Diet

For decades, those with high cholesterol have been given a list of don'ts when it comes to their diet: Don't eat cholesterol-rich eggs; don't eat butter; don't eat red meat or regular ice cream. Well, now researchers have identified a list of do's for the diet that may work to lower cholesterol levels better than avoiding those don'ts. In a study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that eating cholesterol-lowering foods like nuts, soy protein, and certain fiber-rich items result in bigger drops in "bad" LDL cholesterol than avoiding...

WHO Nell Stephenson WHAT A nutritional consultant, Paleo lifestyle coach, and author of the new book "Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean, and Feel Fabulous With the Diet You Were Born to Eat," Stephenson only dines on foods that people might have eaten 10,000 years ago. This is often referred to as the "caveman diet. " Q. What is the Paleo diet? A. The Paleo diet is the way that we as humans are supposed to be eating. It's fresh vegetables, fruits, wild fish, free-range poultry, grass-fed meats, and healthy sources of fat. Everything's fresh.

Health employees are happy and productive both at work and at home, according to officials at Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Co. So why not help them get that way? Last year, the biopharmaceutical company launched a 12-week "Healthy Biggest Loser" Challenge. Employees paid a $5 fee for small-group personal training sessions, a 30-minute nutritional consultation, and one-hour group support meetings before each weekly weigh-in. And that's not all; there was an exercise and nutrition seminar, and a healthy cooking/eating demonstration.

The author of a self-published diet book that advocates skipping breakfast and taking cold baths has agreed to lucrative deals with British and U.S. publishers. Grand Central Publishing announced Tuesday it has acquired Venice A. Fulton's "Six Weeks to OMG," the object of a multi-day auction. Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin UK, won rights for the book in Britain, where "Six Weeks" has been a word-of-mouth hit. Literary agent Richard Pine, who represented Fulton, said in a statement that the Grand Central deal was worth seven figures and that terms with Michael Joseph were...

Mayor Tom Menino's promise to help Bostonians lose a stunning 1 million pounds this year is at once ambitious and doesn't go far enough. Our cats and dogs need help, too. Even as the human obesity rate levels off (35.7 percent of the adult population is obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control), Fido and Kitty are packing on the pounds. More than half of all dogs and cats are overweight, according to the North Carolina-based Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, and the percentage that are obese is growing.

(Relaxnews) - Having to follow a restrictive diet that limits the consumption of foods like bread and pasta has been shown to cause depression, disordered eating and impaired quality of life in women suffering from celiac disease, says a new report that delves into the psychiatric impacts of leading a gluten-free lifestyle. In a study published in the December issue of Chronic Illness, researchers from Penn State University, Syracuse University and Drexel University analyzed the online answers of 177 American women who suffer from...

When the Soviet Union was teetering between Cold War communism and a more open society, my mother and I boarded an Aeroflot flight from East Berlin to Moscow with a suitcase full of tuna fish, peanut butter, hot chocolate mix, dehydrated soup, instant oatmeal, a can opener, hot coil, and ceramic mugs. Glasnost and perestroika were on the way, but kosher restaurants at our planned stops in Moscow, Kiev, and Leningrad were not. To keep kosher while enjoying Red Square, the Hermitage, and the Moscow Circus, we prepared most of our meals in our hotel room.

With one in six children now qualifying as obese, many parents are informed by pediatricians that they have to do something about their child's weight. When New York City writer Dara-Lynn Weiss found the obesity label stuck on her 7-year-old, she immediately put her daughter on a strict diet for the past year - a painful experience that she recounted in the April issue of Vogue magazine. Weiss wrote that during the dieting experience, her daughter Bea "constantly whined about being hungry and begged for food she couldn't have.

Robin Quivers doesn't kid around — not too much — when it comes to her diet. Howard Stern's longtime sidekick is working on a memoir about her struggles with her weight and health and her decision to eat vegan. Avery, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), announced Wednesday that the "The Vegucation of Robin" will be published at the end of the year. The book will feature jokes and stories, along with 75 recipes for a healthy life. Quivers says in a statement that since giving up animal products in 2007, she has "learned that the world of vegetables is a vast one" and...

Over-the-counter diet pills and tea that were banned from the market nearly two years ago because of contamination with dangerous chemicals remain widely available in Greater Boston and popular among Brazilian women seeking to shed pounds, according to a new study by Harvard Medical School researchers. The pills and tea, known as Pai You Guo, are tainted with two pharmaceutical substances prohibited by US regulators because of increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, and cancer among users of the products.

Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases should be rolled into one before the court can proceed. The trial of Servier on charges of "aggravated deception" opened in Nanterre, west of Paris just as a similar case is being investigated in the French capital over the diabetes drug Mediator. The company is accused of hiding that Mediator — also used for weight loss — contained an amphetamine called benfluorex, which was taken off the market in 2009...

A man murdered during a business meeting in New York City was a top official in a Florida dietary supplement company that has been the target of thousands of consumer complaints. Brian Weiss died Thursday in a mysterious shooting at a hotel near Kennedy Airport. He was meeting with five other men in the lobby, when one of them stood up and shot him five times. The shooter, Gary Zalevsky, then killed himself. The New York Times reports ( http://nyti.ms/J7hZZV) that Weiss was an officer at FWM Laboratories, a company once ordered by Florida's attorney...

18 THUMBS UP: FDA advisers vote 18-4 to recommend the agency approve sales of lorcaserin, which could be the country's first new prescription diet drug in over a decade. STOCK SURGE: Shares nearly doubled in after-hours trading, as lorcaserin could become the small company's first approved product. NEXT STEPS: Maker Arena Pharmaceuticals says it will work with the FDA as it finishes its review, with a June 27 target for a final decision. The agency had rejected lorcaserin in 2010 over possible heart risks, but Arena tried again with additional data.

Weight Watchers International Inc. plunged the most since its initial public offering in 2001. The diet services provider reported profit that missed analysts' estimates, citing challenges in its core meetings business. It said first-quarter net income was $54.6 million, or 74 cents per share, down from $73.6 million, or $1 per share, a year earlier. Analysts expected earnings of 78 cents per share.

The DASH diet first gained a name for itself 15 years ago as a successful eating approach that would lower blood pressure, more than just just reducing salt intake. Now, though, it's been heralded as an effective method for losing weight -- earning a number one ranking from US News and World Report for "Best Overall Diet," topping Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and South Beach. Developed by five research teams across the country (including one at Harvard), the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet involves eating mostly grains -- focused on whole-wheat bread, pasta, and...

The connection between lack of sleep and obesity has long been established in research studies, but can getting more sleep actually help you overcome a genetic propensity to excess weight gain? Perhaps -- if you're not getting at least seven hours a night. While it's tough to tease out just how much of a role genes play in determining our body weight, University of Washington researchers gave it their best shot by measuring the body mass index in 604 pairs of identical twins (who share the same genes)

Is permanent, significant weight loss really possible? If you're talking merely 10 to 20 pounds - and nobody knows the actual figure - you probably can diet and exercise your way to a svelter self and stay there, provided you stick with your weight control program rigorously. Forever. But if you're among the two-thirds of adult Americans who are overweight or obese, permanent, substantial weight loss appears to be almost impossible by diet and exercise alone. Only about 1 to 2 percent of obese people can permanently lose weight through diet and exercise alone, said Dr. Lee Kaplan , director of...

PARIS — French diet guru Michel Montignac, whose “glycemic index’’ weight-loss books have sold millions of copies, has died, said an official at the City Hall of Annemasse, in eastern France. Mr. Montignac died Sunday at a clinic there, said the official, who declined to provide her name because she was not authorized to speak to the news media. The cause of death was not immediately known. The Dauphine Libéré newspaper, which also reported the death, said he was 66. Mr. Montignac, who had long struggled with his weight, devised his own diet and...

The American Cancer Society, for the first time Thursday, issued formal lifestyle recommendations aimed at those diagnosed with cancer, saying there was finally enough evidence from research studies to determine finite steps patients can take to lower their risk of recurrence. "The science has gotten stronger," said Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society. "Evidence suggests huge correlations between cancer and a triad combination of obesity, high caloric intake, and a lack of physical activity.

At my beautiful five year old daughter's check-up, I was informed that her BMI was in the 95th percentile, and that we should see a nutritionist (together). I asked if I go go alone, and they told me that she needs to be there. I'm not sure what to do. I know a good deal about nutrition. We eat a healthy diet. My daughter doesn't drink juice, doesn't eat processed food beyond the occasional oreo cookie in her lunchbox, and eats a well-balanced diet -- fruits and vegetables, whole grains, poultry and fish.