it's rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean protein…Most importantly, it doesn't leave out any major food groups" (par. 2). However Moore also has some doubts about how 'foolproof' the South Beach Diet is, and warns that the phase Continue Reading...
Although human calorie restriction has been shown to improve blood pressure, blood lipids, insulin sensitivity, and glucose tolerance; there are risks associated with this diet. There are a variety of risks that are associated with calorie restrict Continue Reading...
DASH Diet An intake plan, which is intended to reduce the blood pressure, is the DASH. DASH is the short form for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH diet lowers the blood pressure and thus helps in checking and controlling high blood Continue Reading...
Pro and Cons of the Paleo Diet It is widely accepted that some basic changes in lifestyle and diet that took place, following the Neolithic Revolution, and mostly following the Industrial Revolution and the Modern Era, are very recent, when weighed Continue Reading...
We can now take a look at the plants that the prey animals and humans were likely to encounter in the Kalahari desert. Much of the Kalahari is sand. Therefore, the plants available had to be adaptable to a sandy environment (Warder, "Plants in the K Continue Reading...
Dieting makes you fat:" Old wives tale or scientific fact? 'Dieting makes you fat.' On the surface, this assertion seems counterintuitive. After all, dieting for weight loss usually involves calorie or carbohydrate reduction; restricted eating; eat Continue Reading...
Plant-Based Diet The Iroquois were hunters, gatherers, and farmers, with a large percentage of their macronutrient needs being supplied by farm crops (Santhos et al., 2014). A recent study of the calorie needs of Tanzanian hunter-gatherers, compared Continue Reading...
Diet, Ageing, And Longevity Does a Longevity Diet Really Exist? What does it Constitute of? Certain groups have been found to lead exceptionally longer lives than others, and are, to this end, usually referred to as the 'lucky lot'. The islanders o Continue Reading...
Diets and Young Women It seems that women today are exceptionally obsessed with their bodies and how they look. Our culture admires the ultra-thin while ostracizing and ridiculing the overweight and obese. The overweight are seen as weak and even la Continue Reading...
Studies also indicate that the people of this area are more physically active than most Americans, and they have extensive social support, through large families, that tend to keep people healthier and happier throughout life. While there may be oth Continue Reading...
However, fruit juices, consumed in moderation, can be a healthy addition to a diet, as long as they are not consumed in lieu of actually eating any whole fruits. Conclusion My nutritional analysis revealed that I am not eating a balanced diet. I a Continue Reading...
consumption of a carbohydrate performance drink increase 400m sprint times? Carbohydrate loading was found to be beneficial for endurance sports in the late 1990s. Research has demonstrated that consuming high amounts of carbohydrates, combined wit Continue Reading...
In that regard, such foods are more likely to be consumed by those in the lower income brackets as they seek to shelter some dollars. When it comes to technological and agricultural innovations, Nnakwe explains that such occurrences drive down the p Continue Reading...
The hypothesis to be tested is to what extent children and their families are influenced by the marketing techniques of food companies. This hypothesis will be tested through qualitative methods including primarily ethnographic observation and open Continue Reading...
Cocoa THE CACAO TREE (THEOBROMA CACAO) WHAT IS IN THE COCOA BEAN? MAKING AND EATING CHOCOLATE State of the Art of Cocoa Is Cocoa good for you? Burden of Proof CHOCOLATE AS A FAT EFFECTS ON BLOOD LIPIDS WHAT IS OK CHOCOLATE AND HEALTH AND D Continue Reading...
In some cases, doctors can prescribe weight-loss medicines along with a program of diet and exercise." Researchers believe that anyone with a BMI of 30 or higher can improve his health through weight loss (Gilles, 2003). This is particularly true f Continue Reading...
Obesity is when a person has an unhealthy amount of body fat. It causes a person to be overweight in all aspects of the body. There is a lot of body fat due to being overweight. It is important for every human being to have some body fat. However too Continue Reading...
The main question revolving around childhood obesity is "When does childhood obesity become a child endangerment issue?"(Alexander, 2009) Definitions of "neglect" and "medical neglect" (parental neglect of a child's medical needs) are not universal Continue Reading...
