Dietary supplement boosts cognitive function in vegetarians
Vegetarians who take the dietary supplement creatine may enjoy improved brain function, according to a new study.
April 8, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dietary, improved-brain, may-enjoy, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, supplement-creatine, take-the-dietary, the-dietary
Healthy diet? That depends on your genes
Shifts in the diets of Europeans after the introduction of farming 10,000 years ago led to genetic adaptations that favored the dietary trends of the time, new research indicates. The study has implications for the growing field of nutritional genomics, called nutrigenomics.
June 12, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: based-on-one, clinicians-may, dietary, diets, europeans, genome, growing, growing-field, his-genome, improve-health, new-research, tailor-each, the-dietary, the-diets, the-time
New publication explores complex roles of dietary fats and oils in health and innovation
Are dietary fats and oils really good for us after all? And if so, what types and how much should we consume to achieve a health benefit? How realistic is the dietary advice about fats and oils?
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dietary, dietary-fats, much-should, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, the-dietary
New publication explores complex roles of dietary fats and oils in health and innovation
Are dietary fats and oils really good for us after all? And if so, what types and how much should we consume to achieve a health benefit? How realistic is the dietary advice about fats and oils?
May 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, dietary, dietary-fats, health-benefit, much-should, nutrition / diet, on call diets, really-good, the-dietary
Vegetarian diets produce fewer greenhouse gases and increase longevity, say new studies
Consuming a plant-based diet results in a more sustainable environment and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, while improving longevity, according to new research. Based on findings that identified food systems as a significant contributor to global warming, the study focuses on the dietary patterns of vegetarians, semi-vegetarians and non-vegetarians to quantify and compare greenhouse gas emissions, as well as assess total mortality.
June 25, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: assess-total, based-on-findings, diet-results, dietary, gas-emissions, global-warming, identified-food, more-sustainable, nutrition, study, the-dietary, the-study, well-as-assess
Probiotics for protecting premature infants from common, life-threatening illness
Treating premature infants with probiotics, the dietary supplements containing live bacteria that many adults take to help maintain their natural intestinal balance, may be effective for preventing a common and life-threatening bowel disease among premature infants, researchers at UC Davis Children’s Hospital have found…
October 21, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-premature, containing-live, davis, davis-children, dietary, help-maintain, hospital, intestinal-balance, natural, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, premature-infants, the-dietary, their-natural
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Reduced Early Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight
University of Kansas researchers have found that the infants of mothers who were given 600 milligrams of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA during pregnancy weighed more at birth and were less likely to be very low birth weight and born before 34 weeks gestation than infants of mothers who were given a placebo. This result greatly strengthens the case for using the dietary supplement during pregnancy…
February 27, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 600-milligrams, birth-weight, case, diet, kansas, more-at-birth, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, the-dietary, weeks-gestation
Nutritional Supplements And The Current State Of Scientific Research
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the dietary supplement industry’s leading trade association, has released its comprehensive report, The Benefits of Nutritional Supplements (4th Edition)…
June 24, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: benefits, council, crn, dietary, edition, its-comprehensive, leading-trade, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, responsible, supplement-industry, the-dietary
Ulcerative Colitis Patients Can Improve Remission Rates By Adding VSL#3 Probiotic To Traditional Therapies
As one of the few probiotics with medical food designation for specific illnesses, VSL#3® has been the subject of a collection of more than 80 studies that have demonstrated its use in the dietary management of IBS, ulcerative colitis, and an ileal pouch. Ulcerative colitis patients, in particular, have been shown to benefit from adding VSL#3 medical food to their prescription drug regimen…
June 9, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: been-the-subject, dietary, ibs, irritable-bowel syndrome, its-use, medical-food, oncalldiets, subject, the-dietary, the-few, the-subject, vsl
Mexican-American youth add pounds as they lose native eating habits
Researchers have found that Mexican-American youth gain pounds as they move away from the dietary habits of their native country, a move that is putting them at risk for serious health problems.
February 13, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dietary, from-the-dietary, native, on call diets, oncalldiets, serious-health, the-dietary, their-native, youth-gain