What is food intolerance? What causes food intolerance?
Food intolerance, also known as non-IgE mediated food hypersensitivity or non-allergic food hypersensitivity, refers to difficulty in digesting certain foods.
July 26, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: allergy-triggers, diet, digesting-certain, ensitivity-or-non, food intolerance, food-hypersensitivity, immune, known-as-non, mediated-food, the-immune, triggers-the-immune
Reducing Infections In Patients From Neurosurgical ICU Via Vitamin D Supplementation
Vitamin D influences many other physiological processes, including muscle function, cardiovascular homeostasis, nerve function, and immune response.
July 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: evidence-suggests, immune, immune system / vaccines, nerve-function, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, physiological, the-immune
Alzheimer’s Amyloid Plaque Removal May Be Aided By Vitamin D And Omega 3
In a small pilot study, a team of US researchers has discovered how vitamin D3, a form of vitamin D, and omega 3 fatty acids may help the immune system clear the brain of amyloid plaques, one of the physical hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease…
February 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: amyloid-plaques, how-vitamin, may-help, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, physical, small-pilot, the-immune, the-physical
Discovery That Bacteria May Help Pigs Stay Healthy During Weaning Could Have Implications For Human Health Too
In a study of 36 weanling-age pigs, researchers found that a dose of lipid-producing Rhodococcus opacus bacteria increased circulating triglycerides.
January 24, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: crucial-source, diet, immune, increased-circulating, nutrition / diet, opacus-bacteria, rhodococcus, the-immune
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology: September 2012
New Insights Into How Certain Slow Progressers Control HIV Infection People with a rare genetic trait who are infected with HIV progress more slowly to AIDS than others.
September 21, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: certain-slow, even-within, hiv / aids, immune, infection, progress-more, progressers, rare-genetic, system-fights, the-immune
Multiple Roles Played By Vitamin A In The Immune System
Although it has been known for some time that vitamin A deficiency is linked with an impaired ability to resist infections, exactly how vitamin A and its metabolites contribute to the immune response is not well understood. Somewhat paradoxically, research has indicated that vitamin A can also act as an immunosuppressive agent…
March 20, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, exactly-how, immune, immune system / vaccines, impaired-ability, not-well, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, resist-infections, some-time, the-immune
Vitamin K may protect against developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, say Mayo Clinic researchers
In the first study of vitamin K and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma risk, researchers have found that people who have higher intakes of vitamin K from their diet have a lower risk of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system and is the most common hematologic malignancy in the United States.
April 21, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, intakes, lower-risk, lymphoma-risk, nutritional counseling, the-first, the-immune, the-most, united
An apple a day? Study shows soluble fiber boosts immune system
A new study touts the benefits of soluble fiber — found in oats, apples, and nuts, for starters — saying that it reduces the inflammation associated with obesity-related diseases and strengthens the immune system.
March 17, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: benefits, immune, inflammation, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, soluble-fiber, the-immune, touts-the-benefits, trengthens-the-immune