Philly stores accepting nutrition assistance programs more likely to display tobacco ads
Tobacco retailers in low-income areas of Philadelphia that accepted nutrition assistance programs were more likely to have tobacco advertisements in and around their stores compared to stores that…
February 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, low-income-areas, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutrition-assistance, nutritional counseling, philadelphia, programs-were, stores, their-stores
New website first in UK to streamline nutrition data use by researchers
Researchers at the University of Leeds are leading the development of a new website for the research and healthcare community, the first of its kind in the UK to collect comprehensively and assess…
February 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: development, diet, healthcare-community, its-kind, leading-the-development, new-website, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, research, the-development
Drinking green tea before taking supplements may offer protection from toxicity
As high doses of green tea extract supplements for weight loss become more popular, potential liver toxicity becomes a concern.
February 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: extract-supplements, green-tea, high-doses, loss-become, more-popular, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, potential-liver, toxicity-becomes
Spanish scientists modify with pulsed light the protein that causes most allergies to milk
The investigators, who belong to the University of Granada and the Azti-Tecnalia technology centre, have artificially modified a type of lactose protein called beta-lactoglobulinThese are the…
February 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: allergy, azti, diet, granada, lactose-protein, nutrition, technology-centre, university
Children who are given vitamin A may be less likely to develop malaria
Large study in sub-Saharan Africa suggests vitamin A’s protective effectChildren under age 5 living in sub-Saharan Africa were 54 percent less likely to develop malaria if they had been given a…
February 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: africa, been-given, develop-malaria, oncalldiets, percent-less, protective-effect, saharan-africa, suggests-vitamin, tropical diseases, under-age
