| Why Crash Diets Crash
Dieters struggling to change their food habits may now be able to say "so long" to extreme measures like cabbage soup and electro-shock therapy. New research shows efforts directed at eliminating types of food may be focused on the wrong target. Yesterday a Wall Street Journal columnist suggested that "what" you eat does not matter as much as "how": There's a lot of evidence that simply changing your habits and attention level while eating can make a difference in the quantity of food you ingest. In the new book "Mindless Eating," researcher Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab in Ithaca, N.Y., argues that external factors -- such as family habits, food packaging, distractions and even the location of food on the table -- often influence eating habits more than hunger.
Exercise and diet for healthy hearts
Heart disease kills more Americans annually than any other ailment. Keeping a healthy heart should be a priority for all Wisconsinites. More than 35 percent of all deaths in the state in 2004 were due to cardiovascular disease. People of both genders and all ages, races and ethnicities can suffer or die from this harrowing disease. Yet most people don't pay adequate attention to heart disease, failures and strokes. Many think they mostly afflict men of a certain age with particular health conditions. But women, and even younger women, are more likely than men are to get and die from heart disease. That's why women should follow new guidelines issued by the American Heart Association on Monday. .
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