Study questions beneficial effects of a Nordic diet on cardiovascular events
A new study led from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet shows that although individual components of a healthy so-called Nordic diet previously have been linked to beneficial effects on cardiovascular…
May 26, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: beneficial-effects, healthy-so-called, karolinska, new-study, nordic, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, sweden
Why Does Spinach Give Us Strength?
Spinach has long been associated with strength, but why the leafy vegetable makes us stronger has remained unknown until now. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute say that nitrate, found naturally in spinach and several other vegetables, significantly increases muscle strength…
June 27, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: increases-muscle, karolinska, leafy, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, remained-unknown, the-leafy, vegetable-makes, vegetables
High Chocolate Consumption Linked To Lower Stroke Risk In Females
Women who eat at least two chocolate bars each week appear to have a 20% lower risk of stroke, compared to females of the same age and weight who rarely or never eat chocolate, researchers from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology…
October 11, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chocolate-bars, each-week, from-the-karolinska, journal, karolinska, lower-risk, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, rarely-or-never, sweden, the-same
Breast Cancer Risk Lower Among Regular Coffee Drinkers
Women who drink coffee regularly have a significantly lower risk of developing antiestrogen-resistant estrogen-receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, researchers from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, revealed in Breast Cancer Research. Breast cancer may be sub-divided into hormone-responsive (estrogen receptor (ER) positive) and non-hormone-responsive subtypes (ER-negative)…
May 11, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: breast, estrogen-receptor, from-the-karolinska, karolinska, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, research-breast, sweden
Regular Vitamin B12 Lowers Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
People who consume plenty of vitamin B12 have a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease, researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, revealed in an article published in the peer-reviewed journal Neurology.
October 19, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, disease, from-the-karolinska, karolinska, lower-risk, meat-products, peer, stockholm, the-peer-reviewed