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Top Diet Programs for Weight Loss

By Guest PostMarch 6, 2013Healthamerican heart association, bad cholesterol, bad ldl cholesterol, beauty, blood pressure, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, european countries, fish, food pyramid, fruits, Health, healthy life, heart disease, herbs, hypertension, mayo clinic diet, mediterranean diet plan, mediterranean sea, mono, nuts, polyunsaturated fats, ray lehigh, red meat, saturated fat foods, seafood, spices, sugar, therapeutic lifestyle changes, tlc, top diet programs, vegetables, weight loss, whole grains

Most people today look at diet plans to help them lose weight; however, these plans can also serve other purposes such as keeping heart disease and diabetes at bay. With all the different diet plans on offer, choosing the one that is right for you can be a tough job. Take a look at these plans that were evaluated by health experts and received high rankings in a recent survey by U.S. News, and make your decision.

The Mediterranean Diet

Like the Mayo Clinic Diet, the Mediterranean Diet plan helps to achieve and maintain a healthy weight and also prevent or control diabetes, brain and heart disorders and even cancer. Drawing inspiration from the diet of people in the European countries around the Mediterranean Sea, this diet focuses on eating more of nuts, herbs and spices, whole grains, vegetables and fruits, seafood and fish, and cutting down on red meat, saturated fat foods and sugar. With its emphasis on mono- and polyunsaturated fats and avoidance of saturated fat, this diet is effective at reducing bad cholesterol and keeping blood pressure low. Although it is one of the top diet programs, the only possible weakness lies in the fact that the plan is not a structured one and so, the onus lies on you to come up with a calorie chart to follow. (more…)

Zinc Helps against Infection by Tapping Brakes in Immune Response

By Guest PostFebruary 13, 2013Healthaction, against infection, andrew rudawsky, animal studies, beans, bug, cell culture, charlie pyle, collateral damage, dairy products, daren knoell, excessive inflammation, fortified cereals, human monocytes, ikkb, immune response, inflammatory pathway, invading pathogen, key cells, mark wewers, ming jie liu, nf kb pathway, nuts, ohio state university, protein, shengying bao, some shellfish, sustain human life, tapping brakes, toxic levels, united states, vulnerability to infection, whole grains, zinc, zinc deficiency, zinc deficient mice, zinc supplementation, zinc transporter, zip8

COLUMBUS, Ohio – New research suggests that zinc helps control infections by gently tapping the brakes on the immune response in a way that prevents out-of-control inflammation that can be damaging and even deadly.

Scientists determined in human cell culture and animal studies that a protein lures zinc into key cells that are first-responders against infection. The zinc then interacts with a process that is vital to the fight against infection and by doing so helps balance the immune response. (more…)

‘Ancient Bipedal Hominid Dubbed ‘Nutcracker Man’ Preferred Grass to Nuts’

By Guest PostMay 3, 2011Scienceafrican landscape, ancestors of humans, bipedal hominid, c3 photosynthetic, c4 photosynthetic pathway, carbon isotopes, emma mbua, hard fruit, hominid, huge molars, matt sponheimer, meave leakey, northern kenya, nutcracker man, nuts, paranthropus, paranthropus boisei, powerful jaws, savannah grasses, seeds, teeth, thure cerling, tropical environments, university of colorado boulder, zebras

An ancient, bipedal hominid sporting a set of powerful jaws and huge molars that earned it the nickname “Nutcracker Man” likely didn’t crack nuts at all, preferring instead to slurp up vast quantities of grasses and sedges, says a new study.

The hominid, known as Paranthropus boisei, ranged across the African landscape more than 1 million years ago and lived side-by-side with direct ancestors of humans, said University of Colorado Boulder anthropology Professor Matt Sponheimer, a study co-author. It was long assumed Paranthropus boisei favored nuts, seeds and hard fruit because of its huge jaws, powerful jaw muscles and the biggest and flattest molars of any known hominid in the anthropological record, he said. (more…)

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Top Diet Programs for Weight Loss

Zinc Helps against Infection by Tapping Brakes in Immune Response

‘Ancient Bipedal Hominid Dubbed ‘Nutcracker Man’ Preferred Grass to Nuts’