Does high folic acid intake reduce immune system defenses?
A new study conducted in mice suggests that excess folic acid intake could impair specific immune cells, leaving them vulnerable to infections and cancer.
January 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: folic-acid, immune-cells, impair-specific, mice-suggests, new-study, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets
Immigrant kids’ diet is different, less nutritious than mom’s
The diet of Mexican immigrant children in the U.S. is different from what their mothers eat, according to Penn State sociologists, and that may mean kids are trading in the generally healthy diet…
January 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, generally, immigrant-children, may-mean, mothers, mothers-eat, on call diets, state
The evidence for saturated fat and sugar related to coronary heart disease
Evaluation of evidence suggests sugar consumption plays greater role in heart disease than saturated fat.
January 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, evidence-suggests, heart-disease, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, plays-greater, sugar-consumption
Gut reaction: Smart pill smells out the body’s fiber factor
First trials of smart gas sensing pills reveal how low & high-fiber diets affect gut.
January 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: high-fiber-diets, irritable-bowel syndrome, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, reveal-how, sensing-pills, smart-gas
Use small plates to lose weight
There are small easy steps that we can take to tackle the burgeoning problem of obesity.
January 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: burgeoning, burgeoning-problem, easy-steps, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, tackle-the-burgeoning, use-smaller
Potatoes and pregnancy: a recipe for diabetes?
The potato is one of the most commonly consumed food items on the planet. However, new research shows that pregnant women should be slightly more cautious around this tuber.
January 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: commonly-consumed, food-items, nutrition, on call diets, pregnancy / obstetrics, pregnant-women, slightly-more, the-most
