Could grapefruit juice curb the effects of a high-fat diet?
Researchers from the University of California-Berkeley find that mice fed a high-fat diet gain less weight and have better insulin tolerance when they drink grapefruit juice.
October 9, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, drink-grapefruit, from-the-university, high-fat-diet, insulin-tolerance, mice-fed, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, university
Sugar consumption led to memory problems and brain inflammation in adolescent rats
Studying rats as model subjects, scientists found that adolescents were at an increased risk of suffering negative health effects from sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
October 9, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, from-sugar-sweetened, health-effects, model-subjects, nutritional counseling, on call diets, rats-as-model, suffering-negative
In advanced dementia or other near end-of-life patients, gastrostomy tube not recommended
Based on current scientific literature, gastrostomy tube (G-tube) placement or other long-term enteral access devices should be withheld or withdrawn in patients with advanced dementia or other near…
October 9, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advanced-dementia, based-on-current, current-scientific, devices-should, enteral-access, nutrition, other-long-term, tube
