Scientists turn white fat into obesity-fighting beige fat
Scientists have shown that berries, grapes and other fruits convert excess white fat into calorie-burning ‘beige’ fat, providing new strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity. In the study, mice were fed a high fat diet
June 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, fruit-per, high-fat, mice-were, on call diets, percent-less, providing-new, study, the-study, white-fat
Chocolate: is it really good for our health?
With an increasing number of studies hailing the health benefits of chocolate, we look at whether the indulgent treat really is good for us, or whether its benefits are overstated.
June 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: health, look-at-whether, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, studies-hailing, the-health, whether-its
Phosphorus sky high and hidden in many U.S. beverages
Phosphorus levels in the nation’s popular beverages remain largely unknown, putting kidney disease patients at risk, according to a research letter published in the National Kidney Foundation’s…
June 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: nation, national, national-kidney, nutrition, patients-at-risk, putting-kidney, research-letter, the-nation, urology / nephrology
Daily weigh-in helps keep the weight off
New research finds that stepping on the scales every day and tracking the results on a chart is an effective way of losing weight and keeping it off.
June 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, effective-way, every-day, losing-weight, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, research-finds, results, scales, the-results, the-scales, tracking-the-results
Trans fats may lead to poorer memory for young, middle-aged men
Higher consumption of trans fats – commonly found in processed foods – may worsen memory for men aged 45 and younger, finds new research from UCSD.
June 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consumption, finds-new, may-worsen, men-aged, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, processed-foods, trans-fats, ucsd
