The Star: September 08, 2016

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Study reveals rapid
weight loss food
VEGETARIANS LOSE weight
twice as fast as meat eaters,
according to a study.
It found that the fastest way
for dieters to fight the flab was
to give up meat products. They
constitute more than a third of
the average meat eater’s daily
calorie intake.
In the first month of a diet,
they lose on average 900g, while
vegetarians’ weight loss is double
that at about 1.8kg.
The difference is even more
noticeable for slimmers who quit
meat at the start of a diet – with
the first month’s weight loss averaging
about 2.3kg.
Vegetarians are said to typically
be better dieters because the
switch away from meat also leads
to people embracing a healthier
lifestyle.
The study found that vegetarians
were twice as likely to be
gym members as meat eaters and
exercise twice as much.
The study found vegetarians
were also more likely to pick
low-fat options at the supermarket
than meat eaters.
The study found vegetarians
were also more likely to pick
low-fat options at the supermarket
than meat eaters.
They are also much more likely
to pick low-fat options at the
supermarket and tend to shun
fast food restaurants – just 12 per
cent are users, compared to 39
per cent of meat eaters.
The study, involving 1000
people, was carried out by weight
loss firm Forza Supplements.
Managing director Lee Smith
said: “All our research shows that
becoming a veggie is a great way
to lose weight.
“It’s not that good lean meat is
particularly calorific but we find
that meat eaters consistently have
a higher calorie intake
because the meat they eat is
often cooked in an unhealthy
way.
“A grilled chicken thigh is just
135 calories but that shoots up
to 290 calories when it is fried by
one of the fast food outlets, with
another 300 calories if you add
fries. That is where all the damage
is done.” – Daily Mail
No more coffee
IT’S TOUGH news but
according to a new report from
The Climate Institute, coffee
could be wiped out by 2080.
Based on the report’s estimations,
if global warming continues
at its current rate, rising
temperatures will render half the
land currently used to farm coffee
unsuitable by 2050.
Climate change will also see
an increase in pests and fungi,
which will impact the ability to
farm beans at current levels and,
by 2080, wild coffee is expected
to be wiped from the planet.
This date may feel like plenty
of cups of coffee away, but as
temperatures rise, consumers
IN THE battle of the bulge,
fat-laden cheese is often the first
tasty treat to be scrubbed from
the weekly shopping list.
But research suggests that
consumers who switch to lowcalorie
alternatives may be wasting
their cash.
A study found that ‘skinny’
cheese does not lower cholesterol,
reduce blood pressure or
help to trim the waistline.
Volunteers who spent three
can expect to see their brew’s
flavour and aroma seriously impacted,
while facing increasing
price hikes as the beans become
more scarce.
“Looking ahead, it is hard to
see how consumer prices cannot
be anything but badly affected by
the projected long-term decline
in growing area and other impacts
of a more hostile climate,”
the report said.
Beyond having to find a new
morning fix, the disappearance
of the coffee plant would also
impact around 120 million
people whose livelihoods depend
on the production of coffee
beans.
Low fat cheese no better
months eating a daily portion
of regular fat-cheese, or a lowcalorie
option, saw little or no
difference in heart disease risk
by the end of the experiment.
The researchers, from the University
of Copenhagen, recruited
139 men and women with early
warning signs of heart disease
and allocated them a daily 80
gram portion of full-fat cheese
or the same amount of a lowcalorie
variety.
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