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Now, soya sausage to beat the bulge |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 16:51 |
London, June 14: Researchers at the Rowett Institute, Aberdeen have come up with a healthy alternative for dieters who can’t get enough of fried sausage and bacon, and giant plates of steak –soya sausage.
Besides being sumptuous, the revolutionary food item makes a person feel full.
Scientists have found that if people eat high-protein foods then they do not get as hungry.
The exact reason is not known, but it is thought a protein triggers particular signals from the gut to the brain that it is full.
The weight lost on a high-protein diet is fat instead of muscle or water.
Dr Alex Johnstone, from the Rowett''s Metabolic Health Group, is conducting studies to see if vegetable-based proteins such as soya work as well as dairy and meat.
If successful it could result in a high-protein weight loss plan diet that is healthier and more environmentally-friendly.
The study subjects are currently on a diet made up of around 30 per cent protein.
The diet is not low carb, but contains moderate amounts of carbohydrate at each meal such as rice, bread or pasta as well as meat and dairy substitutes such as soya meatballs or bacon and soya milk, margarine, bread and yoghurts.
For two weeks they ate meat and for a further two a vegetarian diet. So far they have lost up to a stone each in a month.
"One of the main reasons why people fail to lose weight is because of hunger, so how can we design diets in order to achieve that,” the Scotsman quoted Johnstone as saying.
"High-protein diets don''t have to be low in carbs. I am looking at whether you can have the same control of appetite from vegetarian sources as from meat, which would be good for health. I want to find out if you can get the same modification of appetite from a vegetarian source as from a meat source.
"We ask them how hungry they feel every waking hour. They come in and get their breakfast made for them and scoot away with a packed lunch and dinner. They have really enjoyed the study and as traditional Scottish meat-eating men were quite surprised that the vegetarian diets were extremely palatable and some will go on to make a conscious choice to make changes in their own diet," Johnstone added. (ANI)
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Diet foods promote overeating |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 16:50 |
London, June 14: Scientists at University of Bristol have found why sticking slavishly to low-calorie meals often still fails to shift the pounds.
They have found that when people choose lower-calorie dishes, they just compensate by eating bigger portions.
During the study, researchers found that when faced with foods they liked, participants did not pick bigger portions of them than of any other food.
"A person's perception of how full a meal will make them feel will no doubt affect portion size. It''s so important to be aware of behavioural triggers for over-eating," the Independent quoted Lisa Miles, a nutritionist at the British Nutrition Foundation, as saying.
The researchers, who studied the responses of 76 people to 18 different foods, found that people quickly learnt if food offered fewer calories per serving and upped their portion size to compensate.
"We know from experimental studies that eating large portions does not necessarily mean that you eat less at a subsequent meal, so this can lead to an increase in calorie intake overall," Miles said.
Dr Brunstrom, senior lecturer at the University of Bristol who led the study, will present these findings at a British Nutrition Foundation conference. (ANI)
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Three test positive for swine flu; total reaches 20 |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 16:49 |
Bangalore/Jalandhar, June 14: A 29-year-old woman and her three-year-old child from Bangalore and a teenager from Jalandhar tested positive for H1N1 virus on Sunday, taking the overall swine flu cases in the country to 20.
The mother-child duo had arrived at the Bangaluru airport from New Jersey on 12th June, they were quarantined at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bangalore after having tested positive for swine flu, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services Usha Vasunkar said.
In the second case in Jalandhar, a student of Guru Amar Dass Public School has tested positive for swine flu and has been admitted to hospital in New Delhi, Civil Surgeon Dr S S Wali said.
"A 30-member group of students had gone to an educational trip to the US and when they came back yesterday, one of the students was found at the Delhi Airport having symptoms of swine flu. He accordingly was put to tests that found him positive," Dr Wali said. (ANI)
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