Does fat have a taste? Can you taste fat? Does fat, itself, have a specific taste? Probably, like me, your first response was, of course I can. Read on.
In biology classes we were all taught that the tongue could detect four basic “tastes”.
Remember that our sense of smell contributes to the [...]
Category Archives: Diet
Can You Taste Fat?
March 12, 2010 – 11:10 am
Are Calorie Counts In Restaurants Correct?
January 11, 2010 – 12:17 pm
A new study analyzed the calorie content of foods from fast food restaurants, chain restaurants and some supermarket frozen meals finding that often the calorie contents were incorrect and were usually higher than stated by the restaurants or boxes.
The samples of foods were 18 entrees and side dishes from sit-down chain restaurants, 11 entrees and [...]
What Are Inulin and Oligofructose (FOS)? Why Should You Care?
December 7, 2009 – 11:55 am
Inulin (not insulin) and oligofructose are found naturally in plants, and can also be synthesized. Inulin is a general term for fructose polymers. These are the compounds that there are two or more of the fruit sugar fructose. Oligofructose is a subtype of inulin. It is also called fructooligosaccharide, which is [...]
Can A Diet Help with Bone Strength And Slow Osteoporosis?
November 25, 2009 – 8:51 am
How do you slow the progression of osteoporosis and protect bone density? The usual recommendation is to do weight bearing exercise and increase the amount of calcium in the diet.
A problem with this recommendation is that in many studies where calcium is increased in diet there is not a decreased incidence of osteoporosis.
There is [...]
Are Natural Supplements Always Good?
November 18, 2009 – 11:04 am
The natural product market is booming. The number of types of products is increasing. Do you take dietary supplements or natural products?
For many people there is a big distrust of the drug companies and often most of the medical profession. This distrust does not often extend to dietary supplement [...]
Diets With “Free Days” May Lead To Withdrawal Symptoms And Undermine Dieting
November 11, 2009 – 4:54 pm
One way of dieting is eating low calorie healthy food and then allow a “free day”. The idea is that if you can look forward to having your favorite high fat, high sugar foods, you will stick to your diet. This is the basis of some popular diet plans including Body For Life.
New [...]
Can Sugar Shorten Life?
November 6, 2009 – 2:03 pm
The typical western diet is high in sugar. There seems to be sugar (along with salt) to nearly all prepared foods. We all consume much more sugar than we are aware of.
Studies in a type of worm called Caenorhabditis elegans, which is usually shortened to C. elegans, suggest that eating high amounts of [...]
Can you consume too little saturated fat?
November 4, 2009 – 3:06 pm
Should we try to eliminate saturated fat from our diets?
There has been a huge push to reduce the amount of saturated fat in our diets. The mantra “saturated fats – bad, unsaturated fats – good” is everywhere.
However, is consuming some saturated fat bad for us? Probably not. Could it even [...]
Need Ideas For Eating More Fruits and Veggies?
October 19, 2009 – 1:03 pm
Trying to eat more fruits and veggies can be quite difficult. For vegetables in particular it can be hard to come up with different vegetables, or new appetizing methods of preparation for the usual vegetables. We all need ideas for eating more fruits and veggies.
Here is a site that will help.
The government has [...]
Antioxidants May Not Always Be Good?
October 5, 2009 – 1:02 pm
Nothing is as simple as it seems. Recently there has been evidence that reactive oxygen species (ROS) may play important role in some body functions. So antioxidants may not always be good?
Using the fruit fly, which is an easy to manipulate study system; researchers have shown that some ROS may play a role [...]