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What Rats Teach Us About Junk Food

A new study shows that rats can get hooked on junk food the same way they can become addicted to cocaine, forcing the question of what this means for humans. Can we actually form addictions to junk food? Foods like Ding-Dongs are en [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food 'as addictive as heroin and smoking'

Gorging on junk food is as addictive as smoking or taking drugs and can cause compulsive eating and obesity, says a new study. An international team, led by the Scripps Research Institute in Florida, has carried out the study and fo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Obsession with too much healthy food may be lethal

Experts are ringing warning bells for those dangerously obsessed with eating healthy, adding they may have a disorder called orthorexia. Cynthia Bulik, director of the eating disorders program at the University of North Carolina at [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Top 8 Foods for Healthy Bones

As we age, our bones start becoming thinner and lose their density. The process starts pacing up especially in women after menopause. However, eating the right diet can give you the maximum defense as well as boost your bone mass and bon [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Fat, carb-free foods can reverse jammed arteries--study

Fat-free, carb-free and Mediterranean foods could help in retracting congested arteries thus preventing heart attacks and strokes, finds a new study. Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel found that restricti [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

The hunt for healthy food for children

But a BBC Panorama investigation into food for the under-fives found that easy answers to healthy eating can be as hard to come by as a full night's sleep and a long lie. For the parents of the 1.5m children who regularly attend [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food may cause depression - Study

Burgers, stuffed chicken rolls and French fries may taste good, but high consumption of processed junk food not only makes you obese, it could contribute to depression, says a new research. A team of British and French epidemiologists, who [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Former fast food fan Alex Gerrard becomes face of Shake Weig...

It has caused plenty of mirth on both sides of the Atlantic. But that hasn't stopped WAG Alex Gerrard promoting an exercise tool that has a rather suggestive motion. The former self-confessed junk food addict has signed up to be the face o [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Health Canada Mulling the Addition of Anti-Cancer Drug to Ju...

The Canadian government is mulling over the possibility of allowing cancer-fighting drugs to be injected into fried foods for counteracting carcinogenic substances in the foods. Public comments are being invited by Health Canada is invitin [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

The Food Guide Pyramid

All types of foods contain nutritional substances that our body needs to grow , be fit, move, think, read, correct any cell damage and in other words, live! These nutritional materials, which actually compose our body, are proteins, fats, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Docs Tell Parents to Feed Kid Junk Food

A British couple reportedly had their son taken from them by social services because they wouldn't follow doctors orders to feed the boy junk food. The Daily Mail reports that Paul and Lisa Hessey took their 2-year-old son Zak to see a ped [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Junk food as 'addictive as drugs'

A diet of burgers, chips, sausages and cake will programme your brain into craving even more foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat, according to new research. Over the years these junk foods can become a substitute for happiness and [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

How junk food diet 'can give you depression'

Eating junk food can make you depressed, doctors have warned. Those who regularly eat high-fat foods, processed meals, desserts and sweets are almost 60 per cent more likely to suffer depression than those who choose fruit, vegetables and f [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Junk food can actually be good

A recent study has proved that certain junk foods containing good amounts of antioxidants can in fact be good for the heart. While it isn’t recommended that one thrive on these foods, indulging in some of them, in limit of course, ma [...]