Mobile tracking application may help users meet vitamin D requirements

New study in Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior validates use of the Vitamin D Calculator app for tracking intakeVitamin D is essential for the maintenance of bone health and may be…

Pancreatic cancer risk linked to weak sunlight

UC San Diego epidemiologists suggest harm may come from low vitamin DWriting in the online issue of the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, researchers at University of…

Diet soda linked to increases in belly fat in older adults

A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows that increasing diet soda intake is directly linked to greater abdominal obesity in adults 65 years of age and older.

Depression puts low-income population at even greater risk for obesity and poor nutrition

However directionality of this association is still unclear, according to new study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Why nitrate supplementation may increase athletic performance

New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that nitrate — a nitric oxide metabolite — meets tissue oxygen demands without the side effects of increasing red blood cells or blood viscosityWalk…

High-energy breakfast with low-energy dinner helps control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes

A small new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that, in people with type 2 diabetes, those who consume a high energy breakfast…

A standard operation procedure to effectively detect dietetically absorbed plant miRNAs

In a new study published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, Chen-Yu Zhang, Xi Chen and Ke Zen’s group at Nanjing University systematically characterized the kinetics of plant microRNAs…

Low childhood vitamin D linked to adult atherosclerosis

Low levels of 25-OH vitamin D in childhood were associated with subclinical atherosclerosis over 25 years later in adulthood, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of…

Sunlight and vitamin D levels higher for coastal populations in England

People living close to the coast in England have higher vitamin D levels than inland dwellers, according to a new study published in the journal Environment InternationalExposure to sunlight is a…

Corn oil helps lower cholesterol more than extra virgin olive oil, new research study published

A study published in the January/February 2015 issue of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology indicates corn oil significantly reduces cholesterol more than extra virgin olive oil with favorable changes…

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