Call to stick to healthy diet during Ramadan (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — The Public Health and Primary Health Care Sector of the Ministry of Health, Dubai, and Benefiber from Novartis Consumer Health have been encouraging the public to observe a healthy diet while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.
Current Diet session is chance for DPJ to show responsibility (The Japan Times Weekly)
An extraordinary session of the Diet, which started Sept. 10, is to provide a theater for a critical political battle between the Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan. With the DPJ as the No. 1 party in the Upper House, the LDP may have difficulties enacting bills.?
Man Loses 40 Pounds With Chipotle Diet (FOX 35 Orlando)
"I Used to Wear XXL Shirts, Now I'm Down to XL. An Independence, Mo. man said he lost 40 pounds, eating a Chipotle burrito every day. Justin Hall started the Chipotle Diet three months ago and so far, a burrito a day has him moving up the notches on his belt.
Mediterranean Diet May Help Alzheimer's Patients Live Longer (Medical News Today)
A Mediterranean diet may help people with Alzheimer's disease live longer than patients who eat a more traditional Western diet. The study is published in the September 11, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study followed 192 people with Alzheimer's disease in New York for an average of four and a half years. [click link for full article]
France gets first Ramadan diet book (AFP via Yahoo! News)
French Muslim women wishing to keep in shape during this year's Ramadan can turn for advice to the country's first ever Ramadan diet book.
