Breast milk sugars promote healthy infant growth through gut microbiome
Bacteria that live in the gut interact with dietary components to affect health and wellness.
February 18, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: affect-health, dietary-components, oncalldietitian.com, the-gut
Eating fish helps stave off dementia
Eating at least one portion of fish per week helps to reduce a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related illnesses.
February 18, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, alzheimer's / dementia, diet, eating-at-least, fish-per, least-one, week-helps
Science on salt is polarized, study finds
Slightly more than half of papers support the idea that salt is bad for your health.
February 18, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, health, nutrition, nutritional counseling, papers-support, support-the-idea, the-idea
Study shows children’s best hope for the potassium and fiber missing in their diets is potatoes
U.S. children are not consuming enough vegetables, resulting in an inadequate intake of key nutrients, including potassium and dietary fiber, which are important for growth, development and overall…
February 18, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: enough-vegetables, inadequate-intake, including-potassium, key-nutrients, not-consuming, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com
