Is it bad to eat ice?
Some people like to chew on ice cubes, but it can cause some complications, including dental problems. Compulsive ice eating is a psychological issue, but it is also a sign of some medical conditions, such as iron deficiency anemia. A doctor can determine the reason for ice cravings and provide appropriate treatment.
May 31, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chew-on-ice, determine-the-reason, ice-cubes, ice-eating, including-dental, iron-deficiency, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, some-complications, some-medical, such-as-iron
Pre-Pregnancy Exposure To Micronutrients Associated With Gene Modifications In Offspring
The offspring of women who were given micronutrient supplements (minerals needed in small quantities, such as iron, iodine and vitamin A) before they became pregnant had gene modifications at birth as well as when they were tested at 9 months…
February 24, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: became-pregnant, ifications-at-birth, minerals-needed, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, small-quantities, such-as-iron
Dietary Supplements Linked To Higher Mortality In Older Women
A report in the October 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals ‘Less is More’ series reveals that consuming dietary supplements, such as iron and coppers, multivitamins and folic acids seems to be linked to a higher risk of mortality in older women – the exception appears to be calcium supplements…
October 11, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, dietary-supplements, exception, internal, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, risk, series-reveals, such-as-iron