fish, eggs and dairy products like milk, yogurt and cheese, dont forget about beans and legumes, quinoa, nuts and nut butters, tofu, edamame, soy milk, soy yogurt and cheese, and tempeh (fermented soybeans) and seitan (protein from wheat gluten). Yes, its true that animal-sources of protein are complete proteins and contain all the essential amino acids our bodies need. You can do just fine however, with a varied vegetarian diet that incorporates protein, complex carbs and healthy fats. And keep in mind that soybeans (tofu, soy milk etc. ) and quinoa are actually two plant-sources of complete protein. Id recommend being cautious around more processed forms of vegetarian or soy protein. Your body tends to do best with foods that are fewest in ingredients

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Whether youand no. 39;re already a vegetarian or a newcomer to the plant-based diet, youand no. 39;ve likely contemplated how to get your daily essential nutrients and what exactly those fundamentals are. - Going vegetarian: plain simple and sane living

2009-11-30 Common Ground

The preoccupation with thinness and beauty, which has been eroding individual self-worth for years, has recently been joined by another fixation: the rising rate of obesity. An ordinary reliance on one and rsquo;s body to signal its dietary needs appears to have evaporated, to be replaced by scrutiny and despair as one struggles to control a body now designated as rapacious. Diet companies are growing, with a newcomer, NutriSystem hitting the Fortune 500 fastest growing companies as it moved from profits of usd. 1 million in 2004 to usd. 85 million in just two years. New gyms and health bars keep opening. New foods keep being invented. Magazines devoted to weight, shape and health expand their circulation. A relentless desire to reshape the body is evident everywhere. Cosmetic surgical procedures are occupying more of our television screens and

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2009-11-27 A rising tide of hunger -

It isnt just demand for government food assistance thats on the rise; charitable food banks and soup kitchens across the country are also seeing a big jump in traffic. According to the USDA survey, 4. 8 million households -- which included 4. 5 million children -- got emergency food from such services at least once in 2008, a 22 pct. increase from the previous year. Thats putting a serious financial strain on the food networks. If youre thankful for having a full belly this Thanksgiving weekend, the best way to show it would be to give them a hand.

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Hunger is probably the last thing on most minds during the festival of gluttony that is Thanksgiving. Those who can afford to do so are heartily encouraged to throw away their diet manuals, tuck in and collapse into a turkey-induced coma. Unfortunately, though, the number of those who cant is rising at an alarming pace. - Ed editorials opinion

2009-11-26 Study Says That Eating Junk Food Is an Addiction, Like Heroin Food, Obesity, junk food FitSugar - Fitness, Health and Well-being

Obviously, rats arent people, but scientists say the study may be extremely telling about the effect a persons diet has on their brain. The fear is that a continuous diet high in fat and calories can permanently alter how a person responds to food. Just another reason to put down the doughnuts.

To see how dependent the rats became on junk food, the scientists decided to punish them with an electric shock whenever they ate foods high in fat. The rats who had been eating the junk food for at least five days chowed down despite the electric shocks, and rats not exposed to junk food quickly stopped. I cant imagine any kind of food thats good enough to get electrocuted over.

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2009-11-05 Healthy Diet May Reduce Middle-Aged Depression Psych Central News

Scientists compared the incidence of depression among individuals consuming a diet consisting of a high proportion of fruits, vegetables and fish to that of individuals whose diet contained a high proportion of high-fat dairy food, processed meat, fried food, refined grains and sugar-laden desserts.

They discovered a whole food diet was consistent with a 26 per cent lower risk for depression while a high processed diet was associated with a 58 percent chance of depression five years later.

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2009-11-21 An opportune time to help feed the hungry

Pushed by recession, nearly 50 million people are skipping meals unwillingly, forgoing a balanced diet, or signing up for food stamps or giveaway programs, the measures used to come up a broad-brush picture of hunger in America. The figure is the highest on record since the Agriculture Department began tracking "food security" 14 years ago.

Buried in the numbers are troubling indicators. Nearly 1 in 4 children isnt getting an adequate diet. Food-stamp applications have grown by 40 percent in two years to a total of 36 million.

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2009-11-12 Which diet makes you happy - The Checkup -

Grant Brinkworth of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization-Food and Nutritional Sciences in Adelaide, Australia, and colleagues studied 106 overweight and obese subjects. Fifty-five of them were put on low-carb, high-fat diets, and 51 were put on a high-carb, low-fat diets.

The findings suggest that something about the low-carb diet negates the positive effects of losing weight on mood. Theyre not sure what that might be. They speculate that its just too difficult to eat a low-carb diet in a culture full of pasta and bread. But maybe there is something about the effects of protein and fat on brain chemicals such as serotonin.

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2009-11-19 Indiana Daily Student

In the 21st century, we have the means to defeat hunger: We grow enough food, we know enough about redistributive economics . and we can afford to provide the basic needs that protect every persons entitlement to an adequate, nutritious diet.

However, without the lobbying of the industrial agricultural behemoth, Congress may not be pushed to continue appropriate current levels of funding for food aid. Domestic political interests should take the back burner this week, as nations gather to recommit to helping the hungriest of the world community.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently released predictions that stubbornly high food prices and a year of droughts will cause the number of hungry people in the world to pass the 1 billion mark in 2009. - Indiana University IU Bloomington Indiana Monroe County Indiana Daily Student IDS student newspaper newspaper news students college university

2009-11-08 A happy ending for boy on anti-seizure diet

The plan was to keep him on the diet for two years. At a year and six months, his parents slowly began weaning him off the diet to prepare for his first year in school. As his diet returned to normal, he remained seizure-free without the aid of medication or supplements. His case is considered a medical success story.

I can eat any food," Sawyer said. He didnt seem to mind his special diet at the time, but said, "I didnt like the special diet really. I really wanted chips and ice cream. "

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WENATCHEE, Wash. -- Five-year-old Sawyer Malstead had a 50-50 chance that his seizures would return this year.

2009-11-02 Do-it-yourself medicine :: The Courier News :: Lifestyles

He knew hed never stick to a diet, so he signed up for Nutrisystem, the meal delivery plan of heart-healthy, high-fiber meals touted ad nauseam on TV commercials.

Cutting out the silent killers in her diet (sweets, fried foods, sodas), Thomas shed 15 pounds in a single week. With advice from her doctor, she followed a simple weight loss plan; within two months had lost more than 40 pounds. When she added workouts to her regimen, the additional weight flew off.

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