Food addiction: What to know
Food addiction is when a person becomes dependent on certain types of foods.
October 11, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: certain-types, dependent-on-certain, diet, eating disorders, on call diets, oncalldiets, person-becomes, the-causes
Childhood obesity rates rise 10-fold since the ’70s
A new report from the World Health Organization shows that obesity rates in children and adolescents are 10 times higher now than they were in the ’70s.
October 11, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: from-the-world, new-report, nutrition, obesity-rates, organization, times-higher, world, world-health
All you need to know about malanga
Learn about malanga, a root vegetable originating from South America. This article offers information on nutrition, considerations, and recipe suggestions.
October 10, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: article, article-offers, nformation-on-nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, root-vegetable, south
Five benefits of fennel tea
Fennel tea is popular for its health benefits. We look at the benefits of fennel tea, including what the scientific studies say, and the traditional uses.
October 9, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: benefits, diet, fennel-tea, its-health, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, scientific, studies-say, the-benefits, the-scientific, traditional
Nine health benefits of turmeric tea
Turmeric is a popular spice that has been used as a remedy for thousands of years in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine. Learn about the health benefits.
October 8, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: ayurvedic, been-used, chinese, health, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, popular-spice
Low calcium may raise cardiac arrest risk by twofold
Researchers have linked low blood calcium levels to a greater likelihood of sudden cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death in the United States.
October 8, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: calcium-levels, diet, greater-likelihood, leading-cause, low-blood, nutrition / diet, on call diets, sudden-cardiac, united
Kombucha: Eight potential health benefits
We look at the possible health benefits of kombucha in detail, including mental health, weight loss, and liver health. Learn more.
October 7, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: health-benefits, including-mental, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, the-possible, weight-loss
Kola nut: Uses, benefits, and side effects
Learn more about the kola nut, including who should avoid taking it, how it can be used and the conditions it can benefit the most.
October 6, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: benefit-the-most, conditions, kola, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, should-avoid, the-conditions, the-kola
High-sugar diets raise heart disease risk in healthy people
A study finds that a high-sugar diet changes a healthy person’s fat metabolism so that it resembles that of someone with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
October 6, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: fat-metabolism, fatty-liver, healthy-person, high-sugar-diet, nutrition, study-finds
Leafy greens may contribute to a healthy heart
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers examine the link between vitamin K and the structure and good functioning of the heart in teenagers.
October 6, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: examine-the-link, good-functioning, heart, link-between, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, structure, the-heart