Study Suggests Metabolic Syndrome Significantly Less Prevalent In Vegetarians
Vegetarians experience a 36 percent lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome than non-vegetarians, suggests new research from Loma Linda University published in the journal Diabetes Care. Because metabolic syndrome can be a precursor to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, the findings indicate vegetarians may be at lower risk of developing these conditions…
April 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diabetes, findings, heart-disease, indicate-vegetarians, journal, linda, linda-university, metabolic-syndrome, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, percent-lower, suggests-new, the-findings, the-journal
2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report Offers Food And Nutrition Practitioners Insights On Helping Americans Combat Obesity Epidemic
In an insightful Commentary in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Chair of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and Professor and Associate Dean, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, highlights the key features and noteworthy findings of the 2010 US Dietary Guide…
October 27, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advisory, feinberg-school, journal, key-features, linda, medicine, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, professor
