by Diane Lofshult
Pressed for time but still want to provide healthy fare for your family and friends? The editors of Health magazine recently convened a panel of nutrition experts who voted on the best new products for ladies on the go. Here are the editors’ picks in a cornucopia of categories, from guilt-free snacks to superfast dinners:
Best Bagel: Sarah Lee Heart Healthy 100% Whole W...
by Diane Lofshult
If you are confused about some of the latest scientific findings from the ongoing, large-scale Women’s Health Initiative, welcome to the club! One recent finding, in particular, surprised researchers and consumers alike: Low-fat diets apparently offer no real benefits in ter...
by Diane Lofshult
You have probably seen those funny TV commercials that show harried men fighting at the dairy counter for the last carton of milk, ostensibly to bring it home to wives who are mad with premenstrual syndrome (PMS). While this is effective product marketing, research has shown that calcium supplementation can reduce the severity of PMS symptoms, perhaps because blood calcium and v...
Exercise capacity decreases with age—this is something most fitness professionals already know. But until recently, scientists did not know how much exercise women should be able to do relative to their age. Researchers answered this question in the August 4 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (2005; 353 [5], 468–75) by creating a nomogram, which is a graph...
Women who take daily doses of extra-strength Tylenol® need to monitor their blood pressure, according to a study published online in the August 15 Hypertension. The study involved 5,123 women participating in the Nurses’ Health Study at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. None had high blood pressure when the trial began. Wome...
by Diane Lofshult
French women, move over. Some new gals are going to be the talk of the town for their ability to stay slim.
According to a study published in the June 2005 online edition of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, women who follow a vegetarian diet are signif...
Do you have a client who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer? There is evidence that continuing an exercise program may improve her chances of survival. A study published in the May 25 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (2005; 293 [20], 2479–86) found that women with breast cancer who participated in physical activity equal to walking 1 or more hours pe...
