What’s the link between vitamin D, gum health, and diabetes?
A new study finds that periodontitis and vitamin D insufficiency increase the risk of diabetes and make blood sugar levels more difficult to manage.
August 22, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diabetes, increase-the-risk, make-blood, more-difficult, new-study, nutrition, risk, sugar-levels
How eating mushrooms may improve blood sugar control
A common mushroom can alter gut bacteria and the production of blood sugar, a new study shows. How does this happen, and what are the wider implications?
August 20, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood-sugar, common-mushroom, diet, gut-bacteria, new-study, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, production, wider-implications
Why a low-carb diet may not be so good for you
A new study may have found the ‘sweet spot’ of carb intake. The researchers point out that both too much and too little carbohydrate may harm health.
August 20, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: little-carbohydrate, may-harm, new-study, nutrition / diet, on call diets, point-out, sweet-spot, too-much
How does eating before a workout affect the body?
A new study looks at how having breakfast before a morning workout affects the body during and after exercise — especially its ability to metabolize food.
August 16, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: affects-the-body, body-during, breakfast-before, diet, how-having, looks-at-how, morning-workout, new-study, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets
‘Monster’ radish might help fight heart disease
The biggest variety of radish on the planet may harbor chemicals that can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study investigates.
August 11, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: biggest-variety, diet, may-harbor, new-study, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, planet, reduce-the-risk, risk, the-planet, the-risk
How fiber and gut bacteria reverse stress damage
As gut bacteria digest fiber, they produce short-chain fatty acids. A new study finds that these molecules protect the gut against the ravages of stress.
August 2, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: against-the-ravages, digest-fiber, gut-bacteria, new-study, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, protect-the-gut, ravages, the-ravages, these-molecules
Psoriasis: Mediterranean diet may slow disease progression
A new study suggests that sticking to a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, wholegrain cereals, and olive oil may reduce the severity of psoriasis.
July 27, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-rich, new-study, nutrition, oil-may, oncalldietitian.com, psoriasis, reduce-the-severity, severity
How does diet impact breast cancer risk?
A new study analyzing health- and diet-related data collected over 30 years looks at how fruit and vegetable consumption impacts the risk of breast cancer.
July 23, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: data-collected, how-fruit, impacts-the-risk, looks-at-how, new-study, nutritional counseling, on call diets, risk, years-looks
Bowel cancer: Low-calorie soft drinks could reduce recurrence
A new study suggests that higher consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks is tied to less chance of recurrence and death in stage 3 bowel cancer.
July 20, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: artificially-sweetened, consumption, higher-consumption, less-chance, new-study, nutrition, oncalldiets, sweetened-soft
Eating dinner earlier could reduce cancer risk
A new study concludes that the timing of our final meal of the day may influence our risk of developing prostate or breast cancer.
July 19, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: developing-prostate, diet, final, may-influence, new-study, our-final, our-risk, prostate-or-breast, the-day, the-timing, timing
