Could a sugar tax help combat obesity?
Following the BMA’s call for a 20% sugar tax to subsidise the cost of fruit and vegetables, experts in The BMJ this week debate whether a sugar tax could help combat obesity.
July 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bma, bmj, cost, debate-whether, following-the-bma, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, subsidise-the-cost, sugar-tax, week
Coffee drinking habits may influence risk of mild cognitive impairment
Increasing coffee consumption over time to more than one cup daily may raise the risk of mild cognitive impairment, while reducing it may lower risk, according to new research.
July 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer's / dementia, coffee-consumption, daily-may, may-lower, mild-cognitive, oncalldiets, one-cup, over-time, raise-the-risk, reducing-it-may, risk
Diabetics who skip breakfast provoke hazardous blood sugar spikes
Type-2 diabetics who ‘fast’ until noon risk day-long consequences, says Tel Aviv University researcherMore and more Americans on-the-go are skipping the “most important meal of the day,” not…
July 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diabetes, most-important, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, risk-day-long, the-day, university, until-noon
Study explains why ‘eating for two’ during pregnancy is not necessary
A new study of flies suggests a hormone released in early pregnancy enlarges the gut so it absorbs more energy from food and stimulates the body to store more fat.
July 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: absorbs-more, body, early-pregnancy, enlarges-the-gut, flies-suggests, hormone-released, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, pregnancy / obstetrics, stimulates-the-body, store-more
