Yo-yo dieting may increase risk of heart disease death
New research suggests that repeatedly losing weight and regaining it can be dangerous for your heart, even if you are not overweight.
November 15, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, heart, heart-disease, losing-weight, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, research-suggests, your-heart
Nutrition protects against the impact of stress on the brain in early life
Young mice that grow up in stressful circumstances go on to have fewer cognitive-impairments and memory problems as adults if they are given enriched breast milk.
November 15, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, given-enriched, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, problems-as-adults, stressful-circumstances
Red is good. The brain uses color to help us choose what to eat
Red means “Green light, go for it!” Green means: “hmm, better not!” Like an upside down traffic light in our brain, color helps us decide whether or not to eat something.
November 15, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: better-not, brain, color-helps, decide-whether, green, neurology / neuroscience, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, our-brain, traffic-light, upside-down, whether-or-not
Skipping breakfast and not enough sleep can make children overweight
Mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep all appear to be important factors in predicting whether a child will become overweight…
November 15, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bedtime-or-sufficient, children-skipping, important-factors, not-having, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, predicting-whether, regular-bedtime, sufficient-sleep