Christian Finn

Adults are continually bombarded with messages about how eating foods rich in cholesterol can elevate an individual's risks of atherosclerosis and heart attacks. Many such warnings have focused on eggs because their yolks are a major dietary source of cholesterol.

However, eggs may be getting a bum rap, suggest the findings of a study reported at the Experimental Biology 2006 meeting in San Francisco.

Ergolean AMP is currently sold as a dietary supplement. It contains an obscure substance that was patented in 1944 and considered for use as an inhalant for nasal decongestion by Eli Lilly and Company. It is known as methylhexaneamine, according to Don Catlin, a noted researcher who analyzed the product.

Supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) could prevent weight and fat gain at times of the year when people are most susceptible, as well as during the natural ageing process, says a new study supported by Cognis.

It's been less than two hours since your last meal. So, why are you still hungry?

If you've ever tried to lose weight, you're probably familiar with that intense sense of hunger, which just won't go away.

A new study, which made front-page news here in the UK, could have the answer you're looking for...

Having a caffeine supplement, equivalent to about two cups of coffee, an hour before exercise may reduce muscle pain afterwards by almost 50 percent, say researchers.

"This experiment found that caffeine (equal to about two cups of brewed coffee) could produce a large reduction in pain resulting from eccentric exercise–induced, delayed-onset muscle injury," wrote lead author Victor Maridakis from the University of Georgia.

Drinking cherry juice could reduce the pain and damage in muscles induced by exercise, says a small study from the US.

The study, carried out at the University of Vermont, finds that cherries may not only help control inflammation but can help blunt delayed-onset muscle soreness and speed up recovery following intense exercise.

If you have your eyes and ears peeled for weight loss news, there's no way you could have missed the recent study showing that Atkins dieters lost more weight over a one-year span than people following other popular diets, including the Zone, Dean Ornish's diet, and the LEARN diet.

However, one big problem with the way the study was done means that there's only one reliable conclusion we can draw from it... and it's NOT that the Atkins Diet delivers a faster rate of fat loss than the other three diets.

Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that daily doses of oil containing omega-3 fatty acids, combined with moderate exercise like walking for 45 minutes, can result in significant weight loss.

You've probably read a lot about how antioxidants can protect against disease, ease muscle soreness and keep you looking young. Antioxidants may also have a small (but beneficial) effect on muscle growth and fat loss by altering the testosterone-cortisol ratio in your body.

And if you're like many people, you probably take vitamin supplements that contain these antioxidants. But there's something even better. And it's so effective – and so easy – that you'll probably have a hard time believing it!

Figuring out whether a food is "good" or "bad" for you by reading nutrition labels can be very difficult, especially when the least healthy form of fat isn’t even listed on the label.

Research shows that trans fatty acids, or trans fats, are worse for you than the saturated fat in butter or meat (which wasn't really that bad in the first place).

But food manufacturers don't even have to list trans fatty acids on labels. In fact, many people are surprised to learn that a product can proudly claim on the label to be "trans fat free"... and still contain a significant amount of trans fatty acids!

You're about to learn what trans fats are, what they do to your body, and how to avoid them.