BPA substitute in food packaging triggers fat cell formation
Researchers have found that exposure to bisphenol S – a substitute for the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A – induces human fat cell formation.
March 23, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chemical-bisphenol, diet, endocrine, endocrinology, fat-cell, induces-human, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, the-endocrine-disrupting
Low childhood vitamin D linked to adult atherosclerosis
Low levels of 25-OH vitamin D in childhood were associated with subclinical atherosclerosis over 25 years later in adulthood, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of…
February 12, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: childhood-were, endocrine, endocrine-society, journal, new-study, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, years-later
Diabetes combined with high-salt diet doubles risk of heart disease
People with Type 2 diabetes who eat a diet high in salt face twice the risk of developing cardiovascular disease as those who consume less sodium, according to a new study published in the Endocrine…
July 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consume-less, diabetes, endocrine, new-study, on call diets, oncalldiets, risk, salt-face, twice-the-risk
In the severely obese, vitamin D deficiency contributes to poor mobility
Among severely obese people, vitamin D may make the difference between an active and a more sedentary lifestyle, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical…
April 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: difference, endocrine, endocrine-society, journal, make-the-difference, may-make, more-sedentary, new-study, on call diets, oncalldiets, severely-obese, the-difference
Immune function may be compromised by Vitamin D deficiency
Older individuals who are vitamin D deficient also tend to have compromised immune function, according to new research accepted for publication in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).Vitamin D plays an important role in helping the body absorb calcium needed for healthy bones. The skin naturally produces vitamin D when it is exposed to sunlight.
February 27, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, body-absorb, endocrine, immune system / vaccines, important-role, journal, metabolism, new-research
In postmenopausal women, vitamin D alone does little to protect bone health
While calcium supplements noticeably improved bone health in postmenopausal women, vitamin D supplements did not reduce bone turnover, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Bone turnover is the body’s natural process for breaking down old bone…
September 26, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, bone-health, bones / orthopedics, calcium-supplements, clinical, endocrine, endocrine-society, natural-process, noticeably-improved, recent-study, reduce-bone, the-body
How Bone Adapts To Exercise Likely Affected By Timing Of Calcium And Vitamin D Supplementation
Taking calcium and vitamin D before exercise may influence how bones adapt to exercise, according to a new study.
June 20, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, annual-meeting, before-exercise, bones / orthopedics, endocrine, endocrine-society, how-bones, may-influence, on call diets
The Importance Of A Father’s Diet Before Conception
When fathers eat a high-fat diet before conception of offspring, the male offspring have increased body weight after weaning and high body fat in midlife despite eating a low-fat diet, a new study in mice finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco…
June 19, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, annual-meeting, endocrine, endocrine-society, fathers-eat, high-fat-diet, increased-body, low-fat-diet, male, midlife-despite, new-study, oncalldietitian.com, results-were, the-male
A High-Fat Diet Impairs Memory And Learning In Adolescent Mice
A high-fat diet in adolescence appears to have long-lasting effects on learning and memory during adulthood, a new study in mice finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco…
June 19, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, annual-meeting, diet, effects-on-learning, endocrine, endocrine-society, nutrition, nutritional counseling, results-were
Bones Affected By Excessive Salt Consumption
A high-salt diet raises a woman’s risk of breaking a bone after menopause, no matter what her bone density is, according to a new study that was presented at The Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco…
June 18, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, annual-meeting, bone, bones / orthopedics, endocrine, endocrine-society, her-bone, high-salt-diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com