Unhealthful diet linked with vision loss later in life
A new study finds an association between the Western dietary pattern, which is high in unhealthful fats and sugars, and age-related vision loss.
December 31, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-the-western, dietary-pattern, eye health / blindness, new-study, oncalldiets, western
Men’s sexual function may benefit from daily nut consumption
A 14-week trial found that healthy men who added 60 g of nuts a day to their Western style diet reported improved sexual desire and orgasm quality.
July 29, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 14-week-trial, healthy-men, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, reported-improved, sexual health / stds, sexual-desire, western
The Mediterranean diet can boost athletic performance in just 4 days
A new study compares the effects of the Mediterranean diet with those of the Western diet on athletic performance and endurance to exercise.
March 12, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: athletic-performance, compares-the-effects, diet-on-athletic, effects, mediterranean, new-study, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, western
Mediterranean diet promotes anticancer bacteria in the breast
Compared with following a Western diet, a Mediterranean diet alters breast metabolites and microbiome to favor anticancer effects, a mammal study shows.
October 2, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: breast-metabolites, diet, diet-alters, mammal-study, mediterranean, nutrition, on call diets, western
Can a Western diet permanently alter the immune system?
Consuming a Western diet may prompt irreversible changes in the immune system that make it hyper-responsive to triggers of inflammation, says a new study.
January 15, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, diet-may, immune, make-it-hyper, nutrition / diet, on call diets, prompt-irreversible, the-immune, western
Green tea compound may reduce the harms of a Western diet
A Western diet has been linked to obesity, insulin resistance, and memory impairment. A green tea compound may help to offset these effects, study finds.
July 31, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: been-linked, compound-may, diet, green-tea, insulin-resistance, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, western
Chronic liver inflammation linked to Western diet
A new study in The American Journal of Pathology reports that mice fed a Western diet, which is high in fat and sugar, resulted in hepatic inflammation, especially in males.
July 12, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: hepatic-inflammation, mice-fed, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, pathology, western
Beware of parasites in raw/undercooked fish, warn doctors
An unseen hazard of eating raw or undercooked fish/seafood is on the rise in Western countries, where dishes, such as sushi, are becoming increasingly popular, warn doctors in BMJ Case Reports.
May 12, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bmj, diet, eating-raw, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, rise, the-rise, unseen-hazard, warn-doctors, western
Gut microbes switch host genes on and off under influence of diet
New study of mice shows gut microbes alter gene expression – depending on diet – with a Western diet preventing many of the changes of a plant-rich one.
November 25, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alter-gene, biology / biochemistry, depending-on-diet, diet-preventing, gut-microbes, mice-shows, nutritional counseling, the-changes, western
Cannibalism: A health warning
For many reasons, cannibalism is unanimously frowned upon in the Western world. But, aside from the ethics, is eating human flesh bad for your health?
June 29, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: eating-human, ethics, flesh-bad, from-the-ethics, frowned-upon, health, neurology / neuroscience, nutritional counseling, the-ethics, western