Coffee drinking found to be associated with reduced risk of dementia

Feb, Wed 4th, 2009 Posted in : Brain and Behaviour, Diabetes/Metabolic Syndrome, Healthy Eating, Specific conditions By : 5 Comments

For a beverage that doesn’t enjoy the healthiest of reputations, coffee has been the subject of quite a few studies that link its consumption with benefits for health. Specifically, there has been several studies now that link coffee drinking with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (e.g. heart disease) or diabetes. Now there is some [...]

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Study suggests that a diet richer in protein can speed the metabolic rate

Feb, Mon 2nd, 2009 Posted in : Healthy Eating, Weight Loss By : 2 Comments

I make no secret of the fact that I favour protein-rich diets, particularly where weight loss and weight maintenance is concerned. Only last month I highlighted a study which found that a protein-rich diet was better for maintaining weight loss than a diet rich in carbohydrate. In this particular study, the protein-rich diet had been [...]

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