News you need: Tomatoes and prostate cancer

Other research shows tomatoes against prostate cancer

Eating 10 servings of tomatoes a week and the risk of prostate cancer to reduce by 18 percent, say researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford. The researchers examined "diets and lifestyles of 1,806 men between 50 and 69 with prostate cancer and 12,005 years compared to men without cancer."

This result is probably due to the effect of lycopene, an antioxidant, toxins, DNA damage and cell can cause controlled.

Ultimately, more than likely, something in tomatoes is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer and can not hurt a few men that are fresh, low calorie tomato to do in their regular diet. Also keep in mind that research has shown that cooking tomatoes with a little oil increases the bioavailability of lycopene.

Great song = great workout, especially if you have many serious

According to researchers at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, which contains heavy bass music creates a sense of power in the handset. The researchers previously tested 31 music tracks from multiple genres and rated the most powerful (The Queen "We Will Rock You" 2 Unlimited "Get Ready for This") or weaker (eg "Because We Can" Fatboy Slim and Baha Men's "Who Let The Dogs Out ").

The study's authors believe that the effect of music-heavy bass makes people feel powerful because of the "hypothesis of contagion." "The idea is that when people listen to music specific components express a sense of power, mimic those feelings inside."

In addition, the researchers believe that "some music can trigger powerful experiences because these experiences often combined with this particular music. Example, the music often at sporting events used strong feelings because of the association with trigger power, and gain the rewards (eg," We Are The Champions "is often played to celebrate the victory)."


Do you believe that your move is work or pleasure? Reduced fun drinking

The next time you train, you convince yourself that you're having fun, or better yet, an exercise that you really believe, fun, and you will eat less, say researchers from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Participants were told out "on a 2km walk around a small lake and well it would be a walk or a ride of the year. In the first study, 56 adults completed their course and then got lunch. Those who thought, who had been on a walk exercise served and eaten 35 percent more chocolate pudding for dessert that those who believed they were on a scenic drive.

"In the second study, 46 adults received afternoon refreshments after your walk. Whoever they have one year they have 206 calories ate in the form of M & M stand, which was 124 percent more than the finished that they were told they were on a panoramic tour "See:. Dietdetective.com/ weekly / active column at any time

Good news: You can train your brain to eat more healthy food

Were you born like chips, crisps and cakes and hate vegetables? No, says researcher Susan B. Roberts, director of the energy metabolism laboratory at the Center for Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at the USDA (USDA HNRCA). According to research was published in the journal Nutrition and diabetes, it may be possible to train the brain to promote healthy foods low in calories on unhealthy foods high in calories.

When the brain is returned to support healthy eating habits, the researchers examined the reward system in 13 men and women with overweight and obesity, eight participants in a weight loss program and five in a control group not He enrolled in a weight loss program. Key elements of the weight loss program were used in the study were changes in behavior and education of high fiber, plan menus with low glycemic index.

"Both groups were subjected to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain at the beginning and end of a period of six months. Among those who participated in the weight loss program, brain scans showed changes in the inner city areas of reward associated with learning and addiction. According to six months, the brain, this area had a greater sensitivity to the health, low calorie foods that an increase in the reward and enjoyment healthy food signals. region also showed reduced more unhealthy foods high in calories "sensitivity.

All plans can work if you stay with them

Consumer Reports years ago a survey on the nutrition of their readers and found that most diets help you lose weight. "In an analysis of data from nearly 50 studies [studies], of which about 7,300 people, significant weight loss was observed with a low-carb or low-fat diets in weight loss between, with differences diet programs, minor support is the practice recommending a diet that the patient adheres to lose, "the researchers said, published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) their results.

"After 12 months estimated consequential loss average weight of all kinds of diet compared to no diet low fat diet (16 years) and low carbohydrate (£ 16) were approximately 2.2 to 4.4 pounds. Less after 6 months of follow-up. Classes continued, the main affect the estimated treatment.

"The differences in weight loss between the individual plans were minimal. Example, led the Atkins diet in 3.8 pounds. Mayor weight loss the Zone diet at 6 months follow-up."

For more information about maintaining weight once they lost here: dietdetective.com/ column / post-fat weeks

Employment office? Sitting too much - Take short walks

Many recent research has shown that sitting leads to an increased risk of disease. The good news is that a study that found from Indiana University, that three "Walks 5 minutes is the damage to the arteries of the legs for three hours sitting for long to return."

How do you ensure that you get up and go? Instead of an e-mail to get up to an employee, and to go to his office. Get up and go on the phone. Creating tracks, get up and walk every hour with calendar notifications or other memories (for example, every time the phone rings to hear someone more than four times).

Freshman women lack the confidence to eat healthy

According to researchers at the University of Illinois, "Women's newcomers understand the benefits of eating healthy foods and know which foods in your diet., But they have no confidence in their ability to act accordingly, especially if sufficient calcium . "

Confident that you want to change a behavior, one of the most important predictors is simply that you can change. This belief in their ability to "organizing and managing" any behavior that you want to change as "self-efficacy". It is the confidence that we can achieve what we want, and is especially important if you want to control your weight. View: dietdetective.com/ weekly column / lose confidence

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