Most people consider becoming vegetarian for their health
Researchers know that people are motivated to be vegetarian for different reasons — the most common in western cultures being health, the environment and animal rights.
April 2, 2020 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: being-health, diet, different-reasons, environment, oncalldietitian.com, the-environment, the-most, western-cultures
What are the pros and cons of GMO foods?
The use of GMO foods remains controversial. In this article, we discuss the pros and cons of growing and eating genetically modified organisms, including the effects on human health and the environment.
February 28, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: article, discuss-the-pros, effects, environment, foods-remains, genetically-modified, gmo, human-health, including-the-effects, modified-organisms, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, pros
Vegetarian diets best for health and the environment, say nutritionists
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics have issued a new position paper hailing the benefits of vegetarian diets for overall health and the environment.
December 4, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: academy, benefits, diet, dietetics, environment, hailing-the-benefits, nutrition, nutrition / diet, paper-hailing, the-benefits, vegetarian-diets
Sunlight and vitamin D levels higher for coastal populations in England
People living close to the coast in England have higher vitamin D levels than inland dwellers, according to a new study published in the journal Environment InternationalExposure to sunlight is a…
February 11, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: coast, environment, inland-dwellers, journal, living-close, new-study, nutrition / diet, on call diets, the-coast, the-journal, vitamin
Pathogens in cheese – researchers follow the traces of deadly bacteria
Listeria is a rod-shaped bacterium highly prevalent in the environment and generally not a threat to human health. One species however, Listeria monocytogenes, can cause listeriosis, a very dangerous disease.
March 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: environment, listeria, oncalldietitian.com, pathogen, raw-meat, raw-milk, rod-shaped-bacterium, smoked-fish, the-environment, very-dangerous
How Animals Sense Potentially Harmful Acids
All animals face the challenge of deciding which chemicals in the environment are useful and which are harmful. A new study greatly improves our understanding of how animals sense an important class of potentially harmful chemicals: weak acids. The study appears online on May 16 in the Journal of General Physiology…
May 17, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: animals-face, biology / biochemistry, environment, harmful-chemicals, important-class, journal, nutritional counseling, online-on-may, study-appears, the-environment