Dietary supplements can elevate cancer risk: Study

Supplements such as beta-carotene, selenium and folic acid, quaffed at much higher levels than their recommended daily doses, are most likely to elevate the risk…

Protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories identified

Scientists have identified a protein, which regulates the activation of brown fat in both the brain and the body’s tissues, suggesting an ‘ideal mechanism’ for…

Soy protein can lower fat accumulation in liver

Eating soy protein could significantly lower fat accumulation in the livers of obese patients by partially restoring the function of a key signalling pathway in…

BP drug lowers weight in spite of high fat diet

ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor captopril (CAP), a drug commonly used for the treatment of hypertension and cardiac conditions, can reduce the weight of mice even…

Having desserts for breakfast good for slimming

Those with a weakness for sweets can now include cookies and cake in a 600 calorie breakfast menu with some proteins and carbs to shed…

Food fried in olive or sunflower oil ‘not bad for heart’

Eating fried food may not harm your heart, if it is cooked using olive or sunflower oil, experts say. They found no heightened risk of…

Restricting to mainly fish and chicken diet bad for health conscious women

Health conscious women, who limit their diet to mainly chicken and fish, may face as many problems as those who binge on junk foods due…

Weight gain ups aggressive prostrate cancer risk

Sydney, Jan 19: An increase in body weight during a man’s adult life is associated with an increased risk of suffering an aggressive form of…

Eat from a red plate to lose weight: Study

London, Jan 15: People who eat from a red plate or drink from red cups cut their food intake by 40 percent, says a new…

Now, ‘DNA’ diet plan can help you lose 11 pounds in 4 months

London, Jan 13: A personalised ‘DNA’ diet is set to go on widespread sale after it produced an average weight loss of 11 pounds over…

Coffee drinkers likelier to live longer

Drinking coffee might help you live longer, a new study has suggested. Results of the study show that death rates over a 13-year period among men and women who drank coffee decreased with...

People see sexy women in pics as objects

Women’s sexualized bodies are on display everywhere in perfume ads, beer billboards or movie posters and a new study has suggested that we think of these images as if they were objects,...