Both the fat and the protein in dairy products can affect digestive function. When women with acute hip fractures are tested, half are found to be low in vitamin D, according to a study of women admitted to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Vitamin D is made by sun exposure to the skin and is important in regulating calcium balance. If you're aiming to lose weight, it's a whole lot easier to stick with a vegetarian diet than a calorie-restricted diet, according to the University of Pittsburgh's Cheryl Smith. Glowacki J. Occult vitamin D deficiency in postmenopausal U.S. women with acute hip fracture.
Young adults remain on vegetarian diet longer than on weight loss diets.
The figure climbed from 9.8 million in 1990 to 30.3 million in 1997, and it continues upward. The AIDS virus originated in West African chimpanzees, according to Beatrice Hahn and her colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The chimp version of the AIDS virus, called SIVcpz, is rare in captive chimps but has apparently spread among wild chimps for hundreds of thousands of years. Scientists believe humans first contracted the virus after capturing chimps for food. Nader Charges Gore with Obstructing Drugs for Africa Consumer and AIDS advocates have responded angrily to Vice President Al Gore's efforts to block the supply of less expensive AIDS drugs to Africa.