Fitness Factoids: Volume 20
Too Much Sugar Can Cause Heart Failure
A study published by The Journal of the American Heart Association has found that consuming just one molecule of a glucose metabolite known as glucose phosphate 6 (GP6) can lead to improper heart function. People consuming diets high in sugars and refined carbohydrates are most likely to build up high levels of GP6, leading to cardiac distress.
Fitness Factoids: Volume 19
High Glycemic Foods Trigger Additive Response In The Brain
A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that consuming high glycemic foods triggers a response in the brain similar to that of substance abuse. The study, which was conducted by the Harvard Medical School, found that rapidly digested carbohydrates such as sugar, potatoes, and white bread stimulate regions in the brain involved in hunger, cravings, and addiction.
Fitness Factoids:Volume 18
Six Meals Per Day Reduces Abdominal Fat
A study conducted by Skidmore College in New York has determined that high protein diets along with increased meal frequency reduce abdominal fat. Researchers set out to test the effects of whether traditional diets of 15% protein were as effective at burning fat as a high protein diets that contained 35% protein. Researchers also tested to see if distributing protein intake over six meals per-day was more effective than the traditional three-squares.
Fitness Factoids: Volume 17
Dietary Fructose Causes Liver Damage in Animal Model
A study published in the online edition of The Journal of American Clinical Nutrition has found that dietary fructose has the ability to damage the liver, even in the absence of weight gain. Researchers from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center conducted a six-week long study that tested the effects of a high fructose diet on liver function. In the study the researchers divided monkeys into two groups, each receiving the same caloric value of protein, fat, and carbohydrate in the diet.
Fitness Factoids-Volume 16
Scientists Link Processed Foods to Autoimmune Disease
A study conducted by scientists at Yale University and Erlangen-Nuremberg University in Germany have found that consumption of processed foods leads to autoimmune disease. The study concluded that excessive consumption of processed and refined salt has become one of the primary environmental factors responsible for the increased incidence of autoimmune disease.
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