Dementia risk higher in those who eat more trans fats
A new study of 1,628 older people living in Japan found a 52–74% higher chance of developing dementia in those with higher blood levels of trans fats.
October 28, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 628-older, blood, chance, developing-dementia, diet, higher-blood, higher-chance, japan, new-study, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, people-living
Better cultural fit may encourage healthy eating
A study of adults from the U.S. and Japan finds whether a person adheres to a healthy diet may depend on how well they fit with their country’s culture.
August 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: country, finds-whether, healthy-diet, how-well, japan, may-depend, nutrition, nutrition / diet, person-adheres
Pickled turnip from Japan – new superfood to prevent flu infection?
Scientists have discovered that bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can prevent flu. Could this be the next superfood?
November 7, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: applied, flu / cold / sars, flu-virus, immune, japan, japanese, lactobacillus, letters, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, pickled-turnip, suguki
Pica And Geophagy: Unearthing A Hidden Dietary Behavior
Though it was identified as a disorder as early as the 14th century, pica, or the eating of non-food items, has for years believed to be all but non-existent in a few corners of the globe – a 2006 study that reviewed research on pica found just four regions – the South of South America, Japan, Korea and Madagascar – where the behavior had never been observed…
October 26, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: behavior-had, japan, korea, never-been, non-food-items, nutrition / diet, on call diets, south
Radioactive Tuna Migrated Into Californian Waters From Japan
Pacific bluefin tuna which have migrated from Japan to California have been found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium from the Fukushima nuclear accident, researchers from Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific have reported in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)…
May 29, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: california, from-the-fukushima, fukushima, hopkins, japan, national, national-academy, pacific, sciences, station
Green Tea Protects Against Functional Disability Linked To Aging
Regular green tea drinkers have a lower risk of developing functional disability, researchers from Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Functional disability refers to problems with daily chores and activities, such as bathing or dressing…
February 6, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical, daily-chores, disability-refers, graduate, graduate-school, green-tea, japan, lower-risk, medicine, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, such-as-bathing, tohoku, tohoku-university
Only 25 Percent Of Americans Say They Would Buy Japanese-Imported Food Following Fukushima Disaster
Despite rigorous testing and assurances from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that seafood and other food products imported from Japan are safe for consumption, three in four Americans in a recent study said they were not ready to purchase food from Japan, according to research presented at a symposium at the 2011 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expo®…
June 16, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, annual-meeting, food, food-products, institute, japan, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, purchase-food, recent-study, technologists, the-2011
Potential Natural Protection Against Radiation
In the midst of ongoing concerns about radiation exposure from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, scientists are reporting that a substance similar to resveratrol – an antioxidant found in red wine, grapes and nuts – could protect against radiation sickness. The report appears in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters…
May 5, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acs, against-radiation, diet, from-the-fukushima, fukushima, japan, medicinal, medicinal-chemistry, midst, nuclear-power, ongoing-concerns, red-wine, the-midst
Electrifying findings: New ways of boosting healthful antioxidant levels in potatoes
Scientists in Japan are busy zapping potatoes and, as a result, the fifth most popular food consumed around the world may one day become an even more healthful vegetable.
August 23, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: around-the-world, even-more, food-consumed, japan, most-popular, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, one-day, the-fifth, world, world-may, zapping-potatoes
Diet high in B vitamins lowers heart risks in Japanese study
In a large study in Japan, women who reported eating more foods containing the B vitamins folate and B-6 were less likely to die from stroke and heart disease. Japanese men reporting diets high in these B vitamins were less likely to die of heart failure.
April 17, 2010 · by webmaster · in Nutritional News · Tags: diets-high, japan, large-study, men-reporting, more-foods, oncalldiets, reported-eating, vitamins-folate, vitamins-were