Does eating mushrooms protect brain health?
Mushrooms are tasty and nutritious, but can they protect the brain from cognitive decline? That is what researchers from Singapore aim to find out.
March 15, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, diet, from-cognitive, nutrition / diet, on call diets, protect-the-brain, singapore, the-brain
Long Term Red Meat Raises Type 2 Diabetes Risk
People who consume more red meat over the long term have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers from the National University of Singapore reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). The authors carried out a follow-up of three studies involving approximately 149,000 Americans…
June 18, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: association, authors-carried, developing-type, diet, higher-risk, jama, meat-over, more-red, national, national-university, nutrition / diet, over-the-long, singapore, the-long
Hip Fracture Risk In Lean Men Reduced By Cartenoids
Speaking at the IOF Regionals Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, researchers from the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Health, announced a study which links carotenoids to decreased hip fracture risk in elderly, lean Chinese men…
December 21, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bones / orthopedics, chinese, decreased-hip, from-the-national, health, iof, national-university, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, osteoporosis, pacific-osteoporosis, singapore, singapore-ministry, study-which
American Diet Fuelling Heart Disease And Diabetes Rates In Southeast Asia
As Southeast Asians embrace American fast foods, such as pizza, french fries, hot dogs and hamburgers, more are dying prematurely form coronary heart disease and developing diabetes type 2, researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the National University of Singapore reported in the journal Circulation…
July 6, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diabetes-type, fast-foods, form-coronary, hot-dogs, journal, national, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, public, singapore, southeast, such-as-pizza, the-journal, university
Consuming Fast Food Increases Risk Of Diabetes And Heart Disease In Singapore
The dangers of fast food are well documented; the portions are often larger and the food is generally high in calories and low in nutrients. Now, University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have examined the eating habits of residents in Singapore and found new evidence that a diet heavy in fast food increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease…
July 3, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-heavy, fast-food, food, generally-high, new-evidence, on call diets, oncalldiets, portions, public-health, risk, singapore, the-eating