According to a report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, irregular eating people consume more calories and burn them more slowly than sticking to set mealtimes. The experiment took two weeks: obese women ate their usual diets in 6 regular intervals or on a varied schedule. Women eating irregularly consumed 81 calories more each day, and burned them more slowly. They also had higher LDL cholesterol levels, and higher insulin resistance.
According to a report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, irregular eating people consume more calories and burn them more slowly than sticking to set mealtimes. The experiment took two weeks: obese women ate their usual diets in 6 regular intervals or on a varied schedule. Women eating irregularly consumed 81 calories more each day, and burned them more slowly. They also had higher LDL cholesterol levels, and higher insulin resistance.
A type of vitamin E in seeds and nuts can protect people from having prostate or lung cancer. The research conducted at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute discovered that gamma-tocopherol, a natural component in walnuts, pecans, and sesame seeds, destroyed cancer cells, but left healthy cells unaffected. No anti-cancer properties were shown by alpha-tocopherol, a potent antioxidant and the primary vitamin E in body tissue.
According to scientists from the University of Buffalo in New York drinking alcohol without eating considerably increases the possibility of developing high blood pressure. Research conducted on more than 2,600 men and women revealed that people who drink without food are about 1.5 times more likely to have hypertension than the others.
An asthma attack can be avoided thanks to a breath of citrus essential oil. In an animal research at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, rats with asthma-like symptoms were exposed to limonene, the major component of citrus oil, or eucalyptol from a scented oil warmer continuously for seven days. Inhaling limonene improved lung function and reduced asthmatic symptoms. Probably, it results from the fact that the citrus oil’s has the ability to scavenge ozone, an air pollutant associated with asthma. The eucalyptol did not show any effect.
