Face cream ingredient found to mimic life-extending effects of a calorie restriction diet in worms
A commonly used skin care ingredient is one of several newly identified compounds that can mimic the life-extending effect of a starvation diet, new University of Liverpool research has revealed.
December 17, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: commonly-used, identified-compounds, life, liverpool, mimic-the-life, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, seniors / aging, starvation-diet, university
Drugging the microbiome may treat heart disease
A first-of-a-kind drug that interferes with the metabolic activity of gut microbes could one day treat heart disease in humans, according to a mouse study published in Cell.
December 17, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: day-treat, diet, gut-microbes, heart-disease, metabolic, mouse-study, nutritional counseling, the-metabolic
Chewing slowly helps prevent excessive weight gain in children
Waiting 30 seconds in between bites of food allows children to realize they’re no longer hungry before they overeat–preventing excessive weight gain.
December 17, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-bites, excessive-weight, longer-hungry, nutritional counseling
