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Low Cholesterol Diet: Plant Sterols & Stanol
What are sterols and stanols, and does anyone like to eat them?By R. Morgan Griffin WebMD Weight Loss Clinic - FeatureReviewed By Cynthia Haines, MD Almost everyone has eaten cholesterol-lowering foods like walnuts, salmon, and oatmeal. But what's a pla...

Low Cholesterol Diet: Soy Protein
Versatile soy protein may lower bad fats floating in your bloodstreamBy R. Morgan Griffin WebMD Weight Loss Clinic - FeatureReviewed By Cynthia Haines, MD Soy protein can be a meal, a side dish, a snack or a drink. Made from the soybean, it's a staple o...

Low Cholesterol Diet: Walnuts, Heart Healthy
Walnuts aren't just for holidays anymoreBy R. Morgan Griffin WebMD Weight Loss Clinic - FeatureReviewed By Cynthia Haines, MD If you're like many Americans, you may crack open fresh walnuts only during the holiday season. But research shows there's good...

Low Fat Diet
do not protect women against heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer or colon cancer, a major study has found, contradicting what had once been promoted as one of the cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle.The eight-year study of nearly 50,000 middle-age and...

Low Fat Diet
Diets that are high in fat are often associated with obesity and some types of cancer. Thus a low fat diet can create numerous benefits for an individual: It can help you lose excess weight and reduce the risk of heart failure. This diet does not necess...

Low Fat Diets
For the last 20 years, health authorities have been saying that a low fat diet is best. Indeed many people have been able to gain some control over their weight by lowering their fat consumption. However there is much argument as to whether low fat is b...

Low Fat Frozen Drinks: Smoothies and More
Chill out with these lower-cal concoctionsBy Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, LD WebMD Weight Loss Clinic - Expert ColumnWhen it's hot outside, sometimes nothing hits the spot like an icy-cold frozen drink.But as delicious and satisfying as these beverages can...

Low Glycemic Diet
The Glycemic Index (GI) was originally devised to help diabetics. The index is a ranking of carbohydrate foods which measures the rate at which the blood glucose (or blood sugar) levels rise when a particular food is eaten.Pure glucose has a rating of 1...

Low Protein Diet
A low-protein diet is any diet in which the protein intake is reduced. Anyone diagnosed with kidney or liver disease may be prescribed a low-protein diet. In any case, a diet which is especially low in protein should only be undertaken under medical dir...

Low Protein Diets
A low-protein diet is any diet in which the protein intake is reduced. Anyone diagnosed with kidney or liver disease may be prescribed a low-protein diet. In any case, a diet which is especially low in protein should only be undertaken under medical dir...

Low Sodium Diet
Sodium is a mineral found as a natural ingredient in many foods. The most common form of sodium is salt. The lowsodium diet allows you 1/8teaspoon of salt per day to use in food preparation or at the table. Salt substitutes use potassium instead of sodi...

Low Sodium Diet
Few people doubt the importance of sodium in one's diet. Sodium is crucial to the operation of many metabolic and physiologic processes in your body. However, too much sodium can put a person at additional risk for high blood pressure (hypertension)...

Low Sodium Diet
A Low Sodium (or Low Salt) Diet aims to reduce the daily intake sodium or salt. The daily recommended intake of sodium is 2.4 grams (2,400 milligrams) per day. Most people in Western countries eat far more than this. This amount of sodium is equal to a ...

Low-carbohydrate diet
Low-carbohydrate diets or low carb diets are nutritional programs that advocate restricted carbohydrate consumption, based on research that ties consumption of certain carbohydrates with increased blood insulin levels, and overexposure to insulin with m...

Low-Fat Dairy: Risk of Infertility?
Using data from 116,000 US nurses - Harvard researchers have found that women who frequently ate low-fat dairy were 85% more likely to have ovulation problems. However if eating full-fat dairy foods appeared to cut the risk of this type of infertility....

Low-Fat Microwave Crispix Mix Recipe
Low-Fat Microwave Crispix MixIngredients:7 cups Crispix® cereal 1/2 cup Planters® reduced-fat peanuts1 1/2-2 cups pretzels1 1/2 tablespoon Smart Balance® margarine (or similar), melted 1 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder ...

Low-protein diet
A low-protein diet is a diet in which people reduce their intake of protein . A low-protein diet is often prescribed to people with kidney or liver disease....

Lunch: Healthy Lunchbox Tips
Try these easy ideas for quick brown bag nutritionBy Dottie Ward-Wimmer, RN WebMD Weight Loss Clinic - FeatureReviewed By Louise Chang, MD Lunch often gets lost in the hustle and bustle of getting kids off to school in the morning. You may prefer to giv...

Luscious Licuado Recipe
Luscious LicuadoPrep time: 3 minutesIngredients:2 cups low-fat milk1 cup fresh or frozen berries, such as strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries1 ripe banana, sliced2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate3 teaspoons sugar or artificial sweetener1 cup ...