Study: Top salads with eggs to better absorb vegetables’ carotenoids
Adding eggs to a salad with a variety of raw vegetables is an effective method to improve the absorption of carotenoids, which are fat-soluble nutrients that help reduce inflammation and oxidative…
June 8, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: absorption, diet, effective-method, help-reduce, improve-the-absorption, nutrition / diet, on call diets, raw-vegetables
Daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
A daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit may increase the risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HRNCA)…
June 8, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aging, beverage-habit, daily-sugar-sweetened, hrnca, human, human-nutrition, jean, may-increase, mayer, nafld, nutrition, research, research-center, the-risk, usda
Joint statement outlines guidance on diabetes self-management education, support
American Diabetes Association, American Association of Diabetes Educators and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourage providers to refer patients at four critical life juncturesA joint…
June 8, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: academy, critical, diabetes, diabetes-educators, diet, dietetics, four-critical, life-junctures, nutrition, on call diets, patients-at-four, refer-patients
TGen led study points towards new strategies for stopping the spread of Staph and MRSA
Twin study suggests that bacteria of the human nose are not genetically predetermined and that some nasal bacteria may protect against MRSAStaphylococcus aureus — better known as Staph — is a…
June 8, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria-may, better-known, diet, human, known-as-staph, mrsa / drug resistance, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, some-nasal, staph, study-suggests, the-human
Health benefits of eating placenta ‘unproven’
A small review of studies on placenta consumption has failed to yield any evidence to support common beliefs about its healthful effects in new mothers.
June 5, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: its-healthful, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, placenta-consumption, pregnancy / obstetrics, small-review, studies-on-placenta, support-common
Parents of kids with ASD warned about dietary supplements
Parents should avoid excess intake of vitamins that their children with autism already get in the diet, say nutrition researchers, who also found inadequate calcium and vitamin D.
June 5, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: already-get, autism, children, diet, excess-intake, on call diets, oncalldiets, say-nutrition, should-avoid, their-children
Child care facilities offer water to kids more often with new beverage policy
Researchers report change in access to water after a federal and state child care beverage policy was instituted in 2011 and 2012 in California.
June 4, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: care-beverage, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, state-child
Nutrition improvements needed in family-home child care
Family-home child-care providers may need more culturally and linguistically appropriate nutrition training.
June 4, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: child-care-providers, diet
Why getting behind the wheel dehydrated could be as dangerous as drink driving
With summer approaching, motorists are being warned to make sure they stay well hydrated – as newly released consumer research shows only one in five of us have a drink before getting behind the…
June 3, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: being-warned, consumer-research, drink-before, getting-behind, make-sure, newly-released, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, summer-approaching, well-hydrated
Why getting behind the wheel dehydrated could be as dangerous as drink driving
With summer approaching, motorists are being warned to make sure they stay well hydrated – as newly released consumer research shows only one in five of us have a drink before getting behind the…
June 3, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consumer-research, diet, make-sure, newly-released, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, well-hydrated