‘Lentils will help you run faster:’ Communicating food benefits gets kids to eat healthier
Affirming statements like ‘eat your lentils if you want to grow bigger and run faster’ are more effective at getting kids to make healthy food choices than presenting the food repeatedly without conversation.
May 8, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: getting-kids, grow-bigger, lentils, make-healthy, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, presenting-the-food, the-food
Is it safe for a person with diabetes to eat sweets?
People with diabetes need to know how the food and drink they consume affects their blood sugar levels. However, it is a common misconception that they must avoid all sweets or sugary foods.
September 17, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood, blood-sugar, diabetes, food, healthful-meal, know-how, must-avoid, oncalldietitian.com, sweets-or-sugary, the-food
What to eat and avoid on the gastric sleeve diet
Learn all about the food to eat and avoid on the gastric sleeve diet.
October 17, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: food, gastric, nutritional counseling, process, solid-foods, the-different, the-food, the-process
Protein-rich diet may help soothe inflamed gut
Immune cells patrol the gut to ensure that harmful microbes hidden in the food we eat don’t sneak into the body.
August 8, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, diet, eat-don, food, harmful-microbes, oncalldietitian.com, patrol-the-gut, the-food, the-gut
Social eating leads to overeating, especially among men
Gorging at a holiday meal or friend’s BBQ might have more to do with your ego than the quality of the food – especially if you’re a man.
December 8, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bbq, food, holiday-meal, meal-or-friend, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, quality, the-food, the-quality
Study finds BBP can increase fat stores in body before we’re born
Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), a chemical commonly used in the food manufacturing process, can increase fat stores in the body even before we’re born, according to a new study published in the…
May 18, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bbp, body, butyl-phthalate, endocrinology, even-before, fat-stores, food, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, the-body, the-food
Should the food industry fund health research
In The BMJ, leading experts debate whether the food industry should fund health research, and if so, under what circumstances.
April 20, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bmj, debate-whether, food, fund-health, industry-should, leading-experts, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, the-food, whether-the-food
Safety last? Consumers’ response to food safety risks are altered due to prior commitment and preference
With the globalization of our food supply, food safety issues are a major concern for both public health and for the food industry.
November 25, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: food, food-safety, globalization, major-concern, nutrition, oncalldiets, our-food, public-health, the-food, the-globalization
The 20 lb. cereal box – food on your counter can predict your weight
Over 200 American kitchens were photographed to determine if the food sitting out on counters could predict the weight of the woman living in each home.
October 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, food, kitchens-were, nutrition, nutritional counseling, predict-the-weight, sitting-out, the-food, the-woman, weight, woman
When eating fish is a health hazard
Fish farmed or caught near the world’s great industrial growth areas run the risk of spreading toxic contamination up the food chain and poisoning consumers.
September 14, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: caught-near, farmed-or-caught, food, great-industrial, growth-areas, near-the-world, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, risk, the-food, the-world, world