Tanning may protect skin against harmful UV irradiation but block vitamin D synthesis
As skin tans, it darkens to protect itself against harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation, but the increasing pigment blocks vitamin D synthesis, limiting the skin’s ability to produce more vitamin D…
April 4, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: against-harmful, blocks-vitamin, dermatology, increasing, increasing-pigment, limiting-the-skin, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, produce-more, protect-itself, skin
Engineers and scientists to examine antibiotic resistance in food chain from farm to fork
Growing evidence suggests that agricultural practices, especially widespread antibiotic use, could be contributing to the increasing antibiotic resistance problem in humans.
May 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: antibiotic-resistance, antibiotic-use, especially-widespread, evidence-suggests, increasing, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, the-increasing
Transgenic mice produce both omega-3, omega-6 fatty acids on carbohydrate diet
A transgenic mouse has been developed that synthesizes both the omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids within its tissues on a diet of carbohydrates or saturated fats. Significant evidence suggest that the ratio of dietary omega-6 to omega-3 has important implications for human health, further increasing interest in the development of foods rich in omega-3s.
May 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bohydrates-or-saturated, both-the-omega, development, fatty-acids, foods-rich, increasing, omega, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, ratio, the-development, transgenic-mouse
