(via Radiation Dosage Chart)
A team led by Brenda Davy of Virginia Tech has run the first randomised controlled trial studying the link between water consumption and weight loss. A report on the 12-week trial, published earlier this year, suggested that drinking water before meals does lead to weight loss. At a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston this week, Dr Davy unveiled the results of a year-long follow-up study that confirms and expands that finding.
Lots of interesting studies about TV and its effect on our lifestyles. Most are negative (higher BMIs, less focused attention on tasks), but some, surprisingly, are positive (less lonely, improves women’s standing in a community).
The complexity of food combinations is fascinating because it’s tested in a way we can’t test drugs: by evolution,” says Jacobs. And, he adds, “it’s tested in the most complex of systems: life.
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The content of this Men’s Health article, “Healthy Food Combinations,” is interesting in and of itself, but I love the premise of this quote even more. |
