400 IU Of Vitamin D Daily Is Sufficient For Infants
Babies should be given a daily dose of vitamin D of 400 IU (international units) to help them stay healthy, according to a new study in JAMA. Vitamin D is important for the growth of healthy bones and to prevent rickets, and it is particularly crucial that infants get enough of it during their first year life because their bones are growing very quickly…
May 1, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bones, daily-dose, first-year, growth, infants-get, jama, life-because, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, stay-healthy, the-growth
Eating berries may activate the brain’s natural housekeeper for healthy aging
Scientists report the first evidence that eating blueberries, strawberries, and acai berries may help the aging brain stay healthy in a crucial but previously unrecognized way. Their study concludes that berries, and possibly walnuts, activate the brain’s natural “housekeeper” mechanism, which cleans up and recycles toxic proteins linked to age-related memory loss and other mental decline.
August 24, 2010 · by webmaster · in Nutritional News · Tags: aging, aging-brain, berries-may, brain, diet, help-the-aging, memory-loss, stay-healthy, study-concludes
