Observation: Copious coffee consumption while taking MAO inhibitors may lead to severe hypertension
High caffeine consumption may lead to severe hypertension in patients taking monoamine oxidase (MOA) inhibitors for atypical depression and other disorders, according to a patient observation being…
May 5, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: atypical-depression, caffeine-consumption, depression, disorders, may-lead, monoamine-oxidase, oncalldietitian.com, patients-taking
Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation during pregnancy does not appear to improve cognitive outcomes for children
Although there are recommendations for pregnant women to increase their intake of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to improve fetal brain development, a randomized trial finds that…
May 5, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dha, diet, fatty-acid, improve-fetal, intake, omega, oncalldiets, pregnancy / obstetrics, randomized-trial
Investigators find something fishy with the classical evidence for dietary fish recommendations
Oily fish are currently recommended as part of a heart healthy diet. This guideline is partially based on the landmark 1970s study from Bang and Dyerberg that connected the low incidence of…
May 5, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 1970s-study, currently-recommended, dyerberg, landmark, oncalldietitian.com, partially-based, the-landmark, the-low
People with MS benefit from low-fat diet
People with multiple sclerosis who for one year followed a plant-based diet very low in saturated fat had much less MS-related fatigue at the end of that year – and significantly less fatigue than a…
May 5, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-very, less-fatigue, multiple-sclerosis, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, saturated-fat, year-followed
The health of future generations may be affected by malnutrition during pregnancy
New research reveals how environmental factors in the womb can predispose not only the mother’s own offspring but also the grandoffspring to metabolic disorders like liver disease.
May 5, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: grandoffspring, how-environmental, like-liver, mother, nutritional counseling, only-the-mother, own-offspring, the-grandoffspring, womb