Poor diet undermines health of northern Afghans (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Poor diet undermines health of northern Afghans (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Lunch at Gada Mohammad’s single-room mud-brick house in Afghanistan’s far north is the same as most other meals: dry bread washed down with tea.
Low Glycemic Index Diet Controls Blood Sugar (HealthCentral.com)
1. The study was very small and limited to kids taking insulin for Type 1. While the results are interesting–and appear to verify other findings about the effect of foods’ glycemic index on blood sugar levels–this particular study is silent on possible value to people with Type 2 diabetes or those not using insulin.
‘Low glycemic’ diet helpful in diabetic youth (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
In children and adolescents with type 1, or insulin-dependent, diabetes, consumption of a low glycemic index diet may improve blood sugar control, according to results of a National Institutes of Health-sponsored study.
Health: Cheap Diet Tricks (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
In health, cheap diet tricks are quick and easy ways to lose weight by using the best parts of some popular fad diets. Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl has the slimming details.
Diet drug lawyers seek trial delay (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
LEXINGTON, Ky. Two of three lawyers facing federal mail fraud charges in a diet drug lawsuit settlement want more time to prepare their defense. Attorneys William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. are scheduled for trial May 12 in Covington, along with fellow lawyer Melbourne Mills Jr.
Diet passes payment accord for U.S. bases (The Japan Times)
The Diet on Friday approved a controversial Japanese-U.S. agreement that requires Japan to pay some 140 billion annually to help run U.S. military bases in Japan for three years through fiscal 2010. Read more …
Dental diet (WHOI Peoria)
By Jen Christensen Posted: Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:19 a.m. Diet and the Teeth Plaque is a sticky film that forms on teeth. Bacteria live in the plaque and feed off the sugars and starches in food. As the bacteria digest the food, an acid is produced.