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August 17, 2012

by Andrew Dugan and Frank Newport

PRINCETON, NJ -- Even as recent research has reignited the debate as to which type of diet is best, most Americans (63%) continue to believe a diet low in fat is more beneficial to one's health than a diet low in carbohydrates (30%). But slightly fewer Americans favor a low-fat diet now than in 2002 and 2004, and more prefer a low-carb one.

Despite the traditional medical advice that dieters should reduce foods high in fat, recent research, including a well-publicized study in The Journal of the American Medical Association, has suggested that a low-carb diet boosts overall energy expenditure, meaning that low-carb dieters are burning more calories per day than their low-fat counterparts. Still, many experts are undecided on the question of which diet is most beneficial, reminding dieters that the main focus is not the character and content of the diet, but the reduced amount of calories consumed.

Changes in diet affect overall health and weight. The latter issue will continue to be of consequence to many Americans, given that 41% of national adults consider themselves very or somewhat overweight, and a full 48% admit to worrying about their weight all of the time or some of the time. Beyond these self-reports, Gallup calculations of the Body Mass Index of Americans, based on their height and weight, show that 62.4% of Americans are overweight or obese, including a majority in every state in the country.

Groups More Likely to Prefer Low-Carb Diet

Non-whites are more likely to say the low-carb diet is better for the average American than are whites -- 37% vs. 28%, respectively. Women (36%) also appear to favor this type of diet compared with men (24%).

Young Americans under age 30 are slightly more in favor of the low-fat diet than those who are older.

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TUESDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Babies and toddlers fed a healthy diet may have slightly higher IQs by the time they are 8 years old than children fed less healthy foods at a young age, according to a new study.

Researchers from the University of Adelaide, in Australia, found an early diet rich in junk foods could cost children up to two IQ points.

"Diet supplies the nutrients needed for the development of brain tissues in the first two years of life, and the aim of this study was to look at what impact diet would have on children's IQs," said the study's leader, Lisa Smithers, a public health researcher at the University of Adelaide, in a university news release.

"While the differences in IQ are not huge, this study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that dietary patterns from six to 24 months have a small but significant effect on IQ at eight years of age," said Smithers. "It is important that we consider the longer-term impact of the foods we feed our children."

For the study, recently published online in the European Journal of Epidemiology, the researchers looked at the dietary habits of more than 7,000 children. The children's diets were assessed when they were 6 months, 15 months and 2 years old. The analysis included the home-cooked foods they ate along with ready-made baby foods, breast-feeding and junk foods.

"We found that children who were breast-fed at 6 months and had a healthy diet regularly including foods such as legumes, cheese, fruit and vegetables at 15 and 24 months, had an IQ up to two points higher by age 8," Smithers noted. "Those children who had a diet regularly involving biscuits, chocolate, sweets, soft drinks and chips in the first two years of life had IQs up to two points lower by age 8.

The researchers pointed out that pre-packed baby foods had some negative impact on the children's IQ when given at 6 months of age, but this ready-made food had some benefits on IQ when given to the children when they were 2 years old.

The study concluded healthy foods are critical for children during their formative years.

However, while the study found an association between healthy eating and higher IQ, it did not show a cause-and-effect relationship. Other factors may have influenced the IQ scores as well.

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Published: Aug. 15, 2012 at 11:41 PM

GIRONA, Spain, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil for two years was associated with improved bone health, U.S. researchers found.

Dr. Jose Manuel Fernandez-Real of the Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital in Girona, Spain, said age-related bone mass loss and decreased bone strength affects women and men alike. Studies have shown the incidence of osteoporosis -- the thinning of bone tissue and loss of bone density -- is lower in the Mediterranean basin than elsewhere in Europe, Fernandez-Real said.

The study involved 127 community-dwelling men ages 55-80, randomly selected from one of the Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea study centers, who had at least two years of follow-up.

The study is a large, parallel group, randomized-controlled trial aimed at assessing effects of the Mediterranean diet on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, Fernandez-Real said.

