Phosphorus sky high and hidden in many U.S. beverages
Phosphorus levels in the nation’s popular beverages remain largely unknown, putting kidney disease patients at risk, according to a research letter published in the National Kidney Foundation’s…
June 18, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: nation, national, national-kidney, nutrition, patients-at-risk, putting-kidney, research-letter, the-nation, urology / nephrology
Leading physicians advocate more nutrition education during medical training
Doctors often lack adequate training in nutrition to give patients the care they need, concludes a group of the nation’s leading physicians in the September 2014 issue of The American Journal of…
August 18, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 2014-issue, adequate-training, diet, leading-physicians, nation, nutritional counseling, often-lack, on call diets, the-nation
Swim times are significantly faster when swimmers recover with chocolate milk
Grabbing chocolate milk after a hard swim could give swimmers a performance edge, according to new research presented at one of the nation’s top sports medicine conferences – the American College of…
June 2, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chocolate-milk, diet, hard-swim, medicine-conferences, nation, new-research, presented-at-one, the-nation, top-sports
Thousands of tonnes of saturated fat to be taken out of the nation’s diet, UK
More than one and a half Olympic size swimming pools of saturated fat will be removed from the nation’s diet over the next year as part of a drive to cut the amount of saturated fat in our food…
October 30, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-over, food, from-the-nation, nation, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, olympic, saturated-fat, size-swimming, the-nation, year-as-part
Dietary Supplements And Doctor-Patient Communication
Vitamins, minerals, herbs and other dietary supplements are widely available in supermarkets and drug stores across the nation without a prescription, so it’s no surprise that nearly half of all Americans take them. But they do carry risks, including potentially adverse interactions with prescription drugs, and some people may even use them in place of conventional medications…
July 4, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: across-the-nation, adverse-interactions, carry-risks, diet, dietary, even-use, nation, nearly-half, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, other-dietary, people-may, the-nation
‘Great For You’ Icon Launched By Walmart
After a year of promising a new “front of the pack” label that will help customers distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods, Walmart, the nation’s largest super-market chain, has followed through with an easy way for shoppers to find healthier, more nutritious options – the ‘Great For You’ icon…
February 8, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-healthy, customers-distinguish, diet, easy-way, find-healthier, largest-super-market, more-nutritious, nation, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, pack, the-nation
Food Served In Children’s Hospitals Rated Largely Unhealthy
Given the obesity epidemic among the nation’s young, one would hope that children’s hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But hospitals in California fall short, with only 7 percent of entrees classified as “healthy” according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics…
December 3, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: academic, among-the-nation, california, entrees-classified, new-study, nutrition / diet, obesity, on call diets, oncalldiets, role-model, the-nation, the-obesity
Researchers Find Some Answers In The Brain To What Makes Fructose Fattening
The dietary concerns of too much fructose is well documented. High-fructose corn syrup has become the sweetener most commonly added to processed foods. Many dietary experts believe this increase directly correlates to the nation’s growing obesity epidemic…
February 10, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: become-the-sweetener, corn-syrup, diet, dietary-concerns, growing-obesity, nation, on call diets, oncalldiets, sweetener, the-nation, the-sweetener, too-much
Cancer Experts: Dietary Guidelines Could Help Lower US Cancer Rates
Experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), the nation’s leading cancer research organization focusing on the role of diet, weight and physical activity on cancer risk and survival, today welcomed the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans…
February 1, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dietary, nation, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, role, the-2010, the-nation, the-role, today-welcomed, welcomed-the-2010
Congress Poised To Approve Food Safety Legislation; 9/11 Bill Triggers Criticsm Of Some GOP Lawmakers
As Capitol Hill lawmakers continue working through the lame duck Congress, some Republicans are facing criticism for opposing the Sept. 11 responders bill. Meanwhile, legislators are poised to pass an overhaul to the nation’s food safety system
December 22, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: capitol, capitol-hill, congress, diet, enough-votes, food-safety, health, health-bill, journal, nutrition, sept, the-lame, the-nation