Could a probiotic prevent or reverse Parkinson’s?
Scientists recently tested probiotics in a roundworm model of Parkinson’s. A particular bacterium had a protective effect and improved symptoms.
January 23, 2020 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, nutrition, on call diets, parkinson, parkinson's disease, particular-bacterium, protective-effect, recently-tested, roundworm-model
Children who are given vitamin A may be less likely to develop malaria
Large study in sub-Saharan Africa suggests vitamin A’s protective effectChildren under age 5 living in sub-Saharan Africa were 54 percent less likely to develop malaria if they had been given a…
February 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: africa, been-given, develop-malaria, oncalldiets, percent-less, protective-effect, saharan-africa, suggests-vitamin, tropical diseases, under-age
Decreased risk of colorectal cancer linked with higher selenium levels
Although studies in recent years have linked high selenium levels to increased risk for type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests a protective effect against colorectal cancer.
December 16, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: against-colorectal, high-selenium, increased-risk, new-study, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, protective-effect, recent-years
A good diet before diagnosis is linked with lower mortality among OVCA survivors
Prediagnosis diet quality was associated with mortality and may have a protective effect after ovarian cancer, according to a new study published October 14 in the JNCI: Journal of the National…
October 20, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: after-ovarian, diet-quality, jnci, journal, national, new-study, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, protective-effect
Dietary Nicotine In Peppers May Reduce Risk Of Developing Parkinson’s Disease
New research reveals that Solanaceae – a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine – may provide a protective effect against Parkinson’s disease…
May 12, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: edible-sources, flowering-plant, may-provide, on call diets, parkinson, parkinson's disease, producing-foods, protective-effect, research-reveals, solanaceae, some-species
Eating Foods With Nicotine Could Help Prevent Parkinson’s Disease
Certain species of a flowering plant family called “Solanaceae” have chemical properties that can help prevent the development of Parkinson’s disease. Some of the species are edible sources of nicotine, a chemical which is thought to have a neuroprotective effect upon dopaminergic neurons, providing a protective effect against the disease…
May 9, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chemical-which, development, diet, disease, effect-upon, family-called, flowering-plant, nutrition, nutritional counseling, parkinson, parkinson's disease, prevent-the-development, protective-effect, species, the-species
Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil may protect bone
Consumption of a Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil for two years is associated with increased serum osteocalcin concentrations, suggesting a protective effect on bone.
August 15, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, diet-enriched, effect-on-bone, increased-serum, mediterranean, nutrition, nutritional counseling, protective-effect, two-years
Protection From Lung Function Impairment And Decline In Smokers May Be Provided By Vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with worse lung function and more rapid decline in lung function over time in smokers, suggesting that vitamin D may have a protective effect against the effects of smoking on lung function, according to a new study from researchers in Boston…
July 24, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: against-the-effects, effects, from-researchers, lung-function, more-rapid, new-study, oncalldiets, over-time, protective-effect, respiratory / asthma, smoking-on-lung, worse-lung
Vitamin D Confirmed As A Protective Agent Against The Advance Of Colon Cancer
The indication that vitamin D and its derivatives have a protective effect against various types of cancer is not new. In the field of colon cancer, numerous experimental and epidemiological studies show that vitamin D3 (or cholecalciferol) and some of its derivatives inhibit the growth of cancerous cells…
August 18, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: against-various, field, growth, inhibit-the-growth, its-derivatives, numerous-experimental, oncalldiets, protective-effect, studies-show, the-field