What can we learn from nutrigenomics testing?
There is insufficient scientific evidence to support the utility of commercially available nutrigenomics tests that claim to link genetic variants to dietary intake or nutrition-related disorders.
October 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dietary-intake, intake-or-nutrition, link-genetic, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, scientific-evidence, support-the-utility, utility
American Academy of Pediatrics weighs in for first time on organic foods for children
To offer guidance to parents — and the pediatricians caring for their children’s health — the American Academy of Pediatrics has conducted an extensive analysis of scientific evidence surrounding organic produce, dairy products and meat.
October 22, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: children, dairy-products, diet, offer-guidance, organic-produce, pediatricians, pediatrics, scientific-evidence, their-children
Eating berries benefits the brain
Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and other changes, scientists report.
March 7, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: berry, berry-fruits, brain, diet, eating-blueberries, help-prevent, memory-loss, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, scientific-evidence, the-brain
Cranberry Juice Better Than Extracts At Fighting Bacterial Infections
With scientific evidence now supporting the age-old wisdom that cranberries, whether in sauce or as juice, prevent urinary tract infections, people have wondered if there was an element of the berry that, if extracted and condensed, perhaps in pill form, would be as effective as drinking the juice or eating cranberry sauce…
October 31, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: berry, diet, eating-cranberry, effective-as-drinking, juice, juice-or-eating, now-supporting, pill-form, prevent-urinary, scientific-evidence, supporting-the-age, the-age-old, the-berry, tract-infections