The study found that triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein levels were significantly higher in patients with diabetes than in controls, while high-density lipoprotein levels were significantly lower in patients with diabetes. The researchers thu Continue Reading...
Diabetes and Self-Care Initiative Among High School Students The onset of modernization, coupled with the globalization process over the last 50 years has seen not just the spread of positive cultures and influences to different parts of the world b Continue Reading...
Fast Food Industry In recent times, the fast food industry has grown by leaps and bounds. Today, one can confidently say that the industry, whose background is relatively modest, has in a big way affected the way of life in America. In this text, I Continue Reading...
America Is Overmedicating Children America is over-medicating its children. Recently, the studies and the reports have shown that there is a great increase in the usage of prescription as well as nonprescription drugs within the American children. T Continue Reading...
Dancing Skeletons - Life and Death in West Africa This paper reviews the book Dancing Skeletons - Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine A Dettwyler. It charts events in the book and aspects of the work of this physical anthropologist in the fie Continue Reading...
Nutritional needs vary depending on people and rely on other aspects such as weaknesses of genetics, disease predisposition, diet, age, health state, work, nutrition imbalance, climate, daily activities and emotional activities. Exposure to physical Continue Reading...
The low-fat diet for the six-month study consisted of 100-500 calories below the daily requirements with only 30% coming from fat and only a total of 30 mg of cholesterol. The low-fat diet of the twelve-month study was defined as 500 calories below Continue Reading...
Other factors include a history of alcohol and tobacco use, and dietary assessment including saturated fat and caffeine. Also certain prescribed and over-the-counter medications, herbal remedies, and illicit drugs may be factors, as well as psychoso Continue Reading...
processed foods and diet has had a negative effect upon many populations, particularly contributing to obesity and potential Type-II diabetes and a host of other problems. Medical doctors, scholars, researchers are all in agreement that there is a c Continue Reading...
low-carbohydrate Atkins diet is safe and effective in the short-term. Today, millions of Americans follow the Atkins diet, making questions of safety and effectiveness increasingly important. In controlled studies, those on the Atkins diet lost more Continue Reading...
People work hard to lose pounds from their abs, with the persistence to make every step great and hard objective to lose few pounds each time they exercise. In fact, some of the encouragements are not more than rumors. Scientists revealed truths and Continue Reading...
Low-Carbohydrate Diets Food Service Industry Ever since history has been recorded food has played a pivotal role in human interaction. An investigation into food-related topics, such as global food problems, the sociological factors in food consum Continue Reading...
Justification and Evidence for Nutrition Promotion in Fruits and Vegetables in our diet 'Eat your fruits and vegetables' is one of the original recommendations that we get for a healthy diet. This is a good argument. Eating plenty of fruits and veget Continue Reading...
Health The idea of sitting being the new smoking is that evidence is mounting that sitting is unhealthy. In particular, being seated all day at work is an unhealthy practice. Constant sitting has a number of negative health outcomes, including back Continue Reading...
Product Struggles and Consumer Changes: Rebranding Ideas In the 1950s, no one would bat and eyelash if a gentleman had three martinis at lunch during the week. Nowadays, such actions would be considered egregious: the person doing this might be viewe Continue Reading...
Dietary Fibers on the Risk of Developing Cancer Cancer is a genetic and complex disease caused mainly due to environmental elements. Carcinogen is a cancer agent that and can be present in water, food, air and in sunlight and chemicals as well. Alm Continue Reading...
Protein The Benefits and Risks of the High-Protein Diet Finding a healthy diet, achieving nutritional balancing an attaining an ideal body weight may be lifelong challenges. Myriad competing theories and philosophies drive an almost infinite range Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Action of McDonald's and the Problem of Obesity Corporate Social Responsibility This paper proposes a corporate social action to McDonald's to address the issue of obesity among general consumers which is caused by high-calorie and Continue Reading...
Personal Fitness Grade Course This was the fifth time I was examining myself in the mirror today. I guess people were right when they teased me and continuously passed comments. A closer look helped me notice my protruding stomach, the double chin Continue Reading...
In order to get various information for comparative analysis, several online databases will be explored so that the scientific data and social factors that will be unearthed are factual enough and relevant to the study of obesity among teenagers. T Continue Reading...
