Insights into the effects of zinc deficiency offered by potential diagnostic marker for zinc status
According to new research published in The FASEB Journal, a drop in blood zinc levels does not directly harm the blood vessel cells. Rather, zinc regulates the production of a small molecular compound, which then circulates in the blood and causes harmful blood vessel cell effects…
September 1, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood, blood-zinc, faseb, harm-the-blood, harmful-blood, journal, levels-does, new-research, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, regulates-the-production, the-blood, vessel-cell, zinc-regulates
Bone Density In Healthy Children Not Increased By Vitamin D Supplements
Giving vitamin D supplements to healthy children with normal vitamin D levels does not improve bone density at the hip, lumbar spine, forearm or in the body as a whole, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. Building bone density in children helps protect against osteoporosis in later life.
October 6, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, bones / orthopedics, children-helps, cochrane, cochrane-systematic, diet, levels-does, lumbar-spine, not-improve, on call diets, review-building, the-body, the-hip
