Folate levels in young women reduced by UV exposure
Women who are pregnant or trying to fall pregnant and taking a folic acid supplement may be at risk of reducing their folate benefit through sun exposure, a new QUT study has warned.
March 25, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: fall-pregnant, folate, folate-benefit, folic-acid, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, pregnancy / obstetrics, pregnant-or-trying, qut, supplement-may, through-sun
Potential nutritional therapy for childhood neurodegenerative disease
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the gene mutation responsible for a particularly severe form of pontocerebellar hypoplasia, a currently incurable neurodegenerative disease affecting children. Based on results in cultured cells, they are hopeful that a nutritional supplement may one day be able to prevent or reverse the condition…
August 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: condition, diego-school, gene, identified-the-gene, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, prevent-or-reverse, severe-form, supplement-may, the-gene, university
Children With Heart Defects May Benefit From Carnitine Supplement
A common nutritional supplement may be part of the magic in improving the survival rates of babies born with heart defects, researchers report. Carnitine, a compound that helps transport fat inside the cell powerhouse where it can be used for energy production, is currently used for purposes ranging from weight loss to chest pain…
May 11, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: babies-born, cell, currently-used, fat-inside, helps-transport, inside-the-cell, magic, oncalldietitian.com, supplement-may, survival, survival-rates, the-magic, weight-loss
