Parents buy bad food if the athletes support it

Parents are more likely to purchase less healthy foods if stars of sport promotion, says a new study.
Researchers said the study participants perceived as healthier and higher quality product if it was an athlete more than half have not read the nutrition facts.
Parents buy junk food contributes to the global obesity, especially childhood obesity epidemic. According to the world Organization of health in 2010, 42 million children were overweight worldwide.
Reporting in the journal of nutrition for health, 1,500 observed parents researchers who had children from 5 to 12 years of age and were given a choice between two foods, both low in nutritional value.
Scientists presented products in a variety of ways, either a single package with the nutrition facts a package also includes nutritional claims of information and nutrition — such as "high in calcium" - or a package with a celebrity, athlete endorsement by saying something like "I love this high content of fibre cereal".
The data showed that only 44% of study participants read the nutrition facts that were available in all packages. And parents who ignore the nutrition facts were twice as likely to choose the product unsafe if a claim of nutrition, and almost two-and-a-half times more likely to choose food unhealthy if a sports figure endorsed more even if sports star was to make a claim on it.
Researchers say the highlights of the study that how show nutrition facts must be reconsidered.
Recently, in an effort to improve awareness among consumers of information about nutrition, the grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute unveiled a new system of voluntary labelling of food called "Keys to nutrition," encourages food producers to show the four most relevant facts of the nutrition on the front of packaging for food, fiber and salt content.
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The Gracie diet

The Gracie family are known for your achievements in the martial arts. And a secret of success is the strict diet, which you apparently follow.
Grand Master, Carlos Gracie, developed the Gracie diet based on his observations (over 65 years) the impact of various combinations of food.
Is this book, something I first heard spacing meals at least four and a half hours apart and separation diet - years ago when my mom if on "Fit for Life." However, there is no idea the I especially fond of am.
A study published in the International Journal of obesity considered 2000 of the benefit of separation diet for weight loss and found no evidence that it was effective.
In the book you will break after the digestive enzymes needed food down grouped. This means that only the food compatible groups together can be eaten at a meal as a way of reducing the body's work load, easing digestion, and therefore essential functions, such as training, healing of injuries and diseases, priority may have.
Unfortunately, although this sounds great on paper, there are around very little science back it up.
The book is also a family "affair," promoted, but I think it would be quite difficult for children to eat to suit this type. And it seems unnecessary for you also.
I must say, the basic concept behind this diet, is a no-no for me. I know, like eating difficult questions for people because it makes "healthy" seem unattainable.
I think but not also the food is dangerous. So if this sounds like your kind of thing, here are some of the ideas the I liked about the Gracie diet: it promotes the gaps between meals - for most people, this is a good thing that force you to eat less. However, it is probably not suitable for diabetics or those, to train. Almost all foods can be eaten (but you have properly combined are).On the official website there are recipes, how-to videos and many other tools and tips. The interactive Gracie diet table is getting very useful for getting food groups and what foods can be eaten under control of. Right vs. eating junk food food is always something going, feel healthier and more energetic to leave.Exercise is encouraged.

The Gracie diet is available for $30 at Amazon.

Toddler's junk food diet can lead to lower IQ

What we put in our bodies (and by extension) make our children, has far-reaching implications for better or worse.
While we constantly hear about how bad eating habits children are fat, an epidemiological study shows that young children diet to future cognitive skills may impact.
Researchers from the University of Bristol saw data on 3966 children born between 1991 and 1992. The children's parents had to survey your children nutrition completed by age 3, 4, 7 and 8.5 and children À of age 8.5 measured.
Parents their children use a variety of food and beverages, including details like the fat content of milk, refined bread or whole grain were and how much soda or coffee consumed children recorded.
Parents reports assigned to Explorer kids one of three categories of diet:
A "processed" diet, high in fat, sugar and Kalorien.Eine "traditional" diet (within the UK), comprising meat, potatoes, bread and vegetables. A "health conscious" eating whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, rice, pasta and lean proteins like Fisch.Insgesamt children ate empty calories fast food diet in the age of 3, had a small drop in IQ at the age of 8.5, compared to kids eating healthy Lebensmittel.Die study controlled for other factors that may affect IQ, such as parental education level, maternal diet during pregnancy, socio-economic status and stressful life events.For each unit increase in processed foods children lost 1.67 points in IQ.For each unit to increase healthy eating children gained 1.2 IQ points. early diet appeared later verbal skills kids, more than their performance impact. "Performance IQ refers to an individual innate intellectual ability, while verbal IQ more impact of education that is affected by factors such as parenting and environment reflects," wrote the researchers.
According to the researchers is this study in accordance with previous studies in this age group, which suggests that overall eating habits are associated with behavior in certain hyperactivity and school performance both later child in early childhood.
This study shows that common adage, "Food is fuel" refers both to how we our bodies and our brains fuel. Toddler's brains are a mad house of action - forming neural connections at a dizzying rate. Is it only appropriate that diet would give some influence one way or another on this delicate and intensive processes.
Although dietary recall studies prone to inaccuracies and IQ questionable tests, deserves the validity of the role of food intake and some work intellectual study more. It would be interesting if you could to tease further out more specific dietary patterns within the groups. Like the question I had to do me as much fish consumption with the results.
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Chocolate announced as a "Super Food" and "Super Fruit"

