Soy Protein Improves Lipid Profile In Healthy Individuals

A new study published online in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that soy protein compared to dairy milk protein supplementation improves the lipid profile in healthy individuals. This study investigated the effect of soy and milk protein supplementation on lipids compared with carbohydrate among healthy adults…

Teens Who Consume Milk Reap Health Benefits Through Adulthood, Less Likely To Develop Type 2 Diabetes

Developing healthy habits like drinking milk as a teen could have a long-term effect on a woman’s risk for type 2 diabetes, according to new research in this month’s issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1)…

Vitamin C May Be Beneficial For Asthmatic Children

Depending on the age of asthmatic children, on their exposure to molds or dampness in their bedroom, and on the severity of their asthma, vitamin C has greater or smaller beneficial effect against asthma, according to a study published in the Clinical and Translational Allergy…

High Fiber Intake Lowers Breast Cancer Risk

Women who want to lower their risk of developing breast cancer should seriously consider increasing their intake of dietary fiber. A study reported in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that those who consumed the most fiber had an 11% lower risk of developing breast cancer compared to women who ate the least…

Risk Factors For Heart Disease Increased By Fructose Consumption

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks as 25 percent of their daily calorie requirement had increased blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, which have been shown to be indicators of increased risk for heart disease…

Eating Fat When Sad Really Does Lift Mood

There may be more to the term comfort eating than we realize – however, consuming fat appears to be the mood-lifter, rather than any other food ingredient. Researchers from University of Leuven, Belgium, reported on a study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation

Abundant Food Choices May Overwhelm Brain, Reinforce Overeating, UF Researchers Say

Authorities in the field of food addiction at the University of Florida say new research indicates that overeating and obesity problems might be effectively tackled if people would limit their food choices. Editorializing in the August edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Nicole M. Avena, Ph.D., a research assistant professor, and Mark S.

Foods With Baked Milk May Help Build Tolerance In Children With Dairy Allergies

Introducing increasing amounts of foods that contain baked milk into the diets of children who have milk allergies helped a majority of them outgrow their allergies, according to a study conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. The data are reported in the May 23 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology…

New Data Suggest That Moderate Coffee Consumption Is Not Associated With CVD Or All-Cause Mortality In Women

Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that moderate coffee consumption is not associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated morality or all-cause mortality.1 The investigators followed a cohort of 11,697 women and found there to be no association between the consumption of filtered caffeinated coffee and the risk of all-cause or CVD mortality…

One Quarter Of U.S. Poultry And Meat Tainted With Resistant Bacteria

47% of poultry and meat samples were found to be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, and half of those with bacteria resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics, researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute wrote in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Strains of drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as S…

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