Common antioxidant may guard against liver disease
A common antioxidant found in human breast milk and foods like kiwi fruit can protect against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the offspring of obese mice.
January 3, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: against-nonalcoholic, common-antioxidant, fatty-liver, human-breast, kiwi-fruit, nafld, nutrition, nutritional counseling, offspring, oncalldietitian.com, the-offspring
Breast Cancer Slowed By Plant-Based Compound In Mouse Model
The natural plant compound phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) hinders the development of mammary tumors in a mouse model with similarities to human breast cancer progression, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Edible plants are gaining ground as chemopreventative agents…
August 5, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: compound-phenethyl, diet, hinders-the-development, human-breast, journal, mammary-tumors, national, natural-plant, nutritional counseling, on call diets, peitc
