How elderberries can help you fight the flu
New research shows how the power of elderberries — the fruit of a common European and North American shrub — can help our bodies fight the flu.
April 28, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bodies, flu / cold / sars, north, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, our-bodies, power, research-shows, the-fruit
Omega-3-derived cannabinoid may stop cancer
A cannabinoid that occurs naturally in our bodies as a result of omega-3 fatty acid metabolism is found to have anticancer properties.
July 16, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acid-metabolism, bodies, diet, nutrition, omega-3-fatty, on call diets, our-bodies
Changes in the diet affect epigenetics via the microbiota
You are what you eat, the old saying goes, but why is that so? Researchers have known for some time that diet affects the balance of microbes in our bodies, but how that translates into an effect…
November 24, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: affects-the-balance, balance, bodies, diet, diet-affects, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, our-bodies, saying-goes, the-balance, the-old
New superfoods could help key protein keep bodies healthy
A new generation of new superfoods that tackle heart disease and diabetes could be developed following research into a protein that helps keep cells in our bodies healthy.
September 15, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bodies, developed-following, heart-disease, helps-keep, new-generation, new-superfoods, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, our-bodies
Periodic fasting ‘may protect against diabetes in at-risk groups’
During fasting, our bodies scavenge energy from fat cells. New research suggests this may be an effective way to lower ‘bad’ cholesterol and prevent prediabetic insulin resistance.
June 14, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bodies, diabetes, effective-way, from-fat, oncalldiets, our-bodies, research-suggests, scavenge-energy
Vitamin D supplements: are they really good for our health?
There is no doubt that our bodies need vitamin D. It helps regulate the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in our bones, helps our cells to communicate with each other, and helps strengthen our immune system. But can vitamin D supplementation really offer additional health benefits?Previous research suggests it can.
January 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: absorption, bodies, cells, immune, nutrition / diet, on call diets, our-bodies, our-bones, regulate-the-absorption
The impact of artificial sweeteners: the debate continues
New research from the University of Adelaide has added to the debate about how our bodies respond to artificial sweeteners and whether they are good, bad or have no effect on us.
December 27, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adelaide, artificial-sweeteners, bodies, debate, from-the-university, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, our-bodies, the-debate, university
Is Higher Water Intake Advice Driven By Business Interests?
The suggestion that our bodies need about two liters of fluids each day is not specifically related to water. Spero Tsindos from La Trobe University published an editorial in the June edition of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, examining the reasons for people’s high water intake…
June 15, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bodies, fluids-each, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, our-bodies, public, reasons, tsindos
Revealing The Metabolic Secrets Of The Microbiome
The number of bacterial cells living in and on our bodies outnumbers our own cells ten to one. But the identity of all those bugs and just what exactly our relationship to all of them really is remains rather fuzzy…
May 4, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacterial-cells, bodies, diet, fuzzy, identity, on call diets, oncalldiets, our-bodies, own-cells, relationship, remains-rather, the-identity
What Do Fats Do In The Body?
It’s common knowledge that too much cholesterol and other fats can lead to disease, and that a healthy diet involves watching how much fatty food we eat.
February 12, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bodies, fats, fatty-food, healthy-diet, how-much, involves-watching, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, our-bodies