The traditional Mediterranean diet is rich in fruits and vegetables and high intake of olives and olive oil.

Participants were randomly assigned to three intervention groups -- Mediterranean diet with mixed nuts, Mediterranean diet with virgin olive oil and a low-fat diet.

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, found only consumption of the Mediterranean diet with olive oil was associated with a significant increase in the concentrations of total osteocalcin and other bone formation markers -- linked to better bone health. There were no significant changes in serum calcium in subjects taking olive oil, whereas serum calcium decreased significantly in the other two groups, Fernandez-Real said.

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Diet Coke, which knocked out Pepsi in 2010 to become the country's No. 2 soda, is trying to keep itself fresh with a new look.

Coca-Cola (KO) is changing the Diet Coke can, bringing back a limited-edition version it tried out last fall, Advertising Age reports. The design zooms in on the "D" and "k" in the old Diet Coke logo, a bold crop that still retains the familiar silver, black and red colors.

Adweek describes the look as "a modish and (for a global brand) even daring design that refuses to reveal the brand's complete name." You can still find the entire name on a small part of the can.

The new look comes from San Francisco design firm Turner Duckworth. Coca-Cola tested the design at Target (TGT) stores, AdAge reports, and saw a growth in sales that outpaced the rest of the country.

Coca-Cola wanted to develop an edgy, stronger presence for Diet Coke after the brand rose to a 9.9% share of the soda market in 2010 -- just beating the 9.5% share for PepsiCo's (PEP) flagship brand. Pepsi had held on to that No. 2 spot for decades, and losing it to Diet Coke was a huge deal.

Coca-Cola executive Katie Bayne told AdAge that the company wanted to give Diet Coke a new voice and "a little bit of teeth" to appeal to the generation of drinkers aged 20 to 29. "We've learned the brand needs to have wit, self-deprecation and optimism," she said. "It's never snarky but a little bit witty."

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 15, 2012) A study to be published in the Endocrine Societys Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) shows consumption of a Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil for two years is associated with increased serum osteocalcin concentrations, suggesting a protective effect on bone.

Age-related bone mass loss and decreased bone strength affects women and men alike are an important determinant of osteoporosis and fracture risk. Studies have shown that the incidence of osteoporosis in Europe is lower in the Mediterranean basin. The traditional Mediterranean diet, rich in fruits and vegetables, with a high intake of olives and olive oil could be one of the environmental factors underlying this difference.

The intake of olive oil has been related to the prevention of osteoporosis in experimental and in vitro models, said Jos Manuel Fernndez-Real, MD, PhD, of Hospital Dr. Josep Trueta in Girona, Spain and lead author of the study. This is the first randomized study which demonstrates that olive oil preserves bone, at least as inferred by circulating bone markers, in humans.

The participants in this study were 127 community-dwelling men aged 55 to 80 years randomly selected from one of the Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea (PREDIMED) study centers who had at least two years of follow-up. The PREDIMED study is a large, parallel group, randomized, controlled trial aimed to assess the effect of the Mediterranean diet on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

For this study, subjects were elderly without prior cardiovascular disease but having a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes or harboring at least three cardiovascular risk factors, namely hypertension, dyslipidemia, or a family history of premature cardiovascular disease. Participants were randomly assigned to three intervention groups: Mediterranean diet with mixed nuts, Mediterranean diet with virgin olive oil, and a low-fat diet.

Biochemical measurements of osteocalcin, glucose, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides were performed at baseline and after two year follow-up on fasting blood samples. Researchers found that only consumption of the Mediterranean diet with olive oil was associated with a significant increase in the concentrations of total osteocalcin and other bone formation markers. There were also no significant changes in serum calcium in subjects taking olive oil whereas serum calcium decreased significantly in the other two groups.

Its important to note that circulating osteocalcin was associated with preserved insulin secretion in subjects taking olive oil, added Fernndez-Real. Osteocalcin has also been described to increase insulin secretion in experimental models.

Other researchers who helped with the study included Mnica Bull, Jos Maria Moreno-Navarrete, Wifredo Ricart, Emilio Ros, Ramon Estruch, and Jordi Salas-Salvad of Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid, Spain.

