Study identifies liver-generated hormone that regulates ‘sweet tooth’
We all love our sugar, especially during the holidays. Cookies, cake, and candy are simply irresistible.
December 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: all-love, diet, during-the-holidays, endocrinology, especially-during, holidays, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, our-sugar, simply-irresistible, sugar
Vitamin D pill a day may improve exercise performance and lower risk of heart disease
Taking vitamin D supplements can improve exercise performance and lower the risk of heart disease, according to the findings of a preliminary study presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual…
November 2, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: endocrinology, exercise-performance, findings, heart-disease, lower-the-risk, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, risk, society, study-presented, the-findings, the-risk
High salt intake may delay puberty
High salt diets may delay puberty according to a study presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Dublin.
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, endocrinology, european, european-congress, may-delay, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, salt-diets, study-presented
Man trumps dog: Earlier assumption about BPA exposure confirmed
New human study shows oral exposure does not create risk for high BPA exposure.
January 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bpa, endocrinology, exposure-does, human-study, not-create, nutritional counseling, on call diets, shows-oral
Vitamin D deficiency widespread in thyroidectomy patients
A new study from researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit finds widespread vitamin D deficiency among patients who undergo a thyroidectomy, potentially putting them at greater risk for…
September 29, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: detroit, diet, endocrinology, esearchers-at-henry, finds-widespread, from-researchers, greater-risk, henry, henry-ford, hospital, new-study
Vitamin D supplements have little effect on risk of falls in older people
A new meta-analysis, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, concludes that there is no evidence to suggest that vitamin D supplements prevent falls, and that ongoing trials to…
April 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: endocrinology, lancet, lancet-diabetes, nutritional counseling, on call diets, ongoing-trials, prevent-falls, seniors / aging
Study questions health benefits of vitamin D supplementation
Various studies have suggested vitamin D supplementation yields certain health benefits. But new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology suggests that evidence to back up these claims is lacking and that future studies are unlikely to change this outlook.Vitamin D is important for regulating the absorption of calcium and phosphorous in our bones.
January 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: absorption, bones, endocrinology, new-research, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, suggested-vitamin, yields-certain
Insulin’s Role In Making Breast Milk
The reason so many women have trouble making enough breast milk to feed their newborn is partly because a large proportion of them are prediabetic – insulin dysregulation undermines their milk supply, researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of California Davis suggested in PLoS ONE…
July 7, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: breast-milk, cincinnati, endocrinology, hospital, hospital-medical, insulin-dysregulation, making-enough, milk, newborn, nutritional counseling, partly-because
Maternal Fructose Intake Impacts Female And Male Fetuses Differently
A recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports for the first time that maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in fetal and neonatal endocrinology. Fructose is a simple sugar found naturally in honey, fruit and some vegetables…
February 25, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: endocrine, endocrine-society, endocrinology, intake-during, maternal-fructose, on call diets, pregnancy / obstetrics, pregnancy-results, recent-study, simple-sugar, the-first
Soya Beans Could Hold Clue To Treating Fatal Childhood Disease
Scientists from The University of Manchester say a naturally occurring chemical found in soy could prove to be an effective new treatment for a fatal genetic disease that affects children…
December 3, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: effective-new, endocrinology, fatal-genetic, manchester, naturally-occurring, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, university