Vitamin C Found To Prevent Bone Loss In Animal Models
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a disease affecting large numbers of elderly women and men in which bones become brittle and can fracture. The findings are published in the October 8 online edition of PLoS ONE…
October 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: actively-protects, animal-model, become-brittle, bones / orthopedics, elderly-women, esearchers-at-mount, first-time, large-numbers, medicine, mount, mount-sinai, oncalldiets
Toxic Byproduct Of Heat-Processed Food May Cause Increased Body Weight And Diabetes
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a common compound in the modern diet that could play a major role in the development of abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
August 22, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: development, esearchers-at-mount, major-role, medicine, mount, mount-sinai, national, nutritional counseling, proceedings, school, the-development
Brain Energy Metabolism Improved By Decaffeinated Coffee
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease. The research is published online in Nutritional Neuroscience…
February 2, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, coffee-may, diabetes, diet, energy-metabolism, improve-brain, known-risk, medicine, mount, mount-sinai, neurodegenerative, oncalldietitian.com, other-neurodegenerative
Grape Seed May Ward Off Alzheimer’s
Grape seed contains natural antioxidants called polyphenols that may help ward off Alzheimer’s Disease, according to researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City who write about their findings in a paper about to be published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease…
July 15, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, alzheimer's / dementia, disease, findings, help-ward, journal, medicine, mount, mount-sinai, natural-antioxidants, nutritional counseling, school, seed-contains, ward-off-alzheimer
Foods With Baked Milk May Help Build Tolerance In Children With Dairy Allergies
Introducing increasing amounts of foods that contain baked milk into the diets of children who have milk allergies helped a majority of them outgrow their allergies, according to a study conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. The data are reported in the May 23 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology…
July 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: allergies, allergy, clinical, contain-baked, diets, jaffe-food, journal, medicine, mount-sinai, on call diets, oncalldiets, school, the-diets, their-allergies