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Comment améliorer la qualité de votre sommeil
Le mois de mars risque de chambouler complètement votre routine de sommeil. En effet, nous perdrons une heure de sommeil le dimanche 13 mars prochain, puisque nous passerons à l’heure avancée. Heureusement, le 18 mars, vous pourrez dormir autant que vous voulez si vous célébrez la Journée… Lire la suite
Low-Carb More Effective in Lowering Blood Pressure than Low-Fat and Orlistat
A study recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has demonstrated that a low-carb diet is more effective at lowering blood pressure than the weight–loss drug orlistat in concert with a low-fat diet. William S. Yancy, Jr., an associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center and… Lire la suite
Atkins Diet Beats Low-Fat for Improving Metabolic Syndrome
Over the years, thousands of people have turned to the Atkins dietary strategy of reduced sugar and carbohydrates for its demonstrated ability to help people lose weight and keep it off. But in the last decade, emerging research has shown over and over again, that the Atkins diet can actually… Lire la suite
The Cholesterol Myth
Eating fatty foods raises cholesterol to dangerous levels, endangering cardiovascular health, right? Not necessarily. Let's take this step by step: What is cholesterol? Like fats, cholesterol is a lipid, and like them, it's essential for life. How so? Cholesterol, along with fats, is essential for normal cellular function, hormone production,… Lire la suite
Low-Fat Diets Don’t Deliver on Heart Health
Unless you're living on another planet, you've heard this message: reduce your intake of fat and cholesterol to achieve a healthy weight and decrease the likelihood of developing heart disease. In fact, the terms “healthy" and “low fat" seem inextricably linked. But now we know that the rationale for a… Lire la suite
Waist Size Predicts Heart Failure (more reasons to reduce your waist size)
The main reason people over 65 wind up in the hospital is heart failure, also known as “congestive heart failure." And the very best predictor of whether or not you're likely to get heart failure might surprise you. It's waist size. A new study published in the journal Circulation(1) tracked data… Lire la suite
Dukan Diet, Where Is The Science
Where is the Science? Atkins Nutritionals is aware of no science nor clinical research that supports the claims made for the Dukan Diet. Absolutely no research has been done on the diet to substantiate its claims. In fact, the British Dietetic Association branded the Dukan Diet one of the five… Lire la suite
Dealing with Gallbladder Disorders
The message that your gallbladder is sending could very well be this: Beware the effects of bad nutrition. In recent years surgeons have been increasingly removing gallbladders, presumably in an attempt to treat gallstones and related disorders. But the gallbladder is fundamental to your well-being. Among other functions, it stores… Lire la suite
Epilepsy: A low-carbohydrate diet may be just what the doctor ordered
We've known for some time that a high-protein, low-carbohydrate (and high-fat) diet is effective in controlling epileptic seizures in children. In fact, the ketogenic diet is used in over a dozen hospitals around the country as an intervention for epilepsy. Now some new research from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine… Lire la suite
Could coffee actually be good for you?
Health-conscious consumers always have considered their daily Java a guilty pleasure. Conventional thinking would suggest that caffeine may raise blood pressure in susceptible individuals, make some feel jittery or anxious, interfere with deep and restful sleep, or raise stress hormones. However, until recently, there has been little talk about coffee's… Lire la suite