It's hardly news that dark chocolate contains some healthy goodies such as antioxidants and polyphenols. But now, according to new research, headlines have been a "super fruit" dubbing chocolate.
Last time, chocolate - dark or not checked - not as a my five daily counts. But in fact, leading scientist Dr. Debra Miller really was said:

Cocoa seeds should as a ' super fruit' and products of cocoa seed extracts as natural cocoa and dark chocolate as "super foods".

The study will be published in the chemistry Central journal.
Miller and colleagues compared fruits like Acai berries, blueberries, cranberries and pomegranates cocoa powders from Boden-Up "super food" made. According to Miller, they found that "the connections in dark chocolate as well as the botanical compounds in fruit."
What does this mean for Chocoholics? The scientists recommend the benefits of this new "super fruit", cocoa powder, recipes and drinks to get can use.
Use this new study, and the headlines as a pretext to scoff down extra chocolate though excited.
Chocolate is very high in calories, sugar and Fat.Dunkle chocolate or cocoa powder gives only the benefits cited in the study.The Hershey Company (chocolate manufacturers) sponsored this research, so obviously a vested interest will encourage us to eat more chocolate.
Thinking chocolate can or should be part of a balanced diet?

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Poll: Oprah's great Vegan challenge

The Queen of daytime TV has just released its final decision.
Join me and my 378 staffers and go vegan for a week, she declares her throne Chicago. Oprah was inspired to go vegan after reading Vegan: Lose Weight, get healthy, change the world by Kathy Freston, that a brand new book promoting a vegan diet.
I assume this millions of people on the band wagon vegan put will if they answer the call from Oprah, even if it is for only one week.
From my understanding it takes at least two weeks to the positive health benefits of doing a vegan diet. Many in the first week are a bit sick, as their body to the new way of eating.
Personally, I have no problem with veganism, but it bugs me how a person, such as Oprah, such an impact on the masses.
What do you think? Participate in the survey and comments below.
Source: The Huffington Post
Will you join Oprah and go vegan for at least a week?

1 in 3 adults have high blood pressure or high cholesterol

A new report from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found 1 in 3 adults have high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
And 80% of adults does not control their blood pressure or high cholesterol levels, despite the fact that health insurance and access to low-cost treatment.
High blood pressure and high cholesterol are important risk factors for heart disease. Each year 785,000 U.S. adults have their first heart attack, another 470,000 have their second (or more) heart attack; According to the previous CDC data.
The new report is displayed in a vital functions, also found 1 in 3 adults get no treatment for high blood pressure; 1 in 2 adults do not have their blood pressure under control; 1 in 3 adults get no treatment of high cholesterol; and 2 in 3 adults have not their high cholesterol under control.
A spokesman for the CDC says we are missing to prevent cardiovascular disease, which is the number one cause of death in the United States, more attention should be on prevention and better education.
Cholesterol-LDL or "bad" cholesterol-must be less than 160 in otherwise healthy people. Blood pressure should be less than 120 over 80. The CDC says something higher than 140 over 90 intervention required.
Heart disease deaths range from race to race. In 2004 showed CDC data that African Americans are more likely to die of heart disease (25.8% of the deaths) than Hispanics and whites, with 22.7% and 27.5% respectively.
According to the American Heart Association, poor nutrition, high salt intake, lack of exercise, smoking, alcohol use, and not with prescribed medications all risk factors for high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
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Vegan and Low-Carb: no one cares about your diet

