Pathogens in cheese – researchers follow the traces of deadly bacteria
Listeria is a rod-shaped bacterium highly prevalent in the environment and generally not a threat to human health. One species however, Listeria monocytogenes, can cause listeriosis, a very dangerous disease.
March 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: environment, listeria, oncalldietitian.com, pathogen, raw-meat, raw-milk, rod-shaped-bacterium, smoked-fish, the-environment, very-dangerous
Pitt-led study shows lifestyle interventions can prevent major depression in adults with mild symptoms
Discussions with a dietary coach to learn about healthy eating were as effective as meeting with a counselor for problem-solving or “talk” therapy in preventing major depression among older black and white adults with mild symptoms of the mood disorder, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Maryland.
March 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: depression, dietary-coach, healthy-eating, mild-symptoms, mood, nutrition, older-black, on call diets, pittsburgh, preventing-major, the-mood, university
Health improvements likely following studies of gut flora in infants and toddlers
Breastfeeding until at least nine months of age increases prevalence in the gastrointestinal tract of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, species which are known to contribute to development of a healthy immune system, according to a paper describing the establishment of the intestinal microbiota during the first three years of life.
March 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: age-increases, during-the-first, establishment, lactobacilli, on call diets, the-first, the-gastrointestinal, the-intestinal
