Simplified diagnosis of coeliac disease
Diagnosis of coeliac disease requires a tissue sample from the small intestine, which can be extremely unpleasant.
September 24, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: coeliac-disease, diet, extremely-unpleasant, food intolerance, oncalldietitian.com, small-intestine, tissue-sample
Women with moderate beer consumption run lower risk of heart attack
Women who drink beer at most once or twice per week run a 30 per cent lower risk of heart attack, compared with both heavy drinkers and women who never drink beer.
September 24, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: both-heavy, heart-attack, lower-risk, most-once, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, once-or-twice, per-cent, twice-per, week-run
Study highlights which fruits and vegetables can aid weight loss
A survey of more than 130,000 Americans has shown that consuming fruits and vegetables does lead to weight loss, and highlights the ones that are best for this purpose.
September 24, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, highlights-the-ones, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, purpose, the-ones, vegetables-does, weight-loss
Calorie consumption: Do numbers or graphics encourage diners to eat less?
To encourage consumers to lower their caloric intake, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires most chain restaurants to state the number of calories that each menu item contains.
September 24, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: caloric, caloric-intake, each-menu, encourage-consumers, most-chain, now-requires, number, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, state-the-number
BMJ investigation questions expert advice underpinning new US dietary guidelines
The expert report underpinning the latest dietary guidelines for Americans fails to reflect much relevant scientific literature in its reviews of crucial topics and therefore risks giving a…
September 24, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: crucial-topics, derpinning-the-latest, dietary-guidelines, latest, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, reflect-much, risks-giving
