Caffeine can disrupt sleep hours later
Drinking coffee might be a nice way to round off the evening meal or perk you up in the late afternoon, but it may well disrupt your sleep hours later when you retire for the night, according to a new study reported this week.
November 15, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: coffee-might, evening, may-well, meal-or-perk, new-study, nice-way, night, nutrition, sleep, sleep-hours, the-evening, the-late, week
Helping school children choose healthy options
When schools adopt healthful nutrition policies and practices, kids’ diets improve.
November 15, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: healthful-nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, schools-adopt
Engineered veggies target intestinal lipids, improve cholesterol
UCLA researchers report that tiny amounts of a specific type of lipid in the small intestine may play a greater role than previously thought in generating the high cholesterol levels and inflammation that lead to clogged arteries.
November 15, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cholesterol, diet, generating-the-high, greater-role, high-cholesterol, intestine-may, on call diets, specific-type, tiny-amounts, ucla
Study: federal nutrition program fails to improve dietary quality
The largest US federal nutrition program, called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or SNAP – does not do enough to provide recipients with food security or the nutritional content that they need. This is according to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
November 15, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: assistance, called-the-supplemental, diet, federal-nutrition, journal, nutrition, nutritional, provide-recipients, snap, study-published, supplemental, the-nutritional
