Important Research Link Between Active Ingredient In Saffron And MS
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered that an active ingredient in the Persian spice saffron may be a potential treatment for diseases involving neuroinflammation, such as multiple sclerosis. Chris Power and a team of researchers in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry recently published their findings in the peer-reviewed publication, The Journal of Immunology…
November 7, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chris-power, dentistry, faculty, findings, journal, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, persian, power, recently-published, spice-saffron, university
Grape Seed May Ward Off Alzheimer’s
Grape seed contains natural antioxidants called polyphenols that may help ward off Alzheimer’s Disease, according to researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City who write about their findings in a paper about to be published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease…
July 15, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, alzheimer's / dementia, disease, findings, help-ward, journal, medicine, mount, mount-sinai, natural-antioxidants, nutritional counseling, school, seed-contains, ward-off-alzheimer
Study Suggests Metabolic Syndrome Significantly Less Prevalent In Vegetarians
Vegetarians experience a 36 percent lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome than non-vegetarians, suggests new research from Loma Linda University published in the journal Diabetes Care. Because metabolic syndrome can be a precursor to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, the findings indicate vegetarians may be at lower risk of developing these conditions…
April 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diabetes, findings, heart-disease, indicate-vegetarians, journal, linda, linda-university, metabolic-syndrome, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, percent-lower, suggests-new, the-findings, the-journal
Vegetarians may be at lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke
Vegetarians experience a 36 percent lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome than non-vegetarians, suggests new research. Because metabolic syndrome can be a precursor to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, the findings indicate vegetarians may be at lower risk of developing these conditions.
April 13, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: findings, heart-disease, indicate-vegetarians, lower-risk, metabolic-syndrome, on call diets, oncalldiets, percent-lower, suggests-new, the-findings