What are the worst foods for gut health?
The gut microbiome affects many aspects of human health, and the foods people eat can have a huge impact on the bacteria in their gut. Learn about the worst foods for gut health here.
September 5, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria, diet, foods, foods-people, gut-microbiome, huge-impact, human-health, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, the-bacteria, worst, worst-foods
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
New research suggests not all trans fatty acids are bad for you
New evidence suggests that low levels of trans fatty acids (TFAs) may not be as harmful to human health as previously thought, even if industrially produced, and may even be beneficial if they…
September 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: evidence-suggests, human-health, industrially-produced, may-not, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, trans-fatty
Researchers discover brain circuit that controls compulsive overeating and sugar addiction
Compulsive overeating and sugar addiction are major threats to human health, but potential treatments face the risk of impairing normal feeding behaviors that are crucial for survival.
February 3, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: eating disorders, face-the-risk, human-health, impairing-normal, nutritional counseling, risk, sugar-addiction, the-risk, treatments-face
Analyzing the composition of bacterial communities found in the body
Trillions of bacteria live in each person’s digestive tract. Scientists believe that some of these bacteria help digest food and stave off harmful infections, but their role in human health is not…
July 28, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria-live, each-person, harmful-infections, help-digest, human-health, nutritional counseling, role, stave-off-harmful, these-bacteria
Genetically Modified Goats Produce Milk With Antimicrobial Lysozyme Which Speeds Recovery From Diarrhea
Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating the potential for food products from transgenic animals to one day also benefit human health, report researchers at the University of California, Davis…
March 15, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: california, diet, human-antimicrobial, human-health, levels, on call diets, oncalldiets, onstrating-the-potential, potential, proved-effective, university
Roundworms Reveal Health Benefits Of Omega Fatty Acids
New research in roundworms suggests that omega-6 fatty acids may trigger the body’s natural way of recycling of faulty or worn-out cell components, a process thought to be linked to human health and longevity and whose absence may be involved in a number of diseases…
February 25, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: absence-may, body, diet, faulty-or-worn, genetics, human-health, may-trigger, natural-way, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, process-thought, roundworms-suggests, trigger-the-body
Prostate Tumor Cells More Susceptible To Treatment After Exposure To Resveratrol, A Compound Found In Grape Skins And Red Wine
Resveratrol, a compound found commonly in grape skins and red wine, has been shown to have several beneficial effects on human health, including cardiovascular health and stroke prevention…
November 13, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: beneficial-effects, diet, effects-on-human, grape-skins, human-health, including-cardiovascular, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com
Organic tomatoes contain higher levels of antioxidants than conventional tomatoes, study suggests
Organic tomatoes contain higher levels of phenolic compounds than conventional tomatoes, according to new research.
July 3, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: higher-levels, human-health, levels, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, organic-molecules, phenolic-compounds, tomatoes-contain
Go With Your Gut; Diet Influences Microbe Type In Stomach
It turns out that you have to “go with your gut” after all, or in fact, your gut goes with you and what you consume. Gut microbes play a significant, and underestimated, role in human health new research shows…
September 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: human-health, microbes-play, new-research, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, turns-out, your-gut