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Chef Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day teaches healthy eating habits at UCLA Medical Center
Ara Berberian, a chef for Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day, shows children how to prepare a healthy meal at the UCLA Medical Center on Saturday. Chef Jamie Oliver, left, teamed up with the UCLA Health System to promote healthy cooking and eating.
Regular eating times, extended daily fasting may prevent diabetes, obesity
It turns out that when we eat may be as important as what we eat. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that regular eating times and extending the daily fasting period may override the adverse health effects of a high-fat diet and prevent obesity, diabetes and liver disease in mice.
Ask Dr. K: Artificial sweeteners can backfire
Dear Dr. K: I'm trying to lose weight, so I've switched to artificial sweeteners. But are they really a good alternative to sugar? Dear Reader: Sugar may be the most important dietary cause of obesity in America today.
Weekend Reading: Food as an Art
Reading picks for when you have a spare moment.
Meal times determine weight gain in mice
Mice that could only eat for eight out of every 24 hours stayed healthy, while those allowed to snack all day long on the same foods gained weight and lost motor skills, a new study reports.
Health briefs published May 12, 2012
Dietician leads Monday class on eating healthy with diabetes Sutter Coast Hospital’s Diabetes Education and Support is bringing back its popular Super Market Savvy class Monday. Led by Linda Zia, a registered dietician, the class will go over the best foods to buy for diabetes aisle-by-aisle in the grocery store.
Salk Study May Offer Drug-Free Intervention to Prevent Obesity and Diabetes
Extended daily fasting overrides harmful effects of a high-fat diet.
When you eat beats what you eat in staying healthy
Mice that ate all their meals during an 8-hour window were healthier than mice that snacked throughout the day, even when they ate more fat
Health books: "So Stressed," "The Mayo Clinic Diet," "What Do I Eat Now?" and "Revive"
The holidays are over and those New Year's resolutions include eating right and losing at least 10 pounds. Now you've got to do it. But how? There are plenty of new books on the market that want to help. Here are just a few.
Sugar May Make You Stupid, But Omega-3s Can Smarten You Back Up
A new study shows that high-fructose diets can harm how the brain functions. Luckily, eating omega-3 fatty acids seems to reverse this phenomenon.
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