Research finds social influence can prompt healthier eating choices
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that exposure to social-based messages promoting healthy eating can increase consumption of fruit and vegetables and reduce consumption of…
July 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: birmingham, from-the-university, healthy-eating, messages-promoting, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, reduce-consumption
Same diet, different genes, differing levels of success
Different strains of mice respond to the same diet in different ways. Genes predict how successful or damaging a diet will be. One diet will not suit all.
July 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, mice-respond, not-suit, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, predict-how, successful-or-damaging, the-same
Artificial sweeteners: Healthy alternative or fast track to obesity?
Despite artificial sweeteners recommended as a sugar substitute to aid weight control, a new study finds that artificial sweeteners may increase appetite.
July 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aid-weight, artificial-sweeteners, may-increase, new-study, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, sugar-substitute
Why are some foods considered comfort food?
The Daily Meal report on how comfort foods are linked to social – as well as emotional – bonds; the power of comfort food is based on its associations.
July 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: based-on-its, comfort-food, daily, daily-meal, diet, how-comfort, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, power, well-as-emotional
