Are There Any Health Benefits to Drinking Alkaline Water?
What is alkaline water and is it safe to drink? Learn if alkaline water may help with differing health conditions or more serious diseases.
October 26, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alkaline-water, conditions-or-more, health-conditions, learn-if-alkaline, may-help, more-serious, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets
Mechanism that triggers fat formation uncovered
The actions of a hormone that controls maturation of fat cells may help identify how high-fat diets, stress, and some steroid medications cause obesity.
October 26, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: controls-maturation, fat-cells, high-fat-diets, identify-how, may-help, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, steroid-medications
Vitamin A orange maize improves night vision
A new study has found that vitamin A-biofortified orange maize significantly improves visual functions in children.
October 26, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: improves-visual, new-study, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, orange-maize
New guideline on calcium and vitamin D supplementation
A new evidence-based clinical guideline from the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC) says that calcium with or without vitamin D intake…
October 25, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aspc, clinical-guideline, national, national-osteoporosis, new-evidence-based, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com
Dietary intake and function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Are they associated?
Is what you eat associated with better function and respiratory function for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) soon after diagnosis?
October 25, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: als, lateral-sclerosis, muscular dystrophy / als, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets
Restoring evolutionary fatty acid balance may curb obesity
Researchers suggest that the deviation from the evolutionary balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids is responsible for the rise in global obesity.
October 25, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: deviation, evolutionary, from-the-evolutionary, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, omega-6-fatty, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, rise, the-deviation
Drinking an ice slurry/water mix helps body cope with exertion in hot weather
New research from the University of Montana demonstrates a unique relationship between fluid volume and fluid temperature during arduous work in the heat.
October 24, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-fluid, during-arduous, fluid-temperature, from-the-university, heat, montana, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, unique-relationship, university
Onion compound suppresses ovarian cancer cell proliferation
The list of onions’ health benefits has a new addition, after researchers have discovered that an onion compound has anti-ovarian cancer effects.
October 22, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: after-researchers, health-benefits, new-addition, oncalldiets, onion-compound
Protein C Deficiency: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
What is protein C deficiency and what are the causes? Learn how to look for symptoms, when to see a doctor, and the available treatments.
October 22, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood / hematology, nutrition, oncalldiets, the-causes
Hunger ‘not linked to calorie intake’
A review of more than 460 studies finds that there is no solid link between how hungry we feel and the amount of calories we consume.
October 22, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 460-studies, between-how, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, solid-link