National school food policies have potential to improve health now and later
Providing free fruits and vegetables and limiting sugary drinks in schools could have positive health effects in both the short- and long-term, finds a new Food-PRICE study.
July 9, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: both-the-short, free-fruits, health-effects, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, price, short, sugary-drinks
Sugar consumption led to memory problems and brain inflammation in adolescent rats
Studying rats as model subjects, scientists found that adolescents were at an increased risk of suffering negative health effects from sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
October 9, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, from-sugar-sweetened, health-effects, model-subjects, nutritional counseling, on call diets, rats-as-model, suffering-negative
Folic acid deficiencies associated with spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities persist through multiple generations
Folic acid deficiency can cause severe health problems in offspring, including spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities. A study out today reveals that a mutation in a gene necessary for the metabolism of folic acid not only impacts the immediate offspring but can also have detrimental health effects on the next several generations…
September 30, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acid-deficiency, folic-acid, gene-necessary, health-effects, heart-defects, including-spina, metabolism, on call diets, pregnancy / obstetrics, severe-health, study-out, study-out-today, today-reveals
New NIST Reference Materials For Green Tea
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a suite of green tea reference materials to help manufacturers evaluate the composition of their products and assure researchers of the accuracy of analytical methods for studying the human health effects of this popular beverage and dietary supplement…
May 26, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: composition, diet, health-effects, national, nist, popular, products, standards, technology, the-accuracy
What’s So Special About Blueberries?
Recently a study out of the Texas Women’s University looked at whether blueberries with their high polyphenol content could help in fighting obesity.
April 26, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: been-cited, cited-as-having, conditions, having-positive, health-effects, like-cardiovascular, looked-at-whether, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, study-out, texas, university
Energy Drinks Can Harm Children
Energy drinks may pose a risk for serious adverse health effects in some children, especially those with diabetes, seizures, cardiac abnormalities or mood and behavior disorders. A new study, “Health Effects of Energy Drinks on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults,” in the March issue of Pediatrics (published online Feb…
February 15, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adolescents, children, drinks-on-children, effects, energy-drinks, health-effects, new-study, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, ormalities-or-mood, pediatrics, serious-adverse, young, young-adults