Did our early ancestors get smarter from eating bugs?
A 5-year study of capuchin monkeys suggests foraging for hard-to-find insects may have helped our early ancestors’ brains evolve the thinking ability that led to advanced tool use.
June 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advanced-tool, brains-evolve, capuchin-monkeys, evolve-the-thinking, insects-may, neurology / neuroscience, oncalldietitian.com, suggests-foraging, the-thinking, thinking
Impact of sugar on tooth decay remains a major health concern, says FGDP(UK)
It is important that the effect of sugar intake on tooth decay is considered alongside obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease as a major public health challenge, according to the Faculty of…
June 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dentistry, effect, faculty, health-challenge, heart-disease, intake-on-tooth, major-public, nutrition, sugar-intake, the-effect, tooth-decay
Coeliac UK launches new app to help manage a gluten-free diet
Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, announces the launch of its new app called ‘Gluten-free on the Move’.
June 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: announces-the-launch, coeliac-disease, food intolerance, its-new, launch, national, on call diets, the-national
Salmonella’s favorite food could prove to be its undoing
Study suggests that Salmonella’s reliance on one particular nutrient to survive, grow and inflict damage could lead to new treatment for the infection.
June 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: infection, inflict-damage, new-treatment, on call diets, one-particular, reliance-on-one, salmonella
