Affimers shown to improve disease resistance in plants
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and research reagents, is pleased to announce that data from a collaboration with researchers at the University of Copenhagen have…
October 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: affimer, avacta-group, copenhagen, developer, diet, group, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, university
Large doses of antioxidants may be harmful to neuronal stem cells
Stem cells are especially sensitive to oxygen radicals and antioxidantsStem cells are especially sensitive to oxygen radicals and antioxidants shows new research from the group of Anu Wartiovaara…
June 12, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, especially-sensitive, from-the-group, group, neurology / neuroscience, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oxygen-radicals, shows-new, the-group
Farm Bill Reform Could Help Stem The Rise In Superbugs
According to an Environmental Working Group analysis of recently released government tests, the amount of meat tainted with antibiotic-resistant bacteria is on the rise. The last test results from a federal report published last year found that 81 percent of raw ground turkey, 55 percent of raw ground beef, and 39 percent of raw chicken parts were infected with antibiotic-resistant microbes…
April 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: environmental, federal-report, group, meat-tainted, parts-were, published-last, raw-chicken, raw-ground, recently-released, rise, working-group
Measures Developed To Prevent Health Problems Associated With Biogenic Amines In Wine
Biogenic amines may be one of the factors responsible for symptoms such as headaches, gastro-intestinal disorders, shortness of breath, fall in blood pressure, and even unconsciousness and cardiac arrhythmia in severe cases.
November 9, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: amines-may, blood-pressure, diet, factors, group, known-members, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, serious-physical, such-as-headaches, the-best, the-factors
From Sweet To Salty – Evidence Of Unique Taste Maps In The Brain
New research on mice suggests the mammalian brain has a “gustotopic map” comprising a unique group of neurons that code tastes from sweet to salty. The findings show that this group of neurons responds differently and discretely as the tongue encounters specific tastes…
September 1, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: code-tastes, findings-show, from-sweet, group, neurology / neuroscience, neurons-responds, nutritional counseling, suggests-the-mammalian, the-tongue, tongue, unique-group
Obese Mexican-Americans Lack Diet, Exercise Advice From Doctors
Only half of obese Mexican-American adults receive diet and exercise advice from their physicians, a new study finds, although obesity is on the rise for this group. “Among this obese population, not seeing 100 percent of people receiving advice is discouraging. There is a much higher risk of having negative health consequences,” said Ha Nguyen, Ph.D…
July 1, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 100-percent, exercise-advice, group, having-negative, much-higher, new-study, nguyen, not-seeing, obese, on call diets, people-receiving, physicians, rise, risk, the-rise
Flaxseed No Cure For Hot Flashes During Breast Cancer Or Menopause
ASCO Abstract #CRA9015: Flaxseed provides no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women, according to a Mayo Clinic and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study…
June 7, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: abstract, asco, clinic, diet, easing-hot, flaxseed, group, menopause, ncctg, north, north-central, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com