The article, A Mediterranean Diet Enriched with Olive Oil is Associated with Higher Serum Total Osteocalcin Levels in Elderly Men at High Cardiovascular Risk, will appear in the October 2012 issue of JCEM.

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Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012

OSAKA Diet members from the ruling and opposition parties and a fledgling political group led by popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto may join forces to form a new political party ahead of the next general election, lawmakers said Tuesday.

The move came after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said last week he will dissolve the Lower House and call a general election soon after the Diet passed his prized bill to double the consumption tax to 10 percent by 2015. The legislation was enacted last Friday.

According to the lawmakers, the bipartisan group of Diet members from the Democratic Party of Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller Your Party is considering merging with Hashimoto's Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka).

The group shares similar goals with Hashimoto's camp, which is pushing to speed up decentralization to give more power to regions.

The group of lawmakers has more than members, including former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yorihisa Matsuno of the DPJ, Lower House member Kenta Matsunami of the LDP and Upper House member Shinji Oguma of Your Party. The group was launched in March.

Under their charter, unveiled by Matsunami, their secretary general, the group is pursuing constitutional revisions with an eye to introducing direct elections of prime ministers and integrating both Diet chambers.

Hashimoto's group, which has no sitting Diet members, is believed to be seeking official party status. To do so, it must take in five or more current Diet members.

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UNITED KINGDOM, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The images of toned torsos which dominated TV screens this weekend have inspired consumers to get in shape and slim down.

Home delivery diet brand, Diet Chef, has seen sales soar following super slim Saturday with sales up 30% this weekend after it received a 50% surge in website hits compared to a normal weekend making it their biggest weekend for sales in August since the company launched four years ago.

Kevin Dorren, Founder & Head Chef, comments: "This past weekend, it has been impossible not to have been inspired by images of super fit bodies pushed to the limit of human endurance and winning through."

He added, "While the West End may be missing out on sales, diet and fitness brands such as Diet Chef are reaping the benefits. Wouldn't it be great if the enduring legacy of this weekend was a nation who feels inspired to tackle obesity issues and as a result feel slimmer, healthier and more ready to take to the tracks and get fit?"

Diet Chef carefully counts the calories of all meals so dieters on the plan will be averaging less than 1,200 calories per day. The daily menu allows you to get diet food delivered, as well as offering a tasty and varied, healthy balanced plan encouraging dieters to lose weight at a healthy pace.

Price of 5.57 per day price is based on the Diet Chef 1200 calorie programme on Pay Monthly. However, there are other weight loss programmes available with Diet Chef, tailored to your personal profile.

For further information, please contact: Three Sixty Communications T: 0207 580 8360 E: dietchef@360team.co.uk Visit the website: http://www.dietchef.co.uk Become a fan: http://www.facebook.com/DietChef Follow: http://www.twitter.com/dietchef

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Finding the right diet is half the battle. These patients lost 60 pounds and weren't even trying, by finding the right diet for their body type.

Paul Kinnaird doesnt look like a caveman, but he eats like one, and he's lost 60 pounds doing it.

"It just fell off. I tell people that this is the easiest thing I've ever done and they don't believe me," said Kinnaird, who turned to the Center for Integrative Medicine at the Ohio State Universitys Wexner Medical Center for a thyroid problem.

Kinnaird said he didn't set out to lose the weight, but rather to treat his thyroid problem. In the process, he discovered the diet that was right for his body, which happened to be a Paleolithic diet.

"Basically I just stopped eating the grains and the weight just fell offhavent done anything else. No exercise really or anything," said Kinnaird.

"I have always struggled with my weight and I've been on so many different diets," said Kim Cave, who recently turned to Dr. Anup Kanodia at the Center for Integrative Medicine after getting sick with various illnesses and wanted to improve her health.

Her prescription for health included eliminating foods from her diet that caused inflammation and allergic reactions. She eventually developed a personalized diet that she said easily helped her lose 50 pounds in six months.

