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Reuters - In a study in older adults, dietary intake of vitamins C and E was linked with muscle strength, leading the researchers to suggest at a meeting in Atlanta this past weekend that a diet high in antioxidants could play an important role in preserving muscle function in older adults

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) — Seniors who eat plenty of fruits
and vegetables and who have good cognitive function are much less likely
to die from heart disease than those who have poorer cognitive function
and eat fewer fruits and vegetables, a new study has found.

Reuters - Low-carb and high-carb diets work equally well for maintaining weight loss, Australian researchers report.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) — Not a big fan of dieting?
Join the club. But new research in rats hints at why weight loss is so
tough — perhaps as tough as kicking drug addiction.

Reuters - Fasting every other day can help obese people lose weight, a small study hints.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — To get down to a healthy
weight, obese and overweight people often struggle to cut their daily
caloric intake by a necessary 15 percent to 40 percent.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — Eating a Westernized diet
with lots of sugar and carbohydrates caused almost instantaneous changes
in the gut flora of mice — changes that caused the mice to become obese,
researchers have found.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) — Both a high-fat,
low-carbohydrate diet such as the popular Atkins program and a low-fat,
high-carb diet appear to help people lose pounds over the course of a
year.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) — Breast-feeding offers health
benefits for infants and mothers, and should be promoted and encouraged,
says an updated position paper released by the American Dietetic
Association.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) — If you want to lose weight,
exercise and diet are crucial. But a new study says other factors appear
to play a role, too — including the number of TVs in your house and the
presence of exercise equipment.