News Related to Health & Diet

1. Gas-Filled Liquids Curb Appetite
   

   May 16, 2008 -- Fear you'll have to forgo your mocha frappuccino fix to squeeze into summer's skimpy fashions? No problem, just order your drink with an extra shot of, um, gas. Scientists say a liquid meal made with tiny gas bubbles can fill up your tank and give you more mileage between meals. It m

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2. Glutton for Sugar? Genes Get Heap of Blame
   

   May 14, 2008 -- Scientists may have found a genetic reason why some people eat more sugar than others. The key may be a certain variation in the GLUT2 gene, according to researchers including graduate student Karen Eny and associate professor Ahmed El-Sohemy, PhD, of the University of Toronto's nutr

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3. Fat Cells Slim Up, but Don’t Ship Out
   

   May 5, 2008 -- Fat cells may shrink or grow in size, but not in number, a new study shows. The findings, published in the advance online edition of Nature, hint that it might be possible to create new weight loss drugs that reduce the number of fat cells. Fat cells (adipocytes) can get bigger or sma

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4. ACE Inhibitors May Help in Weight Loss
   

   April 28, 2008 -- Some popular blood pressure medications may help you lose weight and body fat, according to a study done in mice. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers are blood pressure drugs that block key steps in a system that helps control blood p

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5. Watch Your Sleep, Watch Your Weight
   

   April 1, 2008 -- Ah, sweet sleep. We seem to get too little. Now researchers are finding that too much or too little sleep could lead to unhealthy weight gain. Researchers at Laval University in Quebec looked at 276 people for six years who were part of a larger Canadian study.  Sleep duration was d

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6. Taranabant May Help Dieters Lose Weight
   

   March 31, 2008 (Chicago) -- An experimental weight loss drug helped dieters shed an average of 14.5 pounds over the course of one year. Researchers studied more than 800 overweight and obese people on a diet and exercise program; 28% of those given the drug taranabant lost more than 10% of their bod

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7. Counseling Helps Maintain Weight Loss
   

   March 11, 2008 -- As any yo-yo dieter can tell you, losing weight is the easy part; keeping weight off is hard. But long-term counseling and online support are strategies that could help you shed those extra pounds for good, new research shows. In the largest and longest study to date examining weig

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8. Beating Belly Bulge With Drugs?
   

   March 4, 2008 -- Scientists in London are putting a new spin on weight loss by developing drugs that keep the belly from bulging when you eat. The researchers' strategy is to slow down the stomach from ballooning to make room for food. To do that, the scientists have made two experimental drugs that

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9. Eating Breakfast May Beat Teen Obesity
   

   March 3, 2008 -- Eating breakfast every day may be the first step in fighting teen obesity. A new study shows teenagers who eat breakfast regularly eat a healthier diet and are more physically active throughout their adolescence than those who skip breakfast. Years later, they also gained less weigh

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10. Fatty Fast Food, Idleness May Vex Liver
    

    Feb. 13, 2008 -- Consistently overdoing it at the fast-food counter and leading an idle life may not bode well for the liver, not to mention the waist size. So say Swedish researchers who studied 18 lean, healthy students -- mainly medical students -- who agreed to supersize themselves for science's

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