VTT: Bilberries to increase our dietary fiber intake
Bilberries — a unique part of the Nordic diet — could be utilised in higher amounts in food products to increase our dietary fibre intake.
March 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: amounts, dietary, dietary-fibre, food-products, higher-amounts, nordic, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, unique-part
The benefits of food processing
How much time and effort do you spend chewing?Although you probably enjoy a few leisurely meals every day, chances are that you spend very little time and muscular effort chewing your food.
March 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: effort-chewing, food, little-time, meals-every, much-time, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, spend-very
Over half of America’s calories come from ‘ultra-processed’ foods
New research, published this week in The BMJ, finds that ‘ultra-processed’ foods contribute to 90% of the total added sugar in American diets.
March 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bmj, diet, foods-contribute, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, the-total, total, week
Consuming iron with green tea may lessen tea’s benefits
Although drinking green tea is linked to many health benefits, a new study suggests that when consumed with iron, the main compound in green tea binds to it, reducing benefits.
March 9, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, drinking-green, green-tea, new-study, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, the-main
Revisiting breast density, exercise and breast cancer
A new study challenges commonly held views about the causative relationship between physical activity, breast density and breast cancer.
March 9, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-physical, breast-density, causative, causative-relationship, diet, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com
Hydrolized infant formula does not prevent allergies
Researchers call for an overhaul of infant feeding guidelines, after finding no evidence that hydrolized formula protects against allergies.
March 9, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: after-finding, diet, hydrolized-formula, infant-feeding
Tufts University nutrition scientists provide updated MyPlate for older adults
Nutrition scientists at the Jean Mayer U. S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University with support from AARP Foundation have just…
March 8, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aarp, aging, agriculture, diet, hnrca, human-nutrition, jean, mayer, nutrition, nutritional counseling, tufts-university, usda
Healthy lifestyle advice provides long-term benefits
In a recently published study, providing advice over a 5-year period about leading a healthy lifestyle reduced the risk of heart-related deaths over the next 40 years.
March 8, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: deaths-over, healthy-lifestyle, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, providing-advice, recently-published, reduced-the-risk, risk
50% of people in UK now aware of processed meat cancer risk
World Cancer Research Fund has released ‘encouraging’ new statistics that show an increased number of British adults are now aware of the cancer risks attached to eating processed meat compared to…
March 8, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: british, eating-processed, increased-number, meat-compared, new-statistics, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, research-fund, risks-attached
Adolescents drink too much caffeine
Teenagers are drinking too much caffeine, despite being aware of the risks. Easy availability, parental influence, advertising and social norms all play a role.
March 8, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: despite-being, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, parental-influence, risks, too-much
