Fish Oil DHA Is Used To Create Maresins, Which Cause Macrophages To ‘Turn Off’ Inflammation
Chronic inflammation is a major factor in a wide range of problems from arthritis to cardiovascular disease, and DHA (found in fish oil) is known to temper this problem…
July 3, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dha, fish-oil, immune system / vaccines, major-factor, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, problem, wide-range
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Prevalent Among Refugees
New research from the University of Adelaide has discovered a high prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency among refugees, prompting calls for refugees to be routinely screened for the problem soon after they arrive. Vitamin B12 deficiency is a sign of severe malnourishment and can result in permanent damage to the nervous system…
March 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adelaide, diet, from-the-university, high-prevalence, nervous, nutrition / diet, permanent-damage, problem, problem-soon, prompting-calls, routinely-screened, severe-malnourishment, the-nervous, university
Ground Turkey Recall – Why The Five Month Delay?
First reports of salmonellosis appeared in March, signs of an outbreak emerged in May – but it took over two more months before anything was officially announced and the source of the problem was found and a recall was issued.
August 5, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: months-before, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, outbreak-emerged, people-wonder, problem, public-health, source, the-problem, took-over, two-more
Malnutrition In The Parkinson’s Community: Study Seeks Volunteers
People with Parkinson’s disease are pre-disposed to malnutrition, yet very little is known about the prevalence of this problem or the best way to overcome it. A PhD student at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is looking for participants for a study which aims to shed some light on the issue.
April 21, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: oncalldiets, parkinson's disease, prevalence, problem, study-which, technology, the-prevalence, yet-very
Allergies, Forbidden Foods Put Childcare Centers On Alert
Attention to children’s food allergies at childcare centers can be a life-or-death issue. As these centers wrestle with the problem, some also have unique needs to address, such as an ethnically diverse child population…
October 10, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: allergy, childcare-centers, ethnically-diverse, food-allergies, nutrition, problem, the-problem, these-centers