Keeping a food diary can double a person’s weight loss according to a study from Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research. The findings, from one of the largest and longest running weight loss maintenance trials ever conducted, will be published in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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Want to slow the signs of aging and live longer? New Saint Louis University research suggests calorie restriction could be a promising health strategy.
Calorie restriction has long been shown to slow the aging process in rats and mice. While scientists do not know how calorie restriction affects the aging process in rodents, one popular hypothesis [...]

WUSTL.edu - Weekends - especially Saturday - can be the worst enemy for our weight loss diet efforts, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
The NIH-funded study found that subjects on strict diet and exercise programs tend to lose weight more slowly than expected because they eat more on weekends [...]

UTSouthwestern.edu - Researchers have determined that calorie restriction or fasting blocks the effects of growth hormone via another hormone - FGF21 - which is also currently being tested by Eli Lilly for treating diabetes. FGF21 may have implications for extending life span as well.
“It’s been well-established that growth is blunted during starvation. But our work [...]

Turmeric , an Asian spice used in curry that contains the natural compound curcumin , has a long history of use in reducing inflammation, healing wounds and relieving pain, but can it prevent diabetes ? Since inflammation plays a big role in many diseases and is believed to be involved in onset of both obesity [...]

UTSouthwestern.edu - Frustrating news for stressed dieters - New research about the body’s hormone ghrelin may explain why some people who are stressed or depressed overeat.
While levels of the so-called “hunger hormone” ghrelin are known to increase when a person doesn’t eat, findings by UT Southwestern scientists suggest that the hormone might also help defend [...]