Vitamin D Levels In Children Most Likely Determined By Supplements Taken And Consumption Of Cow’s Milk

Taking a vitamin D supplement and drinking cow’s milk are the two most important factors that determine how much vitamin D is in a child’s body, new research has found. Those factors play a bigger role than even skin colour and exposure to the sun, according to Dr

Giving Up Sugar Has A Small But Significant Impact On Body Weight

Decreasing sugar consumption has a small but meaningful impact on body weight in adults. The finding, published online in the BMJ, established that although the impact is somewhat small (an average of 0…

Nations That Consume A Lot Of Milk….Also Win A Lot Of Nobel Prizes

Milk is a good brain food, but it could just reflect a strong educational system Nations that consume a lot of milk and milk products also tend to have a lot of Nobel laureates among their populations, suggest the authors of a letter, published in Practical Neurology…

Coca-Cola Launches Anti-Obesity Campaign

Coca-Cola, the most powerful and well known soft drinks company in the world, is claiming to publicly address the link between sugary drinks and obesity with a global advertising campaign which has started in the USA. This is quite a change from the promotion of its soft drinks as a route to happiness…

Strawberries, blueberries may cut heart attack risk in women

Women who ate at least three servings of blueberries and strawberries per week had fewer heart attacks. Blueberries and strawberries contain high levels of compounds that have cardiovascular benefits.

Childhood Weight May Be Influenced By Limiting Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Levels During Pregnancy

Southampton researchers have demonstrated that mothers who have higher levels of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which are found in cooking oils and nuts, during pregnancy have fatter children…

Prostate Cancer Progression May Be Prevented By A High Fiber Diet

A high-fiber diet may have the clinical potential to control the progression of prostate cancer in patients diagnosed in early stages of the disease. The rate of prostate cancer occurrence in Asian cultures is similar to the rate in Western cultures, but in the West, prostate cancer tends to progress, whereas in Asian cultures it does not…

New Study Highlights Effectiveness Of Healthy Lifestyle Text Messages For Teens

R U eating healthy 2day? According to the Nielsen consumer research group, teens receive an average of 3,417 text messages per month (that’s 114 texts per day!). Couple this with CDC’s report that high school students’ consumption of fruit and vegetables is, on average, 1…

Improving The Appeal Of Whole Wheat Bread

The key to giving whole wheat bread a more appetizing aroma and taste may lie in controlling the amounts of a single chemical compound that appears in the bread, which nutritionists regard as more healthful than its refined white counterpart…

A Rich Source Of Healthful Antioxidants Discovered In Used Coffee Grounds

To plant food, insect repellant and other homespun uses for spent coffee grounds, scientists are adding an application that could make the gunk left over from brewing coffee a valuable resource for production of dietary supplements. Their new report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry concludes that used coffee grounds are a rich source of healthful antioxidant substances…

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