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    Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Mediterranean diet over low fat? Well, at least it's more fun

    It sounds like a happy hour dream: Now, scientists say, you can have your wine and eat the nuts that go with it, and be healthier in the bargain. A rigorous new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine should finally put to rest any doubts about whether a Mediterranean diet -- rich in olive oil or nuts as well as fish, with a glass of wine per day also allowed -- promotes better cardiovascular health than the way most of us eat. It does.
    It sounds like a happy hour dream: Now, scientists say, you can have your wine and eat the nuts that go with it, and be healthier in the bargain. A rigorous new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine should finally put to rest any doubts...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, The Wall Street Journal, Wines, Diets and Dieting, Mediterranean Diet

    2. Feb 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 5 Questions: Dr. Dean Ornish on the power of mindful choices

    For more than three decades, Dr. Dean Ornish has been talking about the power individuals have to affect their health, even to the extent of reversing heart disease by changing the way they eat and behave. His prescription for sick people is radical, as he says, "a pound of cure." But for the rest of us, it's a what he calls a "spectrum program" of choices.
    For more than three decades, Dr. Dean Ornish has been talking about the power individuals have to affect their health, even to the extent of reversing heart disease by changing the way they eat and behave. His prescription for sick people is radical, as...

    Tags: Popcorn, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Attack, Medical Research, Heart Disease

    3. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Jean Harris dies at 89; killer of 'Scarsdale Diet' doctor

    Jean Harris, the onetime headmistress of an elite girls' school whose trial in the fatal 1980 shooting of the celebrity diet doctor who jilted her generated front-page headlines and national debates about whether she was a feminist martyr or vengeful murderer, has died. She was 89.
    Jean Harris, the onetime headmistress of an elite girls' school whose trial in the fatal 1980 shooting of the celebrity diet doctor who jilted her generated front-page headlines and national debates about whether she was a feminist martyr or vengeful...

    Tags: Shootings, Authors, Cardiologists, Heart Attack, News Media

    4. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Weight loss planned for 2013? Some surveys and predictions

    So here many of us are, pledging as we have before to drop some pounds, get into shape and just generally eat better.  Maybe this year!  How are we going to go about it -- and keep the weight off over the long haul?
    So here many of us are, pledging as we have before to drop some pounds, get into shape and just generally eat better.  Maybe this year!  How are we going to go about it -- and keep the weight off over the long haul? Surprise: Our choices may not...

    Tags: Weight Loss, Consumers, Diets and Dieting, The Huffington Post, Medifast Incorporated

    5. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. It's not just how many calories, but what kind, study finds

    A calorie is a calorie is a calorie — or is it?
    A calorie is a calorie is a calorie — or is it? Maybe not, a small study has found. Once the pounds are shed, the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats you chow down on may determine whether you keep the weight off — or slowly but...

    Tags: Obesity, Nutrition, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, Hormones and Metabolism

    6. Jan 30, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Weight-loss regimens can harm skin

    It's almost February, and with luck and willpower, maybe you're still sticking with that New Year's diet resolution. Or maybe you're still gearing up to start.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    It's almost February, and with luck and willpower, maybe you're still sticking with that New Year's diet resolution. Or maybe you're still gearing up to start. But although the right diet may help you gain a svelte figure, the wrong one might be a...

    Tags: Dietary Supplements, Sun-Damaged Skin, Vitamin Therapy, Internal Medicine, Human Body

    7. Nov 9, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Alternative medicine is becoming mainstream

    Leon Wittman tweaked his shoulder in 1994 while attempting to keep his basement from flooding during a thunderstorm by scooping water out of a window well with a bucket.
    Leon Wittman tweaked his shoulder in 1994 while attempting to keep his basement from flooding during a thunderstorm by scooping water out of a window well with a bucket. His left arm began to ache. He realized about a year later that he rarely used it...

    Tags: Chiropractic, Dietary Supplements, Acupuncture, General Practitioners, Ephedra (dietary supplement)

    8. Feb 8, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Blood pressure: weight loss

    As people gain weight, their blood pressure tends to go up. Fortunately, as they lose weight, their blood pressure tends to go down -- but only so far, says Dr. Karol Watson, co-director of preventive cardiology and director of the hypertension clinic at UCLA. "If your body weight is normal, getting below doesn't help," she says.
    As people gain weight, their blood pressure tends to go up. Fortunately, as they lose weight, their blood pressure tends to go down -- but only so far, says Dr. Karol Watson, co-director of preventive cardiology and director of the hypertension clinic...

    Tags: University of Southern California, Education, Weight Loss, Health, Overweight

    9. Nov 9, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  9. High-carb diets may put dieters in better moods

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    The high-protein versus high-carb diet debate continues with the release of a new study that looked at something usually left out of the weight loss equation: mood. Most studies on these two popular weight loss methods -- and on diets......
    10. Nov 11, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  10. High-fat, high-sugar diet alters bacteria in the gut, making it easier to gain weight

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    A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than just pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, increasing the proportion of the little buggers that make it easier for you gain weight and harder......
    11. Jan 26, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Low-carb diets may trump low-fat in lowering blood pressure

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    Need more low-carb diet versus something else comparisons? You're in luck. A new study found that following a low-carb diet may be better for lowering blood pressure than taking an over-the-counter weight loss medication and sticking to a low-fat diet.......
    12. Mar 14, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Drugs in pre-diabetics do little to slow progression to diabetes or to heart disease, study finds

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    A combination of drugs that researchers hoped would delay progression to diabetes and/or heart disease in people with impaired glucose tolerance provided little benefit, researchers reported Sunday at an Atlanta meeting of the American College of...
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