Commercial weight-loss programs: Evidence of benefits for diabetics still too scarce
A few show promise, but more research needed.Johns Hopkins scientists who indirectly investigated the blood sugar effects of 10 (out of 32 selected) commercial weight loss programs say a few show…
June 3, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood, commercial-weight, diet, few-show, johns-hopkins, loss-programs, sugar-effects, vestigated-the-blood
Excess consumption of phosphates in processed foods promotes hypertension in rats
Abnormally high blood pressure is due to overactive nerves.Excess consumption of phosphate over-activates nerves that raise blood pressure, leading to abnormally high blood pressure, a new…
June 2, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: abnormally-high, blood-pressure, diet, high-blood, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, phosphate-over-activates, raise-blood
Seaweed could potentially help fight food allergies
Seaweed has long been a staple food in many Asian countries and has recently caught on as a snack food in America as a healthful alternative to chips.
June 2, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: allergy, america, asian, healthful-alternative, oncalldietitian.com, snack-food, staple-food
Binge eating trigger point located deep inside brain
Rats’ excited and speedy responses to cues for sugar – akin to binge eating – became more subdued when certain neurons in their brains were turned off.
June 1, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: became-more, binge-eating, brains, certain-neurons, neurology / neuroscience, oncalldiets, speedy-responses, their-brains
