Vitamin D May Reduce Risk Of Uterine Fibroids, According To NIH Study
Women who had sufficient amounts of vitamin D were 32 percent less likely to develop fibroids than women with insufficient vitamin D, according to a study from researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
April 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: develop-fibroids, health-fibroids, known-as-uterine, national, national-institutes, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, percent-less, sufficient-amounts, uterine-leiomyomata, uterus
Probable Mechanism Underlying Resveratrol Activity Revealed By NIH Study
National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present evidence that resveratrol does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging…
February 5, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: colleagues, directly-activate, health, institutes, its-health, national-institutes, naturally-occurring, on call diets
Loyola Receives NIH Grant To Study Vitamin D Deficiency In African Populations
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study vitamin D deficiency in people of African descent. Researchers will evaluate the relation between low vitamin D levels and risks for certain chronic diseases, including osteoporosis and heart disease…
December 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-low, bones / orthopedics, certain-chronic, chicago-stritch, evaluate-the-relation, health, national, national-institutes, on call diets, oncalldiets, relation, stritch, study-vitamin, the-relation
High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements Benefit Obese Adolescents
Vitamin D deficiency is common in Americans, and especially in overweight and obese adolescents, according to the National Institutes of Health. University of Missouri researchers have found that providing obese adolescents with a high daily dose of vitamin D3 is safe and effective in improving their vitamin D status…
November 3, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: health-university, missouri, national, national-institutes, nutritional counseling, obese-adolescents, vitamin
Scientists Develop Tool To Trace Metabolism Of Cancer-Fighting Tomato Compounds
The University of Illinois scientists who linked eating tomatoes with a reduced risk of prostate cancer have developed a tool that will help them trace the metabolism of tomato carotenoids in the human body. And they’ve secured funding from the National Institutes of Health to do it…
December 1, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: health, human, illinois, linked-eating, national, national-institutes, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, reduced-risk, secured-funding, the-human, the-metabolism, university, will-help