Don’t be fooled by catchy terms like “wheat belly” and “bagel butt”….a fad diet is still a fad diet, no matter how you dress it up. That’s exactly the story behind the new book Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health that was released today.
A recent study published in this month’s issue of Pediatrics found that adolescents who consumed a diet rich in folic acid displayed improved academic performance. The students who regularly consumed adequate amounts of folic acid in their diets did better in school than those who did not.
The Interagency Working Group (IWG), which consists of the following government agencies: FDA, CDC, USDA and FTC, recently issued proposed guidelines for regulating food marketing to children in an effort to combat childhood obesity. Following release of the guidelines, the IWG invited public comment and members of the grain chain, including the Grain Foods Foundation, urged the agencies involved to recall the suggested rules.
A recent study published in the July issue of the journal Gastroenterology examined cancer rates since the government-mandated fortification of enriched grains began in 1998. Turns out, eating more enriched grains to increase intake of folic acid can actually be protective against developing colorectal cancer.
An old diet really can do new tricks. A study published in this month’s Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine revealed that adolescent girls who closely followed the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, widely known as the DASH diet, had a smaller tendency to gain extra weight by early adulthood than girls who followed it less closely.
The eagerly awaited MyPlate icon was released today and we commend the USDA for its work in developing it. The new icon replaces the MyPyramid graphic, aiming to help consumers follow a healthy eating pattern based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans released earlier this year.
The Dr. Oz Show featured a segment recently called “Are Carbs the New Cocaine?” that likened the effects of eating carbohydrate-rich foods to those of using illicit drugs. That’s a pretty outrageous statement and we’d like to set the record straight. Our scientific advisory board chairman, Dr. Glenn Gaesser, professor and director of the Healthy Lifestyles Research Center at Arizona State University and author of Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health and It’s the Calories, Not the Carbs, shares his perspective on Dr. Oz’s claims.
The FDA’s Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 calls for a rule that defines the term “gluten-free” for food labels. The rule surrounding this term has not yet been finalized, thus the proposed rule remains open for comment, and comment we did!
At a recent American Heart Association conference, researchers presented study findings showing that eating breakfast cereal regularly can decrease the risk of developing high blood pressure.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of bread and flour enrichment programs in the United States. Taking a look back at the last 70 years, a lot of good has come about from the enrichment of grain foods such as white bread, bagels, pasta, tortillas and white rice.