Fresh fruit associated with lower risk of heart attack and stroke
People who eat fresh fruit on most days are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke than people who rarely eat fresh fruit, according to new research. The findings come from a seven-year study of half a million adults in China, where fresh fruit consumption is much lower than in countries like the UK or US.
April 6, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: china, diet, findings-come, fruit-consumption, fruit-on-most, heart-attack, lower-risk, most-days, much-lower, nutrition, on call diets, seven-year-study
Study shows rats fed a dietary fiber supplement had better weight control
A University of Calgary study has found that rats fed a fibre supplement while on a high fat and high sugar diet show a much lower weight gain than those who did not eat the fibre.
April 11, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: calgary, fibre, fibre-supplement, high-fat, much-lower, not-eat, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, rats-fed, sugar-diet, university, weight-gain
FDA may need to reconsider what levels of domoic acid in shellfish and fish are safe
A chemical that can accumulate in seafood and is known to cause brain damage is also toxic to the kidneys, but at much lower concentrations. The findings, which come from a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), suggest that officials may need to reconsider what levels of the toxin are safe for human consumption.
February 10, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: journal, kidneys, much-lower, nephrology, nutrition / diet, officials-may, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, the-kidneys, the-toxin, toxin, upcoming-issue