There is a saying, opinions are like belly-buttons, everyone has one-actually is the South a different body part, further. This is especially true when it comes to diet.
I have been blogging about health and nutrition for almost five years. In the beginning, I blogged a very bias point (unfortunately), promotion of a "guru" vegan agenda. I'm not vegan, never has been.
Nowadays I blog more objectively. Some diet-Blog readers would disagree, say that I have a vegetarian agenda. Not me. I'm not even vegetarian. I mostly fruit and vegetables, and no meat, poultry, milk or eat eggs, but I eat fish. to be honest, my diet more Mediterranean than anything else.
In my time spent blogging about diet-that seems like an eternity-I've encountered a lot of different, in contrast, and downright radical views. When you have a blog about a vegan lifestyle (like I did for too many years), you get a bunch of tree huggers and hippies who sing, "down with meat, dairy and livestock farmers. Eat more cabbage! And save the whales! "
What is this lead to? A backlash of the opposite opinion; Pro-Meat people. In most cases is the Atkins, low-carb people. And I've taken my fair share of backlash, especially when I was paid to shill. "You idiot," they shout, "people are hunters. We should only eat meat. The Masai live hundred on nothing but blood, guts and offal. Oh, and screw the whales! "
Here's my point. Vegans, and for the lack of a better term, "low-carbers," a very small proportion of the population. Both lifestyles are radical and too restrictive for the average American. People want to eat all kinds of things, for better or worse.
A peeved off vegan or low carber is like the guy standing in Times Square, shouting in a megaphone, "sinners, the world ends. You must repent! " Yes, he is there, making a fuss, but nobody listens.
Now why I bring this up? Well, this week, the u.s. Department of agriculture (USDA) released the 2010 dietary guidelines for Americans, and I have already seen that taking heavy criticism of our two radical groups. It has too many grains and not enough beef for the low-carbers, and are not earthy-crunchy, uber-veggie enough for the vegans.
The core of the new directives basically says: "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." USDA officials are encouraging people to still enjoy their food, but eating in moderation and stick to healthier fare: nutrient-dense foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free or low-fat milk and dairy, seafood, lean meat and poultry, eggs, beans and peas, and nuts and seeds. Also the old standby-opinion: limiting saturated fat, fast food, and refined sugar and sweets. No duh.
But think what people-pay attention vegans and low-carbers-these guidelines are the the Government can do, best period.
The vast majority of people eat some of these and some of that; which contains meat, cereals, fruit and vegetables. Maybe it's because we are omnivores. But if you are choosing a radical, vegan or low-carb, go ahead, just don't expect a "food revolution". Your "revolutionary" diet (usually peddled by some fame-hungry, so-called "health" guru) will never become the norm. National health organizations will never roll out food reform that only calls for fruit and vegetables and no meat or vise versa.
Health institutions need to the masses, and the masses as meat, dairy, fruit, vegetables, sweets, salt, refined grains, whole grains, fast food, and everything there. The USDA tries a balance, that hopefully will inspire the majority of Americans to eat better.
No one cares about a handful of loudmouth vegans and low-carbers. Directives of the official diet contains always all kinds of foods-get over it.
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Britain's Biggest Burger: 4,747 Calories

Of Oscar Dinner, a restaurant in Shropshire, United Kingdom, have made headlines with their huge "Titanic" Burger, with a whopping 4200 calories (and that's before you add the fries, and milkshake).
That is the daily intake of an average woman for two days ... and a dieter nightmare.
The restaurant came up with the burger as a crowd-drawing challenge,

Hungry customers should eat the burger, a large part of the chips, a jar of Cabbage, wash it all down with the ice cream milkshake, within 45 minutes.

The burger costs £ 15 (approx. $ 23), and is stacked high with:
two 1 pound beef pat ties six strips of bacontwo chicken breasts two potato waffles four onion rings cheese and mayonaise
So far, about a hundred people taken on the challenge. Fifteen Member States have succeeded.
Health experts have spoken out against the burger, with dietitian Lucy Jones describes it as, "The fastest route to A&E with a heart attack."
Of Oscar Dinner saying, "We are not forcing anyone anything to eat. It's just a bit of fun. "
What do you think? This is a fun marketing gimmick, or an example of dangerous super-sizing?
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Dangers of Reality Weight Loss Shows

There is no denying that obesity has become a compelling cultural obsession, it is clear from our insatiable desire for programs such as The Biggest Loser, I used to be fat and other such nonsense.
When The Biggest Loser began airing on our TV screens, I must admit that I thought it would be a great way to inspire millions of viewers to get up off the couch and finally lose some weight.
However, there is another side to these programmes, which most people don't even know ... and it's not a pretty picture.
Their emphasis on body image, which can eating disorders and other dangerous behaviours. Weight loss is too fast, which can lead to heart problems, bone loss, electrolyte imbalances and other serious problems.The practice of the "behind the scenes", that some of the participants have admitted to participate in, such as fasting and drying prior to the weigh-ins.While people on these shows temporarily lose weight can, much suffering in the long term eating disorders-I wonder if this is properly addressed, and what happens to them after the show ends?People watching at home may be inclined to try some of the extreme exercises is promoted, leading to serious injury or hospitalization can lead.
Here is what Ali Vincent, of season 5 of The Biggest Loser had to say,

If I were in the grocery store, I am doing lunges up and down the aisles. In the checkout line, could you do squats. I used to have to worry about what people think of me, but don't care anymore. I know I'm going to get the last laugh.

That smacks of serious obsession for me.
On the other side of the coin, however, are the health consequences of overweight
regularly discussed on these programs, and maybe the cold, hard reality present in this way could act as a wake-up call for the viewers watching on.
At the end of the day, if the General focus on the health, instead of how many pounds can be lost in a week, wouldn't we discuss these health issues.
But, I think that a show called, "Let's Get healthy," wouldn't draw in many viewers, relatively.
As Mike said in a previous article, "no one wants to see a show where people lose two pounds per week to a meaningful exercise and nutrition program." Sad, but true!

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