Masenka.Be

Fats

Fatty foods increase hunger feeling -

Fatty foods won’t give you a feeling of being full very quickly. When you eat fatty foods, you will only feel more hungry.
This is the result of a study done at the University of Cincinnati. The researchers discovered that eating fatty foods increases the feeling of hunger.
By eating fatty foods the amount of the hormone […]

Popularity: 17% [?]

Fatty fish is good for your ears -

Elderly people who eat fatty fish regularly have better hearing than their peers who do not. Fatty fish contain omega-3 fatty acids which turn out to be beneficial for keeping certain brain functions, like hearing.
This is the conclusion of foodscientist Carla Dullemijer at the University of Wageningen. That fatty fish are good for your brains […]

Popularity: 10% [?]

Fish oil seems effective against heart failure -

Patients with chronic heart failure are probably helped just as well by cheap fish oil supplements as by expensive cholesterol level lowering medicines. This is the result of an Italian study.
The scientists followed 7000 heart patients for a period of 4 years. Half of them received pills with omega 3 fats gotten from fish. The […]

Popularity: 11% [?]

Lower your cholesterol with macadamia nuts -

Macadamia nuts are not only tasty, they also have health benefits. This is reported by the American Journal of Nutrition. A daily portion of 40 grams of macadamia nuts improved the lipid levels in the blood of people who suffered from high cholesterol within 5 weeks. The levels of total and ldl-cholesterol were lowered after […]

Popularity: 28% [?]

Trans fats are bad for the prostate -

Bad fats are not only bad for your blood vessels. In a thirteen year study done by Harvard scientists it was concluded that men with high levels of trans fat in their blood had twice as much risk for prostate cancer than men who had the lowest levels. The researchers surmise that the trans fats […]

Popularity: 11% [?]

8 Life rules to avoid cancer -

The World Cancer Research Fund had published these 8 important recommendations to reduce your risk for cancer:

Try to stay or become slim, but prevent weighing too less
Exercise each day at least for half an hour
Avoid drinks that contain sugar. Eat as little high caloric food as possible. Avoid especially foods with added sugars, foods that […]

Popularity: 24% [?]

Vegetarian fish is less healthy -

Eat enough fatty fish is the advice of the day, because it contains omega-3 fatty acids, which are very healthy. But if you eat salmon for its omega-3 then the salmon also has to eat the right things. For salmon farmers it is attractive to feed their salmon with vegetable fats, because they are convenient […]

Popularity: 8% [?]

Replace saturated fat with unsaturated -

It is clear by now that too much saturated fat is bad for your health. But what should you eat instead of saturated fats? Unsaturated fat or carbohydrates? American researchers looked into it. Both alternatives proved to lower the LDL cholesterol levels, which is the bad cholesterol. But test subjects who ate more polyunsaturated fats […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Omega 3 oils possibly good for the bones -

In a research published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition the bone density and the level of omega 3 fatty acids were measured in 78 young men between the age of 16 and 22.
There proved to be a strong correlation between the level of these fatty acids, especially DHA, and bone density. Animal […]

Popularity: 10% [?]

Increase cartenoid intake by adding fatty acids -

Fresh and brightly colored vegetables, like the ones you often find in salsa sauce and other exotic salads, are rich in cartenoids. Cartenoids are powerful anti-oxidants which help to decrease your risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease or cataract. To fully enjoys the benefits of the cartenoids you have to combine them with some fat.
Scientists […]

Popularity: 21% [?]