Should America go vegan to ward off obesity and save the environment?
Separate reports from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee make the case for Americans to adopt a plant-based diet.
February 27, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advisory, advisory-committee, case, dietary, dietary-guidelines, from-the-physicians, make-the-case, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, physicians, responsible
Widely used food additive promotes colitis, obesity and metabolic syndrome, research shows
Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota composition and localization to induce intestinal inflammation that promotes…
February 27, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aid-texture, alter-the-gut, crohn's / ibd, diet, induce-intestinal, microbiota-composition, most-processed, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, shelf-life, the-gut
Coffee intake linked to reduced risk of MS
Compared with people who do not drink coffee, those who consume at least four cups a day may be less likely to develop multiple sclerosis, according to new research.
February 27, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consume-at-least, cups, day-may, develop-multiple, diet, least-four, multiple-sclerosis, not-drink, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets
Patients with mental illness less likely to receive diet, exercise advice
Health care providers may miss opportunities to counsel high-risk patientsMore than half of patients with symptoms of mental illness – and nearly one-third of those who also had diabetes – said…
February 27, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: care-providers, counsel-high-risk, diabetes, diet, may-miss, mental-illness, nutritional counseling, on call diets
Marine oil supplement has positive effects on post-exercise muscle damage
An Indiana University study has revealed that there may be a greater connection between mussels and muscles than previously thought.
February 27, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-mussels, greater-connection, indiana, indiana-university, nutrition