What to know about silicon dioxide
Silicon dioxide is a food additive. It is generally safe and occurs in many leafy greens and other vegetables.
May 8, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, fine-particles, generally-safe, may-cause, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, vegetables
Study: Toss eggs onto salads to increase Vitamin E absorption
Adding whole eggs to a colorful salad boosts the amount of Vitamin E the body absorbs from the vegetables, according to research from Purdue University.
October 27, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, colorful-salad, diet, from-the-vegetables, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, purdue, the-body, the-vegetables, vegetables, vitamin
Common Childhood Leukemia May Be Treated With Vegetable Compound
It looks like your mother was on to something when she said, “Eat your vegetables!” A concentrated form of a compound called sulforaphane found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables has been shown to reduce the number of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells in the lab setting, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. The findings appear in PLOS ONE…
December 17, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: baylor, baylor-college, been-shown, cruciferous, leukemia-cells, number, nutrition, reduce-the-number, vegetables, your-mother, your-vegetables
Why Does Spinach Give Us Strength?
Spinach has long been associated with strength, but why the leafy vegetable makes us stronger has remained unknown until now. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute say that nitrate, found naturally in spinach and several other vegetables, significantly increases muscle strength…
June 27, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: increases-muscle, karolinska, leafy, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, remained-unknown, the-leafy, vegetable-makes, vegetables
An Important Role In Nutrition Played By Beans, Pulses And Legumes
Beans, pulses and legumes can be classified as either vegetables or proteins under the new USDA dietary guidelines, giving them an important role in a person’s daily diet, an expert panel said at the Institute of Food Technologists’ Wellness 12 meeting…
April 10, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: daily-diet, dietary-guidelines, either-vegetables, expert-panel, important-role, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, proteins-under, technologists, the-new, under-the-new, usda, vegetables, wellness
Should we play hide-and-go-seek with our children’s vegetables?
Pass the peas please! How often do we hear our children say this? According to a recent survey of adolescents, only 21 percent of our children eat the recommended five or more fruits and vegetables per day
March 1, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: children, children-say, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, our-children, parents, recent-survey, recommended, their-parents, vegetables
Bitter Sensitive Children Could Eat More Vegetables With Help Of Dip
There’s an existential crisis that often happens at dinner tables across the country: why won’t kids eat their vegetables?
December 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: across-the-country, among-children, country, dinner-tables, fairly-common, happens-at-dinner, kids-eat, nutritional counseling, often-happens, on call diets, their-vegetables, vegetables
Biochemical Basis Discovered For Broccoli’s Cancer-Fighting Ability
Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential biochemical basis for the apparent cancer-fighting ability of broccoli and its veggie cousins. They found for the first time that certain substances in the vegetables appear to target and block a defective gene associated with cancer…
January 28, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: certain-substances, defective-gene, diet, its-veggie, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, potential-biochemical, the-first, the-vegetables, vegetables
Making Mealtime A Healthy Family Affair
Your children may refuse their vegetables, your spouse may constantly snack, and your parents may expect a sugar-and-butter-laden dessert…
October 25, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: children, children-may, diet, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, parents, parents-may, spouse, vegetables, your-spouse