Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world. Although this disease employs more doctors than any other branch of medicine, recent discoveries show some fundamental flaws in our understanding of it - particularly the basic...
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Very low fat diets can be harmful to some people, confirms the American Heart Association. ...
One of the major risk factors for osteoporosis is being too thin. Once the ovaries stop producing oestrogen, a woman's body keeps on making small amounts of it from subcutaneous fat, especially ab ...
A low-fat diet can help reduce the risk of skin cancer, a US study has discovered. ...
To lose weight and cleanse my liver, I put myself on a diet of salads and cooked vegetables, little protein and hardly any fat. I drink copious amounts of water, and no tea or coffee. I’ve also started an exercise regime.
A diet low in fat and high in fruit and vegetables can prevent skin cancer. Five servings of fruits and vegetables a day recommended by several health bodies but followed by only a small minority ...
Figures suggest that heart disease in the United States has more than doubled, despite a drive to low fat, cholesterol lowering diets. ...
A high cholesterol count will almost certainly send you down the road of a lifelong prescription of statins and a criminally low-fat diet.
COLITIS Aloe vera can ease symptoms A new study has found that aloe vera may ease the pain of ulcerative colitis. Of 44 patients with mild-to-moderate colitis, half were given 100 mL/day of aloe vera gel while the other half took a placebo for four...