Salt may raise blood pressure by disabling safety mechanism in the brain
A study of rats finds that higher salt intake over a long period disables a safety mechanism in the brain that normally stops blood pressure in arteries from rising.
January 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, hypertension, long-period, nutritional counseling, rats-finds, safety-mechanism, salt, salt-intake, stops-blood, the-brain
New study shows veg diets boost weight loss
Adopting a vegetarian diet causes weight loss, even in the absence of exercise or calorie counting, according to a new meta-analysis published as an online advance in the Journal of the Academy of…
January 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: absence, academy, calorie-counting, causes-weight, exercise-or-calorie, journal, oncalldiets, online-advance, the-absence, vegetarian-diet
Health consciousness: do consumers believe healthy food always tastes bad?
Why are health awareness campaigns failing to reduce skyrocketing obesity rates?
January 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: awareness-campaigns, diet, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, obesity-rates, reduce-skyrocketing
Fetal development promoted by fatty acids in fish; brain likely shielded from mercury damage
New findings from research in the Seychelles provide further evidence that the benefits of fish consumption on prenatal development may offset the risks associated with mercury exposure.
January 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, evidence, fish-consumption, may-offset, nutritional counseling, onsumption-on-prenatal, prenatal-development, provide-further, risks, seychelles, the-risks
