Magnesium Deficiency; Not Always A Nutritional Problem

Researchers and scientists of the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, in cooperation with the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, and colleagues from the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and the Czech Republic have succeeded in identifying a genetic cause of magnesium deficiency. The study from Dr…

The Importance Of Monitoring Vitamin D Levels In All Patients With Cirrhosis

Vitamin D deficiency is a well reported complication in chronic cholestatic liver disease such as primary biliary cirrhosis. While the prevalence and treatment of this deficiency has been addressed in many articles over the last decades, little is known of the vitamin D status in alcoholic liver cirrhosis…

The Importance Of Monitoring Vitamin D Levels In All Patients With Cirrhosis

Vitamin D deficiency is a well reported complication in chronic cholestatic liver disease such as primary biliary cirrhosis. While the prevalence and treatment of this deficiency has been addressed in many articles over the last decades, little is known of the vitamin D status in alcoholic liver cirrhosis…

What Is Vitamin C? What Is L-Ascorbic Acid?

Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid or L-ascorbate is a vital nutrient for many animals, including humans. It is an antioxidant which protects the body against oxidative stress

How Much Should I Eat?

How much an individual should eat depends on many factors, including their height, age, sex, general state of health, job, leisure time activities, genetics, body size, body composition, and what medications they may be on. How much relates to your daily calorie intake requirement – consume more each day than you use up and you will usually put on weight, consume less and the opposite will happen…

How Much Should I Eat?

How much an individual should eat depends on many factors, including their height, age, sex, general state of health, job, leisure time activities, genetics, body size, body composition, and what medications they may be on. How much relates to your daily calorie intake requirement – consume more each day than you use up and you will usually put on weight, consume less and the opposite will happen…

More Progress, More Quickly On Tackling Poor Diet And Alcohol Misuse, UK

The Responsibility Deal shows how partnership and challenge can be the most effective way of tackling some public health objectives, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today as he unveiled signatories to the first phase of the deal…

Minister Aglukkaq Highlights The Important Role Of The Nutrition North Canada External Advisory Board

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Member of Parliament for Nunavut, Regional Minister for the North and Minister of Health, on behalf of the Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, joined Elizabeth Copland, Chair of the Nutrition North Canada Advisory Board, to emphasize the Board’s com…

Advanced Practitioners Leading The Way In Nutrition, Australia

The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) is proud to announce the latest recipients of the Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian (AdvAPD) credential.

Maryland Sprout Processor Enters Into Consent Decree With The FDA

The Food and Drug Administration announced that Vegi-Pak Farm LLC of Mt. Airy, Md., and its president, Sun Ja Lee, and general manager, Brian W. Lee, signed a consent decree recently prohibiting them from processing, holding and distributing bean sprouts due to their failure to comply with federal food safety laws…

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