Researchers reveal how breast milk protects against severe intestinal disease in preterm infants
Johns Hopkins researchers have found breast milk protects preterm babies against an intestinal disease called necrotizing enterocolitis, thanks to a protein called EGF.
April 25, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: breast-milk, called-necrotizing, egf, intestinal-disease, johns-hopkins, nutrition, nutritional counseling, protein-called
Dietary supplement improves health and prolongs life in mice
Activating a protein called sirtuin 1 extends lifespan, delays the onset of age-related metabolic diseases, and improves general health in mice. The findings, which appear online in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports, point to a potentially promising strategy for improving health and longevity.
March 3, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cell, delays-the-onset, diet, general-health, metabolic-diseases, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, onset, potentially-promising, promising-strategy, protein-called, seniors / aging
Zinc Prevents Diabetes Damage
In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving
July 1, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: amylin-forms, control, dense-clumps, diabetes, how-zinc, michigan, nutrition, offers-new, protein-called, security-guard, the-control, university, wreaking-havoc
Hydrolyzed Wheat Flour Suitable For Celiac Patients, Study Finds
Baked goods made from hydrolyzed wheat flour are not toxic to celiac disease patients, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Celiac disease occurs in the digestive system when people cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, which is found primarily in wheat…
January 21, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: association, celiac-disease, clinical, crohn's / ibd, digestive, goods-made, hepatology, new-study, nutrition, official, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, protein-called, the-digestive, wheat-flour
Hydrolyzed Wheat Flour Suitable For Celiac Patients, Study Finds
Baked goods made from hydrolyzed wheat flour are not toxic to celiac disease patients, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Celiac disease occurs in the digestive system when people cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, which is found primarily in wheat…
January 21, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: association, clinical, crohn's / ibd, goods-made, hepatology, official, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, protein-called, the-official, wheat-flour