Toward a safe antiobesity drug that could block fat absorption
To help address the global obesity epidemic, scientists are developing a new class of compounds called “micelle sequestrant polymers,” or MSPs, that could prevent fat particles from getting absorbed…
July 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: address-the-global, compounds-called, diet, global, help-address, micelle-sequestrant, new-class, nutrition, obesity-epidemic, prevent-fat, the-global
Red grape chemical may help prevent bowel cancer, but less is more
Resveratrol, a chemical found in red grapes, is more effective in smaller doses at preventing bowel cancer in mice than high doses, according to new research* published in the journal Science…
July 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, doses-at-preventing, high-doses, journal, more-effective, new-research, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, preventing-bowel, red-grapes, smaller-doses, the-journal
Gradual increase in salt intake linked to high blood pressure
A Japanese study that followed the sodium intakes and blood pressures of healthy people confirms dietary sodium is associated with hypertension.
July 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: confirms-dietary, diet, healthy-people, hypertension, japanese, nutrition, on call diets, sodium, sodium-intakes
