Food Safety Tips For Packing Lunches

You do everything you can think of to ensure your kids eat a healthful lunch.

Aerobic Exercise May Reduce The Risk Of Dementia

Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition’s progression once it starts, reported a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Researchers examined the role of aerobic exercise in preserving cognitive abilities and concluded that it should not be overlooked as an important therapy against dementia…

Neonatal And Infant Feeding Disorders Program Saves Infants From Lifetime Of Feeding Tubes

An innovative approach to treating neonatal feeding problems at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has allowed infants who were struggling to feed orally to be discharged earlier and without feeding tubes, subsequently saving millions of annual healthcare charges…

Major Boost For The Probiotics Industry

A protective delivery vehicle that shuttles friendly bacteria safely through the stomach to the intestines could provide a major boost for the probiotics industry…

McDonald’s New Menu Includes Calorie Information, UK

The Department of Health announced today that starting this Wednesday, McDonald’s will be introducing calorie information to all of its menus in all of its 1,200 UK restaurants, to allow consumers to see calorie information of every article on their menu at a glance…

Walnuts Reduce Breast Cancer Risk By Half In Animal Studies

Mice fed a diet that included daily walnuts had half the risk of developing breast cancer compared to those on a typical diet, researchers from Marshal University School of Medicine reported in the journal Nutrition and Cancer. Elaine Hardman, Ph.D…

Potential Link Between Crohn’s Disease, Gut Microbes And Diet

“You are what you eat” is familiar enough, but how deep do the implications go? An interdisciplinary group of investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found an association between long-term dietary patterns and the bacteria of the human gut…

Metabolic Syndrome Prevented By Powerful Antioxidant Resveratrol In Lab Tests

Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta have discovered that resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant found in common foods, prevents a syndrome in some offspring that could lead to later health issues such as diabetes. Resveratrol is found in fruits, nuts and red wine, and has been shown to extend the lifespan of many species…

British Takeaways Have Shocking Levels Of Fat, Salt, Sugar And Colourings

A Local Government Group study which analyzed two takeaways, found “shocking” levels of sugar, salt, fat and colourings, as well as potentially deadly nuts and bogus meat. A single portion of chicken tikka masala and pilau rice was found to have 116% of an average person’s GDA (guideline daily amount) of saturated fat and 92% of salt

Study linking gut microbe type with diet has implications for fighting GI disorders

“You are what you eat” is familiar enough, but how deep do the implications go? An interdisciplinary group of investigators has found an association between long-term dietary patterns and the bacteria of the human gut.

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