CDC: kids’ caffeine sources now coffee, energy drinks
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that although overall caffeine intake has not increased among children and adolescents in recent years, more children are consuming caffeine from diverse sources, including coffee and energy drinks.The research team, including Amy M.
February 10, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: caffeine-intake, centers, diet, disease, disease-control, including-coffee, more-children, recent-years, research-team
Researchers link obesity and the body’s production of fructose
Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have reported that the cause of obesity and insulin resistance may be tied to the fructose your body makes in addition to the fructose you eat. In recent years the role of added sweeteners, such as high fructose corn syrup and table sugar (sucrose), has taken center stage as risk factors for obesity and insulin resistance…
September 13, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, center-stage, colorado, colorado-school, corn-syrup, fructose, high-fructose, oncalldietitian.com, recent-years, risk-factors, role, stage-as-risk, the-fructose, years-the-role
Research confirms Mediterranean diet is good for the mind
The first systematic review of related research confirms a positive impact on cognitive function, but an inconsistent effect on mild cognitive impairment Over recent years many pieces of research have identified a link between adherence to a Mediterranean diet and a lower risk of age-related disease such as dementia…
September 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cognitive-function, first-systematic, impact-on-cognitive, link-between, lower-risk, mediterranean, nutrition / diet, on call diets, positive-impact, recent-years, such-as-dementia
Eating eggs is not linked to high cholesterol in adolescents, study suggests
Although in the late 20th century it was maintained that eating more than two eggs a week could increase cholesterol, in recent years experts have begun to refute this myth.
July 19, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 20th-century, diet, how-much, more-eggs, myth, new-study, nutritional counseling, recent-years, serum, two-eggs
How Do We Make Safety Claims About GMOs More Transparent?
Consumer confidence in the quality and safety of the food supply has suffered repeated blows in recent years, most recently after food inspectors in Europe found horsemeat in beef products. Restoring public trust in the food supply depends on a transparent regulatory process, and especially on public access to the research that regulators rely on…
March 7, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, especially-on-public, food, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, public-access, public-trust, quality, recent-years, suffered-repeated, supply-depends, the-food, the-quality, the-research
Researcher Who Studied Benefits Of Red Wine Falsified Data Says University
An extensive misconduct investigation that took three years to complete and produced a 60,000-page report, concludes that a researcher who has come to prominence in recent years for his investigations into the beneficial properties of resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, “is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data”…
January 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 145-counts, beneficial, beneficial-properties, extensive-misconduct, investigations, nutritional counseling, on call diets, recent-years, red-wine, three-years
A Study Of Ethnicity And Health
In recent years, the UK government has made bold statements regarding the recommendations for living a healthy life; including guidelines for how much fruit and how many vegetables we should eat daily, along with the ideal amount of physical activity we should do in order to avoid the risks of obesity…
July 8, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: avoid-the-risks, ideal, including-guidelines, made-bold, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, recent-years, risks, the-recommendations
Vitamin D May Help Reduce Heart Risk In African-Americans
In recent years supplementation with Vitamin D has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people who are deficient in the vitamin…
April 12, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cvd, diet, heart-disease, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, recent-years, reduce-the-risk, risk, vitamin