Breaking Diet & Weight Loss News

• Dieters advised to avoid pictures of food

  The mere sight of appetising food can lead men to abandon their healthy diet plans, new research suggests.
  
  Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry found that the sight...

• Eating grapes 'may protect eye health'

  People who regularly include grapes in their diet plans may benefit from protection against vision loss, new research suggests.
  
  Scientists at Fordham University in New York believe...

• 'No amount of alcohol consumption is safe during pregnancy'

  No amount of alcohol consumption is safe during pregnancy, according to the authors of a new study on foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
  
  Scientists from the University of...

• Reality TV 'encourages unhealthy focus on body image'

  Reality television shows have been criticised for encouraging men and women to adopt an unhealthy focus on their body image.
  
  According to the Succeed Foundation, several societal factors have led to an obsession with body image among...

• Flavonoid-rich diet good for diabetics

  Type-2 diabetics have been told they may benefit from eating a diet rich in dark chocolate and other foods that contain...

• Pancreatic cancer risk raised by too much processed meat

  People who eat processed meats every day are more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than those who do not consume any.
  
  That is the stark conclusion of new Swedish research, suggesting that it doesn't take a great deal to...

• Don't 'make drastic changes to your diet in one go'

  While many people will have cut down their food and alcohol intake following several weeks of excess over Christmas and the New Year, one expert suggests that is important not to try and reach your...

• New research reiterates how making healthy lifestyle decisions is one of the best ways to ensure you don't develop diabetes.

  A team of researchers from Emory University in the US have been looking at the success of lifestyle intervention programmes, which involved giving people exercise equipment, gym memberships and personal coaching, as well as...

• No need to stop eating out to lose weight

  When it comes to diet plans, most people imagine that cutting out the trips to restaurants is necessary to make any concerted effort to...

• Mental attitude 'key to weight loss'

  Mental attitude is key to the success of diets, with a person's mindset likely to make or break their weight loss...