More Americans using dietary supplements than previously thought
Supplement use among American adults is more prevalent than previously thought, says a new study, which used year-round, long-term usage data.
April 15, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, long-term-usage, more-prevalent, new-study, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets
Study on Mt. Everest shows how people get type 2 diabetes
A team of doctors, nurses and volunteers trekked up Mount Everest to exploit the thin air and observe how hypoxia (lack of oxygen) affects development of type 2 diabetes.
April 15, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: affects-development, diabetes, exploit-the-thin, how-hypoxia, mount, mount-everest, nutritional counseling, thin, thin-air, volunteers-trekked
Is reduced salt intake linked to the fall in deaths from cardiovascular disease?
In England, deaths from cardiovascular disease have plummeted, as has the average daily salt intake. A study in BMJ Open makes the case that the two events are linked.
April 15, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: average, bmj, case, makes-the-case, nutritional counseling, on call diets, the-two
Study of UK children finds low vitamin D linked to fatty liver disease
A UK study[i] investigating the link between low vitamin D status and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in British children has identified a genetic variant associated with the disease’s…
April 15, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-low, british, diet, estigating-the-link, fatty-liver, genetic-variant, nafld, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, the-disease, the-link
Women need iron and calcium for strength and exercise performance
A new University of Melbourne study has found that women who take iron supplements, experience a marked improvement in their exercise performance.
April 15, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: exercise, marked-improvement, melbourne, oncalldietitian.com, take-iron, their-exercise, university
