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| Glitzy diets don't work | | All diets can peel off the pounds, but if you want to keep those love handles off, stick to moderate fat, high carbohydrate regimes, a new study says. Read. |
| High-protein diets unhealthy | | High-protein diets, such as the Atkins diet and the Zone, are very popular with dieters, but are they safe? Not likely, reports the American Heart Association. Read. |
| Pizza keeps cancer away | | Good news for lovers of pizza: A recent study revealed that eating the hugely popular meal-on-a-plate on a regular basis could help stave off certain forms of cancer.
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| Would an obesity pill work? | | How about a pill that would help you lose weight and lower blood cholesterol as well? It's only a vision thus far, but researchers say they have a molecule that has been doing just that in animal studies. Read. |
| Genetic clue to obesity found | | American researchers have identified a gene that gets switched on only in the fat cells of obese mice, a discovery that may help find new ways to prevent obesity in humans. Read. |
| Eat those antioxidants | | Popping a pill to increase antioxidants in your body apparently doesn't work as well as eating the fruits and vegetables that contain them naturally, new research claims.
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| Girls think they're fat | | As if being a teenage girl isn't hard enough, it turns out that girls worry about their weight even when there's nothing to worry about.
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| Spinach packs a healthy punch | | It's no accident that Popeye built his strength on a diet rich in spinach. According to Johns Hopkins Hospital, the health benefits of the green leafy vegetable make it a powerhouse food choice. Read. |
| Cut cholesterol, eat often | | It's no secret that what you eat can affect your cholesterol. Now some scientists say that how often you eat may also play a role. Read. |
| Fish fights Alzheimer's | | Bolstering the growing belief that diet has an impact on Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds that older people who eat fish once a week can cut their chances of getting the illness by more than 50 percent. Read. |
| Tomatoes for heart health | | Just one serving a day of tomato-based foods such as pizza or tomato sauce could lower your risk for heart disease by as much as 30 percent, contends a new Harvard study. Read. |
| Cut cholesterol in the kitchen | | Adding fibre-rich plants such as oats, barley and nuts to a standard low-fat diet can reduce cholesterol levels by nearly 30 percent, just about as much as a statin drug. Read. |
| Kilos up cervical cancer risk | | Here's another reason for women carrying extra kilos to shed them - being overweight doubles the risk of cervical cancer, a new study finds.
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| Drink milk for a healthy heart |  | Drinking milk may not lead to an increased risk of heart disease and could even provide some protection against it, according to a Scottish study published in a 2001 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Read. |
| No more fowl chicken feed |  | For those partial to poultry, there is plenty to get eggs-cited about. Woolworths hatched another market first, as they became the first South African retailer to remove animal by-products from the diet of all its chickens. Read. |
| Spinach not so special after all | | The image of Popeye the Sailor squeezing open a can of spinach for that quick burst of strength is familiar. And we all know that it works because spinach has loads of iron, right? Read. |
| Look ma, no cavi-teas | | A cup of black tea may be just what the dentist ordered. Compounds found in black tea leaves fight cavities and can reduce that nasty plaque, a new study says. Read. |
| New egg what growing brains need | | A new egg enriched with vitamin E and fatty acids said to be essential for eye and brain development has been introduced by Nulaid, South Africa’s leading egg producer. Read. |
| No vigorous exercise needed | | Studies showing that women who exercise more and eat less, lose weight hardly seem the stuff of big headlines, but new research puts some fairly precise numbers into the equation.
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| Major prize awarded in SA | | Durban saw a renowned international prize for innovation in nutrition research awarded to Professor David Barker of the University of Southampton earlier this week. Read. |
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