Could vitamin A deficiency be a cause of type 2 diabetes?
Vitamin A deficiency led to loss of insulin-producing beta cells in a new study of adult mice, causing researchers to believe it may be a driver of type 2 diabetes.
January 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adult-mice, believe-it-may, beta-cells, causing-researchers, deficiency-led, diabetes, diet, new-study, oncalldiets
A fatty acid used to decode weight control
Obesity can be described as an excess of fat leading to metabolic diseases and adipose tissue has a pivotal role in obesity and its related complications.
January 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: fat-leading, its-related, metabolic-diseases, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, pivotal-role
1,300 babies each year saved from serious birth defects of brain and spine by folic acid
Fortifying grain foods with the B vitamin folic acid has saved about 1,300 babies every year from being born with serious birth defects of the brain and spine known as neural tube defects (NTDs)…
January 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 300-babies, brain, every-year, from-being, grain-foods, known-as-neural, neural-tube, nutritional counseling, pregnancy / obstetrics, serious-birth, the-brain, vitamin-folic
What are the health benefits of selenium?
Find out about the potential health benefits of consuming foods containing selenium including reducing arthritic inflammation, lowering risk of prostate cancer and skin cancer.
January 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arthritic-inflammation, consuming-foods, health-benefits, including-reducing, lowering-risk, nutrition / diet, on call diets, potential, the-potential
