“Fiber consumption predicted weight gain, insulin levels, and other [cardiovascular disease] risk factors more strongly than did total or saturated fat consumption,” according to a recent study.

Mexican-American children who eat at fast food restaurants the most are 2.2 times more likely to be overweight than those who ate fast food the least according to a study from researchers at the University of California-San Diego’s School of Medicine.

Glucomannan may slow the aging process according to a study by Peng et al (1994 and 1995).

Glucomannan is a gel-forming, water-soluble fiber that has been shown to cause weight loss. Here is brief description of it.

Men who ate a high-fiber cereal which contained 33 grams of insoluble fiber, ate 173 fewer calories at the next meal compared to men who ate a low-fiber cereal according to a study from the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

How long have you heard that protein and carbohydrates provide 4 calories per gram of food, and fat provides 9 calories per gram? Probably forever. But these numbers are bogus according to a recent paper by Dr. Geoffrey Livesey.

Increasing dietary fiber from 34 grams per day to 64 grams per day reduces protein absorption by 5.7 percent and fat absorption by 3 percent notes obesity researcher Arnie Astrup.

Hamburger and beef consumption are associated with being heavier for men, while hamburger, fried chicken, hot dogs, bacon, sausage, eggs, french fries and fat intake are associated with being heavier in women according to a new study.

Normal weight people lost an average of 2 pounds in one month and obese people lost an average of 4.4 pounds while eating a diet containing fiber-rich Goami No. 2 rice compared to when they were fed the same diet but with standard white rice according to a study from Korea.

“[Our study suggests that] the composition of a diet, especially low dietary fiber and fruit intake, plays a role in the etiology [cause] of obesity,” the paper concluded.
new study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

Fruits, vegetable and dietary fiber intake are associated with lower body weight, whereas fat and protein intake are associated with higher body weight over time according to a new study from the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Obesity is twice as common in constipated children 4- to 17-years-old according to a new study from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

A low fat, high fiber diet can cause spontaneous weight loss according to a recent study.

The one-fifth of people eating the most reduced-fat dairy products, fruit, and fiber weighed less than the one-fith eating the least according to a new study from researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

SATURATED FAT MAY NOT INCREASE THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE as much previously thought. This comes from a study lasting six years involving 43,757 male health professionals aged 40 to 75.

High-fiber, whole-grain foods are associated with less weight gain over time than refined-grain foods according to a recent study from researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.

“Women who consumed more whole grains consistently weighed less than did women who consumed less whole grains,” the authors wrote.

LEAN PEOPLE EAT 50% MORE FIBER than moderately or severely obese people (18.8 grams versus 13.3 grams versus 13.7 grams per day, respectively) according to a recent study.