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Subject: Nutrition for a Happy Thanksgiving

AJCN Nov, 2008 - The November American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has many useful ideas to consider during Thanksgiving. Below are the headlines.  The numbers show where the extracts are linked at my web site.  The actual online article has all of the details. Ones like Can you keep it off? are worth reading in full.

SUMMARY - Here's my summary, with more at http://www.beloit.edu/nutrition/ln/ln08novajcn.htm
WEIGHT CONTROL
1. Can you keep it off? - the effectiveness of 3 diets for weight maintenance after a dramatic weight loss diet
7. Dairy affects men and women's weight loss or gain differently
3. Women thinner with flavonoids - catechins increase energy expenditure
HEALTH
4. Breakfast correlates with daily diet quality - breakfast was associated with diet quality, overall diet ED, and body weight.
5. Short brisk walks lower blood pressure - 6–7% lower after one day
6. Fiber helps your bowels
7. protein for our elders - approximate deficiency... of 5–6% for older men and women...
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
8. Multivitamin for pregnancy
9. Controlling children's weight in school still helps 2 y later.
10. Nutrient quality of fast food kids meals - Only 3% are adequate...
SURVIVAL
11. Only processed meats shorten life measure
12. How safe is fructose? [see related poster here] - really harmful to health
13. Smoking and obesity combination kills - a mortality risk 6–8 times that of normal
SPECIFIC DISEASES
14. oxidative stress likely to cause cardiovascular disease - the Mediterranean diet helps
15. Fish intake assists prostate cancer survival
16. Weight loss improves psoriasis therapy

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