Focus on basic determinants to address stunting globally: Prof Bhutta
Mother and child malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries encompasses a range of conditions including maternal wasting, micronutrient deficiencies, foetal growth restriction and stunting …
February 15, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: conditions-including, countries-encompasses, diet, foetal-growth, nutrition / diet
Baobab: Health Benefits, Nutritional Breakdown
Learn more about baobab, a fruit that is rich in vitamin C, including its potential health benefits and how you can include more in your diet.
February 15, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, including-its, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, potential-health
Cranberries help urinary tract infections, but not as juice
Cranberries contain PACs, which help prevent urinary tract infections.
February 14, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cranberry-juice, diet, does-not, on call diets, prevent-urinary, the-necessary, urology / nephrology
No time for healthy diet? Some Californians say they’re too busy to eat healthy foods
Some low-income Californian adults say their busy schedule is to blame for their unhealthy eating habits, according to a study from Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.
February 12, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-say, busy, california, californian, eating-habits, johns, johns-hopkins, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, their-busy, their-unhealthy, unhealthy, university
No time for healthy diet? Some Californians say they’re too busy to eat healthy foods
Some low-income Californian adults say their busy schedule is to blame for their unhealthy eating habits, according to a study from Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.
February 12, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-say, busy, california, californian, eating-habits, johns, johns-hopkins, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, their-busy, their-unhealthy, unhealthy, university
Daily dose of beetroot juice improved endurance and blood pressure
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found that a daily dose of beetroot juice significantly improved exercise endurance and blood pressure in elderly patients with heart failure…
February 12, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: beetroot-juice, blood-pressure, daily-dose, diet, elderly-patients, forest, forest-baptist, hypertension, improved-exercise, medical, medical-center, nutrition, nutritional counseling, scientists-at-wake
Daily dose of beetroot juice improved endurance and blood pressure
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found that a daily dose of beetroot juice significantly improved exercise endurance and blood pressure in elderly patients with heart failure…
February 12, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: beetroot-juice, blood-pressure, daily-dose, diet, elderly-patients, forest, forest-baptist, hypertension, improved-exercise, medical, medical-center, nutrition, nutritional counseling, scientists-at-wake
Vitamin D-rich foods during pregnancy may reduce allergy risk in children
Higher intake of foods containing vitamin D during pregnancy – but not supplemental vitamin D intake – was associated with reduced risk of development of allergies in children, according to a study…
February 12, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, during-pregnancy, foods-containing, intake, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, pregnancy / obstetrics
Vitamin D-rich foods during pregnancy may reduce allergy risk in children
Higher intake of foods containing vitamin D during pregnancy – but not supplemental vitamin D intake – was associated with reduced risk of development of allergies in children, according to a study…
February 12, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, during-pregnancy, foods-containing, intake, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, pregnancy / obstetrics
Gene study confirms ‘we are what we eat’
The classic view is that genes regulate metabolism – the chemical reactions inside cells that use nutrients to sustain life. Now, a new study suggests the converse is also true.
February 12, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chemical, classic-view, converse, diet, genetics, new-study, reactions-inside, regulate-metabolism, suggests-the-converse, the-chemical, use-nutrients