Licorice may lower sex hormone production, reduce fertility
A preliminary study found that a compound in licorice called isoliquiritigenin reduced the production of sex hormones in ovarian follicles of mice.
November 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: fertility, licorice-called, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, ovarian-follicles, production, reduced-the-production, sex-hormones
Regular intake of sugary beverages, but not diet soda, is associated with prediabetes
Adult Americans who regularly consumed sugar-sweetened beverages (roughly one can of soda per day) had a 46 percent higher risk of developing prediabetes compared to low- or non-consumers over a…
November 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consumed-sugar-sweetened, developing-prediabetes, diabetes, diet, oncalldietitian.com, percent-higher, regularly-consumed, risk, roughly-one, soda-per
Study links shorter sleep and sugar-sweetened drink consumption
Treating sleep deprivation could potentially help reduce sugar intake, say UC San Francisco researchers.
November 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, francisco, help-reduce, on call diets, sleep-deprivation, sugar-intake
Television cooking shows overlook safe food handling practices
Many programs miss the opportunity to model proper safety measures, according to a new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
November 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, journal, miss-the-opportunity, model-proper, new-study, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutrition-education, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, opportunity, programs-miss, safety-measures, the-opportunity