Insulin, Nutrition Found To Prevent Blood Stem Cell Differentiation In Fruit Flies
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that insulin and nutrition keep blood stem cells from differentiating into mature blood cells in Drosophila, the common fruit fly, a finding that has implications for studying inflammatory response and blood development in response to dietary changes in humans…
March 13, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood-cells, drosophila, immune system / vaccines, keep-blood, oncalldiets, stem-cell, stem-cells, the-common, ucla
Men Who Consume Sugar-Sweetened Drinks At Increased Risk Of Heart Disease
Men who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to men who didn’t drink any sugar-sweetened drinks, according to research published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal. “This study adds to the growing evidence that sugary beverages are detrimental to cardiovascular health,” said Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D…
March 13, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, heart-disease, on call diets, oncalldiets, percent-higher, study-adds, sugary-beverages, the-growing
Link Between Red Meat Consumption And Increased Risk Of Total, Cardiovascular, And Cancer Mortality
A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has found that red meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of total, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality.
March 13, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: harvard, harvard-school, lower-risk, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, other-healthy, protein-sources, public
