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In dieting, low-fat or low-carb are the same: study

Commondietingadviceurgespeopletoeithereatfewercarbohydratesorlessfatinordertoshedweight.ButastudyreleasedTuesdayfoundneitherapproachisbetterthantheother.Norisap

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Australian scientists identify five main diet-related personality types

Australianscientistshaveidentifiedthefivemaindiet-relatedpersonalitytypesandwhytheystruggletoloseweight.Australia'slargest-everdietandpersonalitysurvey,conducte

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Coconut oil 'as unhealthy as beef fat and butter'

Coconut oil is as unhealthy as beef dripping and butter, say US heart experts.

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Coconut oil 'as unhealthy as beef fat and butter'

Coconutoilisasunhealthyasbeefdrippingandbutter,sayUSheartexperts.Itispackedwithsaturatedfatwhichcanraise"bad"cholesterol,saystheAmericanHeartAssociationinupdate

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Fasting diet 'regenerates diabetic pancreas'

The pancreas can be triggered to regenerate itself through a type of fasting diet, say US researchers.

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Pasta doesn't make you fat, say Italian scientists

Contrary to popular belief, pasta consumption does not make you fat, according to research into a staple of the Mediterranean – and much of the Western – diet.

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Obese women may affect great grandchildren: study

A woman's obesity may put her future great grandchildren at high risk of metabolic problems such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, even before she becomes pregnant, a mouse study has found.

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Mediterranean diet may help stop breast cancer returning, study says

Out of 199 women asked to eat lots of fruit, vegetables, fish and olive oil in Italian trial, none suffered recurrence in three years

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Popular "fad" diet could cause rapid weight gain: expert

​The extreme Paleo diet, which recommends the exclusive consumption of food available to early humans, increases weight gain according to experts.

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Baltic Sea diet reduces risks of obesity, inflammation

A Baltic Sea diet could significantly lower levels of obesity and inflammation, doctoral candidate Noora Kanerva discovered in her research at the University of Helsinki.

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New study explains why Mediterranean diet reduces blood pressure

A British study published on Monday explains why  Mediterranean diet reduces blood pressure on May,19.