Word: diets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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February 1993 In a letter to Vanity Fair, Streisand denounces comments made about her by her former diet nutritionist...
...detect all sorts of flaws in DNA long before they can be fixed. In some cases the knowledge may lead to treatments that delay the onset of the disease or soften its effects. Someone with a genetic predisposition to heart disease, for example, could follow a low-fat diet. And if scientists determine that a vital protein is missing because the gene that was supposed to make it is defective, they might be able to give the patient an artificial version of the protein. But in other instances, almost nothing can be done to stop the ravages brought...
...First "good" cholesterol, now "good" fat. A type of body fat has been found that, paradoxically, protects against obesity. Mice bred to have a deficit of "brown fat" gain a great deal of weight very quickly when fed a normal diet. Researchers believe that the brown fat, which is also present in humans, triggers the burning of extra calories...
...diet doctor insists you can eat, drink and be thin...
...recent morning, offering a tasting of dishes on his restaurant menu, ; Montignac charmed a procession of Parisian housewives. "Your chocolate mousse with fructose is pure genius," gushed Pauline Newmann-Laugier, whose husband, a financier, introduced her to the diet. "The best thing about Montignac," she said, leering at a cheesecake on the counter, is that "you don't feel guilty...