What are the worst foods for gut health?
The gut microbiome affects many aspects of human health, and the foods people eat can have a huge impact on the bacteria in their gut. Learn about the worst foods for gut health here.
September 5, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, diet, foods, foods-people, gut-microbiome, huge-impact, human-health, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, the-bacteria, worst, worst-foods
Immune system vs. gut bacteria: How vitamin A ‘keeps the peace’
New research illuminates the vital role that moderate levels of vitamin A have in preventing the immune system from attacking the bacteria in our guts.
January 3, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, from-attacking, guts, immune, immune-system, moderate-levels, preventing-the-immune, research-illuminates, the-vital, vital
Study reveals listeria bacteria can hide inside tissue of romaine lettuce
A Purdue University study shows that the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes can live inside the tissue of romaine lettuce, suggesting that conventional post-harvest sanitization practices might not be…
April 3, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, diet, listeria, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, practices-might, purdue, purdue-university, romaine-lettuce, tissue
Purdue scientists have bright idea for detecting harmful bacteria in food products
Scientists looking for traces of E. coli O157:H7 contamination in foods soon could have a new detection method on their hands – turning off the lights to see if the bacteria glow in the dark.
September 22, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, dark, foods-soon, hands, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, the-bacteria, the-lights, their-hands
Hypervirulent forms of food poisoning pathogen identified
A genetic analysis of thousands of strains of the bacteria that causes listeriosis, a serious foodborne illness, is reported online this week in Nature Genetics.
February 1, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, diet, nature, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, reported-online, serious-foodborne, the-bacteria, week
Probiotic decreases the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis
A team of UC Davis and University of Arizona researchers discovered that adding the bacteria Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B.
October 14, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adding-the-bacteria, arizona, bacteria, bifidobacterium, davis, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, university
Study illuminates how humans digest fibre
New insight into how gut bacteria digest fibre could lead to advances in areas as diverse as health and environmentally-friendly biofuels.Fibre is an essential part of a healthful diet, but our ability to benefit from it is entirely dependent the bacteria living in our intestines.
January 31, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: ability, areas-as-diverse, bacteria, bacteria-digest, dependent-the-bacteria, intestines, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, the-bacteria
Bacteria In Breast Milk Identified
Researchers from Spain have managed to identify all of the bacteria found in breast milk. The finding, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reveals that there is much more microbial diversity in milk than expected, with there being more than 700 different types of bacteria.
January 10, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, being-more, breast-milk, clinical, clinical-nutrition, development, different-types, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, spain, the-bacteria
Listeria Traces Discovered In Ready-To-Eat Fish Products, Vancouver
A University of British Columbia study has found traces of the bacteria listeria in ready-to-eat fish products sold in Metro Vancouver. UBC food microbiologist Kevin Allen tested a total of 40 ready-to-eat fish samples prior to their best before date…
February 29, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, british, british-columbia, diet, fish-products, fish-samples, food-microbiologist, kevin, kevin-allen, metro, on call diets, the-bacteria, their-best, ubc, university
Study linking gut microbe type with diet has implications for fighting GI disorders
“You are what you eat” is familiar enough, but how deep do the implications go? An interdisciplinary group of investigators has found an association between long-term dietary patterns and the bacteria of the human gut.
September 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, between-long-term, diet, dietary-patterns, familiar-enough, human, implications, nutritional counseling, on call diets, the-human, the-implications