Study extols anti-prostate cancer effects of walnuts
A new mouse study suggests it is a component of walnuts themselves – not their omega-3 fatty acid content – that confers health benefits of slowing prostate cancer growth.
November 14, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acid-content, health-benefits, new-mouse, omega, omega-3-fatty, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, slowing-prostate, study-suggests
Electronic ‘tongue’ to ensure food quality
An electronic “tongue” could one day sample food and drinks as a quality check before they hit store shelves. Or it could someday monitor water for pollutants or test blood for signs of disease.
November 14, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: day-sample, diet, hit-store, monitor-water, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, pollutants-or-test, quality-check, test-blood
Enhanced emotional awareness promotes healthier eating
As obesity rates rise, health professionals and policy makers scramble to help consumers resist unhealthy eating choices, often focusing on better labeling and improved nutritional knowledge.
November 14, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: better-labeling, eating-choices, health-professionals, makers-scramble, nutritional counseling, obesity-rates, often-focusing, oncalldiets, resist-unhealthy
"Unhealthy surcharge" and food labeling can improve health and company profits
The American obesity epidemic is out of control, and health advocates are working hard to ensure that food labels clearly list calorie content and all unhealthy ingredients.
November 14, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: calorie-content, clearly-list, diet, food-labels, obesity-epidemic, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, working-hard
Companies that ‘do good’ may shelter beneath a "health halo" but sell unhealthy food
When consumers see a company performing good deeds, they often assume that the company’s products are healthy.
November 14, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consumers-see, good-deeds, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com
