Iron-rich foods to prevent anemia could ward off dementia too
Researchers have discovered that low iron levels in blood and anemia could be linked to increased risks for dementia, according to a study published in the journal Neurology. Anemia occurs when the number of red blood cells or concentrations of hemoglobin, a protein inside red blood cells, are low…
August 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer's / dementia, cells-or-concentrations, iron-levels, journal, number, nutrition, nutritional counseling, protein-inside, study-published, the-journal, the-number
Taste preference changes in different life stages of rats
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, found that aging elicits changes in taste preferences and that such changes appear to be independent of taste nerve activity…
August 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aging-elicits, all-aspects, annual-meeting, drinking-behavior, ingestive-behavior, oncalldiets, seniors / aging, society, ssib, taste-nerve, taste-preferences, the-foremost
Stress early in life leads to adulthood anxiety and preference for "comfort foods"
New research finds that adult rats reared in a stressful neonatal environment demonstrate more anxiety and stress, and they prefer to eat more foods rich in fat and sugar…
August 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: anxiety / stress, eat-more, foods-rich, more-anxiety, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, rats-reared, research-finds, stressful-neonatal
