Liver, Dietary Proteins Key In Fertility
When you think about organs with an important role in reproduction, the liver most likely doesn’t spring to mind. But a new report in the February issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, shows that estrogen receptors in the liver are critical for maintaining fertility…
February 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, estrogen-receptors, fertility, important-role, liver, metabolism, new-report, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, press, the-liver
Eating Spinach Makes For More Efficient Muscles
After taking a small dose of inorganic nitrate for three days, healthy people consume less oxygen while riding an exercise bike.
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News From The February Issue Of The Journal Chest
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED LUNG FUNCTION New research shows that vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), with the largest prevalence seen in patients with concurrent connective tissue disease (CTD)…
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Vegans’ elevated heart risk requires omega-3s and B12, study suggests
People who follow a vegan lifestyle — strict vegetarians who try to eat no meat or animal products of any kind — may increase their risk of developing blood clots and atherosclerosis or “hardening of the arteries,” which are conditions that can lead to heart attacks and stroke, study suggests.
February 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: animal-products, arteries, developing-blood, diet, heart-attacks, may-increase, meat-or-animal, nutrition, risk, strict-vegetarians, the-arteries, their-risk, vegan-lifestyle