Over half of America’s calories come from ‘ultra-processed’ foods
New research, published this week in The BMJ, finds that ‘ultra-processed’ foods contribute to 90% of the total added sugar in American diets.
March 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bmj, diet, foods-contribute, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, the-total, total, week
Possible association between soy formula and seizures in children with autism
A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has detected a higher rate of seizures among children with autism who were fed infant formula containing soy protein rather than milk protein.The study found excess seizures among girls and in the total sample of 1,949 children.
March 18, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-girls, autism, containing-soy, diet, excess-seizures, higher-rate, infant-formula, nutritional counseling, protein-rather, rate, the-total, total, university
Bad Eating Habits Linked To Anemia Risk In Older Women
A noticeable proportion of postmenopausal women with anemia are not eating properly, researchers from Tucson, Arizona, reveal in a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
March 27, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arizona, contains-iron, journal, not-eating, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, red-blood, study-published, the-total, total, tucson
Think Before You Drink
Americans may like their drinks “sickeningly sweet” but a new labeling initiative may discourage us from pouring on the unnecessary calories, said Jessica Bartfield, MD, medical weight-loss specialist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. As of February, the front labels of packaged beverages now include the total number of calories in containers of 20 ounces or less…
March 17, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, drinks, from-pouring, initiative-may, jessica, oncalldiets, the-total, their-drinks, total
