Organic and conventional milk – comparing apples to apples?

Consumers perceive that organic cow milk differs from conventionally produced milk and that these differences justify the premium price for organic milk.

What are the health benefits of copper?

Find out about the potential health benefits of consuming foods containing copper, including preventing neutropenia and osteoporosis, and maintaining collagen and elastin.

Iodine deficiency in pregnant women impairs embryonic brain development

Pregnant women in Austria commonly suffer from an iodine deficiency. This may have a negative impact on the development of their unborn child’s brain.

Salt intake not associated with mortality or risk of cardiovascular disease, heart failure in older adults

Like salty foods? Salt intake was not associated with mortality or risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and health failure (HF) in older adults based on self-reported estimated sodium intake…

Consumers of tree nuts more likely to eat healthier

A new study* , published this week in the open access journal Nutrients, compares the nutrient adequacy and diet quality of those who consume tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts…

American kids are eating a lot of pizza – what are the health implications?

About 20% of American youths are eating pizza on any given day, a meal which accounts for up to 26% of their total calorie intake and 24% of their daily fat intake.

Drinking beetroot juice reduces high blood pressure, trial shows

A small trial shows drinking a glass of beetroot juice a day lowers blood pressure in people with hypertension, while drinking nitrate-free beetroot juice does not.

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.

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.

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)…

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