Nutrition Rating Symbols Should Appear In Front Of Drink And Food Packaging
A system with symbols to illustrate the calorie, trans fats, sodium and added sugars should be displayed in the front of drink and food packaging, says the Institute of Medicine, USA, in a new report. The new system should be used on all foods and drinks – they should replace current systems placed on packaging…
October 21, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: all-foods, food-packaging, institute, medicine, new-system, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, replace-current, systems-placed, the-front, trans-fats, usa
Americans : "Reduce Your Salt Intake" Says CDC
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced, fairly definitively, that Americans eat too much salt, and action needs to be taken to reduce the nation’s salt consumption.
October 21, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: disease-control, food-industry, heart-disease, high-blood, much-salt, nation, nutrition / diet, risks
Starving Non-Malignant Tumors
The condition tuberous sclerosis, due to mutation in one of two tumor suppressor genes, TSC1 or TSC2, causes the growth of non-malignant tumors throughout the body and skin. These tumors can be unsightly and cause serious damage to organs…
October 21, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, cause-serious, growth, nutrition, throughout-the-body, tsc1-or-tsc2, tumors-throughout, two-tumor
Women Do Not Get Enough Vitamin D During The Menopause
A healthy diet is especially important during the menopause a period in which the risk of suffering from health problems increases. Various studies analyse the diet of peri and postmenopausal women in Spain alongside the troubles that come with this transition.
October 21, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, health-problems, healthy-diet, menopause, nutritional counseling, results-show, risk, spain, the-diet, transition, troubles
