Teens who eat lots of chocolate tend to be slimmer
Another study appears to find benefits from eating chocolate: researchers from the University of Granada in Spain analzying data on European teenagers found a strong link between high chocolate consumption and low levels of body fat.
November 1, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: analzying-data, between-high, chocolate-consumption, data-on-european, european, find-benefits, from-eating, from-the-university, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, strong-link, study, study-appears, university
A New, Super-Nutritious Puffed Rice For Breakfast Cereals And Snacks
A new process for blowing up grains of rice produces a super-nutritious form of puffed rice, with three times more protein and a rich endowment of other nutrients that make it ideal for breakfast cereals, snack foods and nutrient bars for school lunch programs, scientists are reporting. Their study appears in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
December 30, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agricultural, diet, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, other-nutrients, rice-produces, school-lunch, study-appears, times-more
How Animals Sense Potentially Harmful Acids
All animals face the challenge of deciding which chemicals in the environment are useful and which are harmful. A new study greatly improves our understanding of how animals sense an important class of potentially harmful chemicals: weak acids. The study appears online on May 16 in the Journal of General Physiology…
May 17, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: animals-face, biology / biochemistry, environment, harmful-chemicals, important-class, journal, nutritional counseling, online-on-may, study-appears, the-environment
Organic Onions, Carrots And Potatoes Do Not Have Higher Levels Of Healthful Antioxidants
With the demand for organically produced food increasing, scientists are reporting new evidence that organically grown onions, carrots, and potatoes generally do not have higher levels of healthful antioxidants and related substances than vegetables grown with traditional fertilizers and pesticides. Their study appears in ACS’ bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry…
November 5, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acs, agricultural, grown-onions, journal, levels, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, organically-produced, reporting-new, study-appears