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Even if PYY proves to be no miracle, it sheds light on how hunger works, and this comes at a time when Americans seem to be particularly confused about what makes us fat. The old arguments--is it too much fat, too many carbohydrates or too many calories?--were stirred up once again last month by an article in the New York Times Magazine suggesting that low-fat diets may be making us fatter. While the new information about PYY won't help you choose between a high-protein or low-fat diet, it goes a long way toward explaining...
HEART DISEASE Contrary to early studies on HRT, the WHI showed that the hormones do not protect against heart disease. In fact, they raise the risk. A low-fat diet and regular exercise several times a week are better bets. Lowering cholesterol is also important; if diet is not enough, drugs like statins can help bring cholesterol levels--and the risk of a heart attack--down...
Rose Frisch, associate professor of population sciences, published a study included in her recent book, Female Fertility and the Body Fat Connection, that found combining a low-fat diet with constant exercise can affect a woman’s ability to conceive, even if she appears perfectly healthy and is still menstruating...
Quorn, the most popular meat substitute in Europe, is little known in the U.S., but its manufacturer, Britain's Marlow Foods, wants to change that. Often formed into patties, Quorn is a low-fat alternative to chicken nuggets and beef burgers. But Marlow faces a marketing challenge in describing Quorn--a mycoprotein, or fungus that has been fermented. This fungus is in the same family as mushrooms though it sounds like a cousin to the stuff that causes athlete's foot. But last month the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington group sometimes dubbed the Food Police...
...share any award. The three were right on the money. The shareholders in their company, Patent Enforcement & Royalties, which trades on the Canadian Venture Exchange, are entitled to 50% of a $3 million January verdict against Land O'Lakes for infringing a New Yorker's patent of a low-fat coffee creamer. Three weeks ago, Conair, the hair-appliance maker, was ordered to pay a German inventor $28.5 million in back royalties for a device that prevents electric shock when driers get wet. "When the little guy needs help, that's where we come in," says McDonald, above...