Vitamin D Deficiency Speeds Up Aging Of Bones

The bones of people with vitamin D deficiency tend to age faster compared to those with healthy levels of “the sunshine vitamin”, American and German scientists found.

In Rat Model, Choline Intake Improves Memory And Attention-Holding Capacity

An experimental study in rats has shown that consuming choline, a vitamin B group nutrient found in foodstuffs like eggs and chicken or beef liver, soy and wheat germ, helps improve long-term memory and attention-holding capacity…

What Is Grape Seed Extract? What Are The Benefits Of Grape Seed Extract?

Grape seed extract is an industrial derivative of grape seeds, extremely rich in antioxidants and oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes (OPCs). The extract has a wide range of therapeutic properties in healing wounds and treating conditions such as high cholesterol, atherosclerosis, macular degeneration, poor circulation, nerve damage, as well as preventing cancer…

Breast Really Is Best: Unraveling The Scientific Basis Of This Infant Feeding Axiom

Scientists are making strides toward unraveling the surprisingly complex chemistry underpinning that axiom of infant feeding “breast is best,” according to an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society…

Consumption Of Artificial Sweeteners Associated With Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease

More and more Americans are consuming artificial sweeteners as an alternative to sugar, but whether this translates into better health has been heavily debated…

Obesity Rising Despite More Physical Activity, USA

Even though Americans are more physically active now, the rising tide of obesity continues apace, researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington reported in the open-access journal Population Health Metrics…

Fish Oils Increase Risk Of Prostate Cancer

Men who eat a lot of oily fish or consume omega supplements should watch out, new research reveals that males with high blood concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids are at a higher risk of developing prostate cancer. The finding comes from a large prospective study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute…

What Is Zinc? What Are The Benefits Of Zinc?

Zinc (Zn) is a transition metal belonging to group 12 of the periodic table. As an “essential trace element” zinc has substantial biological importance for plants and animals.

Do Antibiotics In Animal Feed Pose A Serious Risk To Human Health?

As fears rise over antibiotic resistance, two experts on bmj.com today debate whether adding antibiotics to animal feed poses a serious risk to human health…

Colon Cancer Metastasis May Be Reduced By Consumption Of Soy Peptide

After a recent University of Illinois study showed that injection of the soy peptide lunasin dramatically reduced colon cancer metastasis in mice, the researchers were eager to see how making lunasin part of the animals’ daily diet would affect the spread of the disease…

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