Americans talk a good game about wanting to eat well. More than 75 percent claim they want to see more healthy options on restaurant menus. But when it comes time to order, only about half say they actually make nutritious choices, according to a recent survey.
On the other hand, 77 percent rank taste as the top priority for a restaurant dinner, and 44 percent say satisfying hunger matters most, according to the responses reported in June by Mintel, a market research firm. Of 2,000 adults polled in...
By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter
Here’s a sweet surprise for chocoholics:
A new study finds that people who eat chocolate regularly are somewhat skinnier than folks who don’t indulge their sweet tooth.
The findings don’t prove that chowing down on chocolate will melt off your excess pounds. It’s possible that another factor is responsible for the modest difference in body mass, or it might be a statistical fluke.
But for now, study lead author Dr. Beatrice Golomb said the findings “reduce...
It is a commonly accepted fact within the medical research community that systemic inflammation is a primary cause of many forms of cancer, heart disease and other chronic diseases that take the lives of millions well before their time. Poor diet, stress and lifestyle factors all contribute to inflammation that overworks body metabolism and encourages damage to the delicate vascular system that feeds our heart. Production of inflammatory chemical markers such as cytokines are accelerated over months and...
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