The Role Of Vitamin B3 Niacin
Vitamin B3 niacin is an essential vitamin for your body, and it is just one of the eight water soluble types of B vitamins. Nearly all of the B vitamin classes will help the body convert carbohydrates into sugar or glucose, which can then be burned to produce energy. Also known as complex B vitamins, B3 niacin are essential in helping the body break down protein and fat.
Complex B vitamins also play an important role with maintaining muscle tone within the digestive tract, along with the health of the skin, nervous system, live, eyes, hair, and mouth. Even though a lot of people associate creative with the aspect of muscles and muscle tone, vitamin B3 niacin is as equally important - if not more important. (more…)

Study: Ephedra-Free Weight Loss Products May Pose Risk (Healthday)
Two "ephedra-free" over-the-counter dietary supplements containing bitter orange extract could pose health dangers of their own, a new study suggests. (more…)

Food Addiction Can Lead to Death
Food has been described as ambrosia and the elixir if life. For some, eating is a biological necessity for others it is a passion that can turn into an obsession. Experts define food addiction to be a disorder where the addict is preoccupied with food, the availability of food, and the pleasure of eating. There are three recognized addictions: (more…)

I?ve Rediscovered My Waist
After many years my waist has finally emerged from under all the flab. I’ve got some shape back and I’m thrilled. The combination of sensible eating and regular exercise has been the secret.

My fitness regime is made up of walking 40 minutes three of four times a week, strength training twice a week and a […] (more…)

Equivalent glycemic load (EGL): a method for quantifying the glycemic responses elicited by low carbohydrate foods
Background:
Glycemic load (GL) is used to quantify the glycemic impact of high-carbohydrate (CHO) foods, but cannot be used for low-CHO foods. Therefore, we evaluated the accuracy of equivalent-glycemic-load (EGL), a measure of the glycemic impact of low-CHO foods defined as the amount of CHO from white-bread (WB) with the same glycemic impact as one serving of food.
Methods:
Several randomized, cross-over trials were performed by a contract research organization using overnight-fasted healthy subjects drawn from a pool of 63 recruited from the general population by newspaper advertisement. Incremental blood-glucose response area-under-the-curve (AUC) elicited by 0, 5, 10, 20, 35 and 50g CHO portions of WB (WB-CHO) and 3, 5, 10 and 20g glucose were measured. EGL values of the different doses of glucose and WB and 4 low-CHO foods were determined as: EGL = (F-B)/M, where F is AUC after food and B is y-intercept and M slope of the regression of AUC on grams WB-CHO. The dose-response curves of WB and glucose were used to derive an equation to estimate GL from EGL, and the resulting values compared to GL calculated from the glucose dose-response curve. The accuracy of EGL was assessed by comparing the GL (estimated from EGL) values of the 4 doses of oral-glucose with the amounts actually consumed.
Results:
Over 0-50g WB-CHO (n=10), the dose-response curve was non-linear, but over the range 0-20g the curve was indistinguishable from linear, with AUC after 0, 5, 10 and 20g WB-CHO, 10+/-1, 28+/-2, 58+/-5 and 100+/-6mmolxmin/L, differing significantly from each other (n=48). The difference between GL values estimated from EGL and those calculated from the dose-response curve was 0g (95% confidence-interval, +/-0.5g). The difference between the GL values of the 4 doses of glucose estimated from EGL, and the amounts of glucose actually consumed was 0.2g (95% confidence-interval, +/-1g).
Conclusions:
EGL, a measure of the glycemic impact of low-carbohydrate foods, is valid across the range of 0-20g CHO, accurate to within 1g, and at least sensitive enough to detect a glycemic response equivalent to that produced by 3g oral-glucose in 10 subjects. (more…)

Food Fights Image Problems: Tasty or Terrible?
Tofu vegetable stir fry is a quick, versatile dish that can be made with any combination of vegetables and enlivened with the seasonings of your choice. (more…)

7 Tricks How To Stick To Your Decision To Lose Weight
So, you’ve decided to lose weight. You’re changing your eating habits, you began to exercise… But do you know what the most difficult part is? It’s ability to stay on track. Here are few tips that will help you to stay on track. (more…)