New Research Findings-Interesting

Someone mentioned this briefly in a post, but I thought I'd throw out some of the information in case you missed it in the news today. This comes from the New England Journal of Medicine article published today about how food choices affect weight gain or loss.

-The study data comes from 120,877 health American men and women who recorded their eating, exercise, and other habits for the Nurses Health Study, the Nurses Health Study II, and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study - Harvard has been running these studies for many years (I remember my mom filling out her info when I was a little girl)

-The study concluded all foods are not equal, and just eating in moderation is not enough

-Every additional serving of potatoes added to a person's regular diet each day made them gain about a pound every 4 years - but even if the potatoes were boiled, mashed, etc rather than as french fries there was a 1.69 pound weight gain. This is attributed to the affect potatoes have on insulin

-Not suprisingly, every serving of fruits and vegetables prevented between a quareter and a half pound gain each year.

-Every extra serving of nuts prevented more than a half pound of weight gain

-Yogurt was suprisingly effective with every serving keeping off nearly a pound over four years

So we're ahead of the curve with our healthy fruits and veggies, but we'll have to add in the yogurt and steer clear of those potatoes!