Can Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), the bacteria found in Culturelle and many other probiotics, help curb the diarrhea and vomiting that doctors call acute gastroenteritis?
Researchers randomly assigned 943 preschool children and infants who were diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis at emergency rooms to take either a placebo or LGG (10 billion colony-forming units) twice a day for five days.
After two weeks, the probiotic takers had no less diarrhea or vomiting than the children who got the placebo. It’s not clear if the results apply to adults.
“The Key to Weight Loss Is Diet Quality, Not Quantity, a New Study Finds,” reported the New York Times online in 2018. Here’s what the study actually found.
One out of three adults now have prediabetes. Nine out of ten of them don’t know it.
“The good news is that if you have prediabetes, the CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program can help you make lifestyle changes to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems,” says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Through the program, you can lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by as much as 58 percent (71 percent if you’re over age 60).”
A woman’s waist may better predict her risk of type 2 diabetes than her weight, according to a 2019 study. Researchers tracked roughly 136,000 postmenopausal women for nearly 15 years. Waist size predicted diabetes risk even better than weight.
Women with a waist between 31 and 35 inches had a 59 percent higher risk than those with a smaller waist. A woman with a waist over 35 inches had three times the risk compared to a woman with a waist under 31 inches.
A large waist was even worse for women with Asian ancestry. Their risks were roughly 2½ times higher in the 31-to-35-inch range and nearly 4½ times higher if over 35 inches.
The first DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) study was published in 1997. And it’s still the bedrock of today’s advice from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, American Cancer Society, and others: Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, include low-fat dairy, poultry, fish, beans, whole grains, oils, and nuts, and limit sweets, sugar-sweetened beverages, and red meats.
Conflict of interest is back in the news. José Baselga, chief medical officer at New York’s esteemed Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, resigned in September after the New York Times and ProPublica reported that he had failed to disclose in dozens of articles in medical journals that he had received millions in payments from drug and health care companies.
Can Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), the bacteria found in Culturelle and many other probiotics, help curb the diarrhea and vomiting that doctors call acute gastroenteritis?
Does order matter when you add two foods to a bowl?
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A woman’s waist may better predict her risk of type 2 diabetes than her weight.
How many calories did you eat today? Are you getting enough calcium? Keeping a lid on sodium? Smartphone (or tablet) apps like MyFitnessPal put the Nutrition Facts for millions of foods at your fingertips. Log each food you eat, then sit back and let the app do the math. Over time, companies claim, that adds up to healthier habits and fewer extra pounds. But the numbers aren’t always correct…or complete.
Zero Xtreme, In Shape, Easy 2 Slim, and Adipotrim XT promised to help people burn fat or lose weight. Rhino 7, Fifty Shades 6000, and Grande X offered men “TIME, SIZE, STAMINA.”
All were sold as supplements with natural ingredients. In fact, Food and Drug Administration tests showed that they also contained prescription drugs, including some that the FDA has taken off the market. They may be the tip of an iceberg.