calories

Some UK Restaurants To Provide Calorie Information

Margaret Wilde — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:40:13 -0500

As part of a UK government-backed scheme, some chains of restaurants, cafés and pubs have agreed to provide calorie content information.

Looking for Founatain of Youth? Cut your calories

harminka — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:35:09 -0500

Want to slow the signs of aging and live longer? New Saint Louis University research suggests cutting back on calories could be a promising strategy.

Severely restricted diet linked to physical fitness into old age

harminka — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:41:12 -0500

New research now has shown for the first time that such a diet also can maintain physical fitness into advanced age, slowing the seemingly inevitable progression to physical disability and loss of independence.

Burning extra calories with a 'futile protein cycle'

harminka — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:53:53 -0500

A new study in the September issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, points to a new method for burning off all those irresistible extra calories—by turning on an energy-draining, but otherwise futile, cycle of protein synthesis and breakdown.

What controls how much we eat

harminka — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:33:35 -0500

In simple terms, individuals become obese if they eat more calories than they burn. However, the molecular pathways that control feeding behavior and cellular energy expenditure are highly complex and not completely understood.

Trans fat ban: Watch saturated fats and calories too

harminka — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:19:53 -0600

Do low-fat foods make us fat?

harminka — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:15:39 -0600