Higher protein intake while dieting leads to healthier eating
Eating a larger proportion of protein while dieting leads to better food choices and helps avoid the loss of lean body mass, according to a Rutgers study. An analysis of pooled data from multiple weight-loss trials conducted at Rutgers shows that increasing the amount of protein even slightly, from 18 percent of a person’s food […]
Just How Bad Is a ‘Sulfur Microbial Diet’ for Colorectal Cancer Risk?
Risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) was increased in people who consumed larger amounts of foods friendly to sulfur-metabolizing bacteria, an analysis of the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and Nurses’ Health studies suggested. Participants in the highest quintile of adherence to this so-called sulfur microbial diet — where junky food like french fries, red and processed […]