"I wasn't hungry and when I was, I ate. I ate a lot of vegetables and I ate a lot of fish," said Cave, who said she eliminated soy, dairy, red meat, and sugar from her diet.

Dr. Kanodia noticed his patients losing more and more weight, and decided to keep track of their success. He discovered that in the process of trying to treat illness through proper nutrition, patients lost weight by discovering the right diet for their body type.

"The right diet for their genetics, personalizing their diet and when we do that, their illnesses get better and a side effect is weight loss," said Dr. Kanodia.

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Published: Aug. 10, 2012 at 5:50 PM

DETROIT, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor turned defendant, says a diet involves massage with steel balls has helped him shed 16 pounds.

The diet was designed by Grigory Sadkhin, an acupuncturist from Russia who has clinics across the United States, The Detroit News reported. One is in the Dallas area, where Kilpatrick lives.

Sadkhin's method includes having patients massage behind their ears with the little balls every two hours. He says that nerves in that area go to the stomach and the massage helps patients feel full.

Patients might need something to feel full since the food prescription for Sadkhin's diet consists of 1.5 pounds of fruit and vegetables for two days followed by two days of no more than 2.5 glasses of milk or yogurt. Then they begin the routine again and keep going until they are through with the diet.

Kilpatrick's embrace of the diet came to light Wednesday when he appeared in court in Michigan with masking tape behind his ears.

Experts say they are more concerned with the restrictive eating pattern Sadkhin advocates than the massage.

"They may think it's helping them," said Marie Hoskins, a registered dietician from Troy, Mich., of Sadkhin's patients. "In truth it doesn't do anything."

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Aug 9, 2012 2:07pm

Addiction expert Dr. Mike Dow, author of Diet Rehab, host of TLCs Freaky Eaters and co-host of VH1s Couples Therapy, offers these five steps for getting your diet back on track.

Tune into Nightlinetonight at 11:35 p.m. ETto see howDr. Mike Dows 28-day Diet Rehab plan helped one former plus-size model bring down her weight.

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Step 1: Ask yourself: What am I truly missing in my life? The answer to this question will help you understand what your brain is really hungry for and if youre low on serotonin, dopamine, or both. If you need more serenity, stability, or happiness in your relationship or job, you may be low on serotonin. If you need less boredom, more adventure, or to feel like youre living and not just existing, its dopamine you need. Sugar and processed carbohydrates provide short-term boosts of serotonin, and high fat foods provide short-term boosts of dopamine. But using soda, pizza, and fries to try and feel better right now will prevent you from getting the serotonin and dopamine youre craving in the long-run.

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Step 2: When youre craving an unhealthy food today, try adding a serotonin or dopamine booster activity. The serenity of a 10 minute walk in the middle of a busy work day will give you a sustainable boost of serotonin you would have gotten from that candy bar or soda. And the vitality youll get from reconnecting with an old friend will give you the same boost of dopamine you would have gotten from those potato chips or fries.

Other serotonin booster activities could include cuddling with your significant other or a pet, joining a support group, listening to classical music, doing errands on foot, or looking into someones eyes when youre talking to them. Dopamine booster activities include asking a special someone on a date, cooking something youve never made before, getting eight hours of sleep tonight, attending a bootcamp-style fitness class, or hitting the playground with the kids. Come up with your own booster activities to start to change your brain chemistry here and now.

Step 3: Eat more food to lose more weight! Now that you realize what youre adding to your life is more important than what youre taking away, eat more booster foods today. Booster foods are healthy foods that give your brain a slow, steady release of serotonin or dopamine while staying in your stomach about twice as long as those unhealthy pitfall foods. Youll feel fuller, longer. This makes it easier to choose even more booster foods throughout the day.

Serotonin booster foods like high fiber cereal, whole fruit, or high fiber pasta and veggies in marinara sauce give you this chemical associated with happiness and peace in a healthy way. Dopamine booster foods like green tea, grilled chicken, or Greek yogurt give you a steady boost of this feel-good chemical associated with motivation, productivity, and vigor.

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