Certain Types Of Fat Associated With Worse Memory And Overall Cognitive Function
It has been known for years that eating too many foods containing “bad” fats, such as saturated fats or trans fats, isn’t healthy for your heart. However, according to new research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), one “bad” fat – saturated fat – was found to be associated with worse overall cognitive function and memory in women over time…
May 21, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brigham, eating-too, fats-or-trans, heart, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, saturated-fat, such-as-saturated, trans-fats, women
Nutrition Rating Symbols Should Appear In Front Of Drink And Food Packaging
A system with symbols to illustrate the calorie, trans fats, sodium and added sugars should be displayed in the front of drink and food packaging, says the Institute of Medicine, USA, in a new report. The new system should be used on all foods and drinks – they should replace current systems placed on packaging…
October 21, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: all-foods, food-packaging, institute, medicine, new-system, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, replace-current, systems-placed, the-front, trans-fats, usa
Better Diet Equals Better Sperm
Two studies presented at a conference in the US this week suggest that better diets make for better sperm: one compared a Western diet hight in red meat to one high in fish, vegetables and whole grains and found the latter was linked to higher sperm motility, and the second found that a diet high in trans fats was linked to lower sperm counts…
October 20, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: better-diets, better-sperm, diet-high, diet-hight, fertility, higher-sperm, lower-sperm, on call diets, one-compared, sperm, the-latter, trans-fats, week, western
Depression Risk Higher With Trans Fats, Lower With Olive Oil Consumption
Consumption of trans fats, present in fast foods and mass-produced foods like pastries, may raise risk of depression, whereas a diet rich in mono- and polyunsaturated fats and olive oil appears to have a slight protective effect, said Spanish researchers this week…
January 27, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: depression, diet-rich, may-raise, nutrition, nutritional counseling, olive-oil, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, slight-protective, trans-fats, week