Most Americans consume too much sodium, not enough potassium
A majority of Americans consume too much sodium and not enough potassium, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2016.U.S.
November 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: association, consume-too, diet, enough-potassium, much-sodium, nutrition, oncalldiets, scientific, study-presented
Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of death in cardiovascular disease patients
The Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of death in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, according to results from the observational Moli-sani study presented at ESC…
August 31, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: esc, from-the-observational, mediterranean, moli-sani, observational, oncalldiets, presented-at-esc, reduced-risk, study-presented, the-observational
Just one energy drink may boost heart disease risk in young adults
Drinking one 16-ounce energy drink boosts blood pressure and stress hormone responses in young, healthy adults, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions…
November 8, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: association, boosts-blood, energy-drink, healthy-adults, heart-disease, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, one-16-ounce, stress-hormone, study-presented
Kids learn about healthy lifestyle in school-based garden program
Children learned to grow vegetables and the value of a healthy lifestyle in a school-based program tailored for their low-income, desert community, according to a study presented at the American…
November 8, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: desert-community, grow-vegetables, healthy-lifestyle, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, program-tailored, study-presented
Vitamin D pill a day may improve exercise performance and lower risk of heart disease
Taking vitamin D supplements can improve exercise performance and lower the risk of heart disease, according to the findings of a preliminary study presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual…
November 2, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: endocrinology, exercise-performance, findings, heart-disease, lower-the-risk, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, risk, society, study-presented, the-findings, the-risk
Soybean foods may protect menopausal women against osteoporosis
Eating a diet rich in both soy protein and isoflavones can protect menopausal women from bone weakening and osteoporosis, according to the results of a preliminary study presented today at the…
November 2, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: both-soy, diet-rich, from-bone, menopausal-women, menopause, nutrition, on call diets, results, study-presented, the-results
High salt intake may delay puberty
High salt diets may delay puberty according to a study presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Dublin.
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, endocrinology, european, european-congress, may-delay, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, salt-diets, study-presented
Can coffee reduce your risk of MS?
Drinking coffee may be associated with a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 67th Annual Meeting in Washington…
February 26, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, annual-meeting, coffee-may, developing-multiple, diet, lower-risk, multiple-sclerosis, neurology, oncalldietitian.com, study-presented
High consumption of trans fats linked to poorer memory in men
A study presented at a scientific meeting finds that higher consumption of trans fats in working-age men is linked to poorer performance on memory tests.
November 20, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consumption, erformance-on-memory, higher-consumption, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, poorer-performance, scientific-meeting, study-presented, trans-fats
Potassium additives may make low-sodium meats unsafe for patients with kidney disease
Potassium additives are frequently added to sodium-reduced meat products in amounts that may be dangerous for patients with kidney disease, according to a study presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 at…
November 19, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: asn, diet, kidney, kidney-disease, kidney-week, meat-products, presented-at-asn, study-presented, urology / nephrology