Engineers and scientists to examine antibiotic resistance in food chain from farm to fork
Growing evidence suggests that agricultural practices, especially widespread antibiotic use, could be contributing to the increasing antibiotic resistance problem in humans.
May 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: antibiotic-resistance, antibiotic-use, especially-widespread, evidence-suggests, increasing, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, the-increasing
Scientists figure out how vitamin E keeps muscles healthy
Body builders have it right: vitamin E does help build strong muscles, and scientists appear to have figured out one important way it does it.
May 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: build-strong, does-help, figured-out-one, important-way, muscular dystrophy / als, on call diets, oncalldiets, out-one
Fresh milk, off the grid
Even though much of the population in developing countries is involved in agriculture, food security is virtually out of reach.
May 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: developing-countries, food-security, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, population, the-population, though-much, virtually-out
Omega-3 fatty acids enhance cognitive flexibility in at-risk older adults
A study of older adults at risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease found that those who consumed more omega-3 fatty acids did better than their peers on tests of cognitive flexibility — the ability…
May 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: ability, adults-at-risk, alzheimer, cognitive-flexibility, fatty-acids, nutrition, older-adults, peers, peers-on-tests
FDA proposes rule to collect antimicrobial sales and distribution data by animal species
The U.S.
May 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: all-antimicrobials, animal-drug, nutrition, obtain-estimates, oncalldietitian.com, sold-or-distributed
More than half of probiotics contain traces of gluten, study finds
A study reveals more than half of probiotics on sale in the US contain traces of gluten, with some labeled gluten-free containing the protein at levels exceeding FDA standards.
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: contain-traces, fda, labeled-gluten-free, levels-exceeding, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, probiotics-on-sale, protein
High salt intake may delay puberty
High salt diets may delay puberty according to a study presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Dublin.
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, endocrinology, european, european-congress, may-delay, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, salt-diets, study-presented
CDC data show progress in reducing some foodborne infections in 2014
In 2014, rates of infection from a serious form of E.
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: baseline, diet, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, salmonella, serious-form, serotypes-decreased, the-baseline, the-more
Live liquid bacteria reduces intestinal inflammation in ulcerative colitis
People with ulcerative colitis ¬may benefit from taking the live, multi-strain probiotic drink, Symprove, to reduce intestinal inflammation, according to the results of a new study presented at…
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: crohn's / ibd, may-benefit, new-study, on call diets, reduce-intestinal, results, symprove, the-results
Live liquid bacteria reduces intestinal inflammation in ulcerative colitis
People with ulcerative colitis ¬may benefit from taking the live, multi-strain probiotic drink, Symprove, to reduce intestinal inflammation, according to the results of a new study presented at…
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: crohn's / ibd, may-benefit, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, probiotic-drink, reduce-intestinal, symprove, taking-the-live, the-live, the-results
