Posts Tagged ‘Health’

Angelina Jolie thinks Vegan diet can kill

Monday, August 30th, 2010

29th August, 2010, London. After staying as a vegan for a long time and maintaining her stunning looks, Angelina Jolie now thinks that vegan diet nearly killed her. Hollywood superstar has blamed her vegan diet for “nearly killing” her, stating that she loves to eat red meat.

The Salt star says that when she limited her diet to vegan and not included any animal products, it had negative effects on her health. “I joke that a big juicy steak is my beauty secret. But seriously, I love red meat. I was a vegan for a long time, and it nearly killed me. I found I was not getting enough nutrition,” said Jolie.

Angelina Jolie also think that she is enjoying seeing her hands “grow older” as it is a sign that she has grown up and matured as a mother to her six children. She said “Happiness is when I look down at my hands and they are washing a baby. I can sort of see my hands grow older and I love it”.

According to the research people who ate more meat, gained more weight over 5 years than those who ate less meat, but the same amount of calories.

The healthy diet is a balanced diet, contain foods from all the food groups, low in saturated fat and refined sugar, and moderate in protein. Vegetables and fruit, component of vegan diet in particular, are essential for efficient metabolism and a healthy body weight.
From obesitycampaign.

Bill Clinton Still Watching His Waistline: Report

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Bill Clinton is still keeping an eye on his waistline, Page Six reports. The former president stopped by Babette’s in East Hampton last week and ordered, essentially, the diet plate. A source said, “[Bill] was sitting in a corner banquette, eating a veggie burger and a mountain of vegetables. He was with Hillary, who had a falafel plate, and her mother, Dorothy Rodham, who ate French toast.”

In April, Chelsea asked her dad to lose 15 pounds by the time her wedding rolled around. At the time, Bill explained to the New York Post, Chelsea “told me the other day, she said, ‘Dad the only thing you gotta do is walk me down the aisle and you need to look good.’ So I said ‘Well, what’s your definition?’ And she said: ‘Oh, about 15 pounds.’ So I’m halfway home.”

It seems that Chelsea’s vegan eating habits rubbed off on dad–Bill lost not 15, but 23 pounds, thanks to a vegetarian diet. And judging from what was on his plate at Babette’s, perhaps Clinton has decided to stick with the no-meat plan for a while. From huffingtonpost.

Healthy diet reverses metabolic syndrome

Monday, August 30th, 2010

People with metabolic syndrome – a cluster of risk factors for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes – have a better chance of reversing it if they stick to a healthy diet.

A person is considered to have metabolic syndrome if they have three or more of the following risk factors – excess abdominal fat, high triglyceride levels, low levels of “good” HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, and either high blood sugar levels or type 2 diabetes. Having metabolic syndrome doubles a person’s risk of developing heart disease and raises their risk five times of developing type 2 diabetes.

The Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) is a set of nutritional guidelines published by Harvard School of Public Health researchers in 2002. The guidelines emphasize eating whole grains rather than refined grains, white meat rather than red meat, and lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts and soy. Past studies have shown that following the AHEI guidelines helps cut the risk of chronic heart disease in both men and women. To find out whether sticking to AHEI could help reverse metabolic syndrome, researchers studied 339 British men and women with metabolic syndrome. Their average age was 56 years. Data regarding their waist size, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, blood sugar level, dietary intake and physical activity was collected and analysed.

After 5 years of follow up, it was found that people who adhered most closely to the AHEI were nearly twice as likely to have reversed their metabolic syndrome. Nearly half of the participants no longer had the metabolic syndrome. For people with obesity, defined by the researchers as waist circumference above 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women, those with the healthiest diets were nearly thrice more likely to have recovered from metabolic syndrome than those with the unhealthiest eating patterns. Healthy eating also had a somewhat stronger effect for people who started out with high levels of triglycerides.

The study shows that dietary guidelines for individuals with metabolic syndrome can help reverse the impact of high triglyceride levels and obesity. From ndtv.