Dairy products a good dietary source of some types of vitamin K
Vitamin K, with its multiple forms, is among the lesser known nutrients. Now, new research from scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts…
June 6, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-the-lesser, center-on-aging, from-scientists, human, lesser, lesser-known, mayer, multiple-forms, nutrition, nutrition / diet, research, research-center, usda
Daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
A daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit may increase the risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HRNCA)…
June 8, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aging, beverage-habit, daily-sugar-sweetened, hrnca, human, human-nutrition, jean, may-increase, mayer, nafld, nutrition, research, research-center, the-risk, usda
Omega-3 rich oils improve membrane fluidity in retina cells and can help fight age-related eye diseases
Scientists working at the Research Center on Aging at the Health and Social Services Centre – University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke (CSSS-IUGS) have been studying strategies for protecting retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells…
August 19, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aging, center-on-aging, centre, geriatrics, health, oncalldietitian.com, research, research-center, rpe, social-services, university
Parental Communication Improves Students’ Diet And Physical Activity
College students eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to researchers at Penn State. “Only a third of college students consumes a diet that is consistent with national recommendations,” said Meg Small, research associate in the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development…
May 20, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, esearchers-at-penn, human, more-fruits, more-on-days, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, parents, prevention, promotion, research-center, students-eat, their-parents
Vitamin D Supplementation Effective In Fracture Risk Reduction In Older Adults
Based on the results of a pooled analysis of 11 unrelated randomized clinical trials investigating vitamin D supplementation and fracture risk in more than 31,000 older adults, Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, director of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University, says higher doses of Vitamin D may be …
July 8, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bone, bones / orthopedics, center-on-aging, metabolism, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, research, research-center, results, says-higher, the-results
Rise In Body Fat Driven By Calories Consumed Rather Than Protein
When eating in excess, it is the number of calories we consume rather than protein that raises total body fat, researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)…
January 5, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: association, consume-rather, from-the-pennington, jama, louisiana, number, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, pennington, research, research-center, the-number
B Vitamins In Mother’s Diet Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk In Offspring
Mice born to mothers who are fed a diet supplemented with B vitamins are less likely to develop intestinal tumors, report scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University. Previous research in humans and mice suggests that B vitamins, particularly folate, play a role in the prevention of colorectal cancer…
June 9, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: center-on-aging, diet, hnrca, human, human-nutrition, jean, mayer, mice-suggests, prevention, research-center, the-prevention, usda