Adolescents’ high-fat diet impairs memory and learning
A high-fat diet in adolescence appears to have long-lasting effects on learning and memory during adulthood, a new study in mice finds.
June 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, effects-on-learning, high-fat-diet, memory-during, new-study, nutrition, oncalldiets
Gustatory Sensors Determine Whether Salty Foods Taste Good Or Bad
As anyone who’s ever mixed up the sugar and salt while baking knows, too much of a good thing can be inedible. What hasn’t been clear, though, is how our tongues and brains can tell when the saltiness of our food has crossed the line from yummy to yucky – or, worse, something dangerous…
June 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: food, good-thing, line, our-food, saltiness, the-line, the-saltiness, the-sugar, tongues
Cocoa Powder Effective In Treating Obesity-Related Inflammation In Mouse Model
A few cups of hot cocoa may not only fight off the chill of a winter’s day, but they could also help obese people better control inflammation-related diseases, such as diabetes, according to Penn State researchers…
June 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chill, diet, few-cups, help-obese, hot-cocoa, may-not, oncalldiets, only-fight, people-better, state, such-as-diabetes
