Is ‘when we eat’ as important as ‘what we eat’?
In a review of research on the effect of meal patterns on health, the few studies available suggest that eating irregularly is linked to a higher risk of metabolic syndrome (high blood pressure…
June 22, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, effect, high-blood, meal-patterns, metabolic-syndrome, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, patterns-on-health, risk, the-few
Beating high blood pressure with a combination of coconut oil and physical exercise
Coconut oil is one of the few foods that can be classified as a “superfood.” Its unique combination of fatty acids can have profound positive effects on health, including fat loss, better brain…
February 12, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, effects-on-health, fatty-acids, hypertension, including-fat, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, the-few, unique-combination
High level of "food insecurity" found among college students
One of the few studies of its type has found that a startling 59 percent of college students at one Oregon university were “food insecure” at some point during the previous year, with possible implications for academic success, physical and emotional health and other issues.
January 29, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: college-students, emotional-health, issues, its-type, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, oregon, some-point, students-at-one, the-few
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