Researchers find link between food allergies and childhood anxiety
Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Albert Einstein College of Medicine studied the link between food allergy and childhood anxiety and depression among a sample…
July 3, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: albert, albert-einstein, college, columbia, esearchers-at-columbia, food-allergy, link-between, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, public, public-health
University of Kentucky researcher helps draft ‘historic’ position paper on nutrition and athletic performance
An assistant professor in the UK College of Health Sciences is the lead author on a paper that is being hailed as the most important single source of information in the field of sports nutrition to…
February 26, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: assistant-professor, being-hailed, college, diet, field, health, health-sciences, lead, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, sports-nutrition, the-field, the-lead, the-most
FIU scientists discover how arsenic builds up in plant seeds
Discovery holds promise of healthier rice grains. Researchers from FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Barry P.
December 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: college, diet, fiu, healthier-rice, herbert, herbert-wertheim, holds-promise, medicine, medicine-barry
Link between vitamin E and exposure to air pollution
A new study from King’s College London and the University of Nottingham has found an association between the amount of vitamin E in the body, exposure to particulate pollution and lung function.
May 15, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, college, diet, nottingham, on call diets, respiratory / asthma, the-body, university
Today’s college students are increasing the risk of cancer later on, especially racial minorities
Parents, forget the comfort food! It’s time to send your college students care packages of fruit, veggies and exercise gear instead.
May 9, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: care-packages, college, college-students, comfort, comfort-food, exercise-gear, forget-the-comfort, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com
‘Carb breakdown’ gene linked to obesity
Researchers at King’s College London and Imperial College London have discovered that people with fewer copies of a gene coding for a carb-digesting enzyme may be at higher risk of obesity.
April 2, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: college, college-london, diet, enzyme-may, esearchers-at-king, gene-coding, higher-risk, imperial, imperial-college, on call diets, risk
Fending off diabetes with ingredients in chocolate, tea and berries
Eating high levels of flavonoids including anthocyanins and other compounds (found in berries, tea, and chocolate) could offer protection from type 2 diabetes – according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and King’s College London.
January 20, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: anglia, college, compounds, diabetes, diet, from-the-university, high-levels, nutrition, uea, university
CCNY chemists use sugar-based gelators to solidify vegetable oils
Researchers at The City College of New York have reported the successful transformation of vegetable oils to a semisolid form using low-calorie sugars as a structuring agent. The findings portend the development of alternatives to structured oil products produced using saturated/trans fatty acids, which have been linked to coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes.
December 29, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: been-linked, college, coronary-artery, development, findings-portend, oncalldiets, portend-the-development, reported-the-successful, semisolid-form, structured-oil, successful, the-successful, trans-fatty, using-low-calorie, using-saturated
Antibiotic-resistant strains of salmonella tracked from farm to fork
Continuing research on Salmonella may enable researchers to identify and track strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria as they evolve and spread, according to researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences…
September 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agricultural, antibiotic-resistant, college, diet, may-enable, mrsa / drug resistance, on call diets, research-on-salmonella, salmonella, state, track-strains
Drug-Resistant TB Destroyed By Vitamin C
In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design…
May 24, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: albert, albert-einstein, college, esearchers-at-albert, finding-suggests, kills-drug-resistant, medicine, new-area, oncalldietitian.com, tuberculosis, unexpected-discovery, yeshiva, yeshiva-university