High-fat diets in puberty linked to breast cancer
Young women approaching puberty could reduce their risk of breast cancer if they avoid high-fat diets, researchers from Michigan State University claim.
November 29, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: high-fat-diets, michigan, michigan-state, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, risk, university, women-approaching
Researchers analyze nutritional value of foods marketed to children through online games
In a new study from Michigan State University, researchers classified the foods marketed to children through advergames (free online games) as those meeting or not meeting nutrition recommendations of the U.S.
September 30, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cspi, diet, foods, foods-marketed, free-online, institute, medicine, michigan, michigan-state, not-meeting, oncalldiets, public
Probiotic Helps Male Mice Build Healthy Bones
In what could be an early step toward new treatments for people with osteoporosis, scientists at Michigan State University report that a natural probiotic supplement can help male mice produce healthier bones. Interestingly, the same can’t be said for female mice, the researchers report in the Journal of Cellular Physiology…
February 18, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, female-mice, mice-produce, michigan, michigan-state, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, researchers, the-same, toward-new, university
You’d Be Amazed At How Much You Can Learn From A Plant
In a paper publishedin the journal Science, a Michigan State University professor and a colleague discuss why if humans are to survive as a species, we must turn more to plants for any number of valuable lessons.
July 2, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, journal, michigan-state, msu, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, plants-provides, robert, robert-last, science, the-journal, university
Healthy Eating By Parents Sets A Good Example To Their Children
If lower-income mothers want kids with healthy diets, it’s best to adopt healthy eating habits themselves and encourage their children to eat good foods rather than use force, rewards or punishments, says a Michigan State University study…
June 2, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adopt-healthy, children, eating-habits, healthy-diets, michigan, michigan-state, mothers-want, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, rewards-or-punishments, university
Prebiotic May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk, Severity Of Colitis
Researchers at Michigan State University have shown a prebiotic may help the body’s own natural killer cells fight bacterial infection and reduce inflammation, greatly decreasing the risk of colon cancer.
May 7, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, crohn's / ibd, fight-bacterial, help-the-body, killer-cells, michigan, michigan-state, prebiotic-may, serve-as-food, the-trillions, tiny-bacteria, trillions, university
Bowel Disease Model Reveals Low-Calorie Diet Linked To Higher Death Rate
In a surprising result, Michigan State University researchers looking at the effects of diet on bowel disease found that mice on a calorie-restricted diet were more likely to die after being infected with an inflammation-causing bacterial pathogen in the colon…
March 22, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: being-infected, colon, crohn's / ibd, effects, michigan-state, on call diets, surprising-result, the-effects
Teen Diets Should Include More Fiber, But Not Necessarily Less Fat
A diet high in fiber – but not necessarily one low in saturated fat or cholesterol – is tied to a lower risk of heart disease and type-2 diabetes in teenagers, according to new findings from Michigan State University…
November 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-high, heart-disease, lower-risk, michigan, michigan-state, new-findings, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, one-low, saturated-fat
Change In Food Environments And Availability Of Fresh Produce
Maps are great for showing where things are. They’re also good for showing where things aren’t.
March 7, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: developed-interactive, diet, michigan, michigan-state, nutrition / diet, on call diets, university, urban-food, visual-perspective
Change In Food Environments And Availability Of Fresh Produce
Maps are great for showing where things are. They’re also good for showing where things aren’t.
March 7, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: developed-interactive, michigan, michigan-state, nutrition, nutrition / diet, university, urban-food, visual-perspective