Alzheimer’s: no link to mercury in brain or seafood consumption
In the first study to examine the link between mercury levels in the brain and brain neuropathology, researchers say there is no association between mercury levels and dementia.
February 2, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer's / dementia, between-mercury, examine-the-link, link-between, mercury-levels, nutrition, nutritional counseling, the-brain
Adolescent weight gain on popular injectable contraceptive may depend on micronutrient intake
Since its introduction nearly 23 years ago, the popular injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) has been associated with causing substantial weight gain in some adolescent girls. Without being able to identify or predict which girls will gain weight on the drug, physicians typically counsel all teens receiving DMPA to simply eat less
February 2, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: being-able, gain-weight, message, oncalldietitian.com, popular, predict-which, simply-eat, some-adolescent, the-drug, the-popular, weight-gain, years-ago
When food alters gene function
As the study shows, a high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation leads to epigenetic* changes in the offspring.
February 2, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diabetes, during-pregnancy, high-fat-diet, nutritional counseling, offspring, on call diets, oncalldiets, study, the-study
Drinking coffee may reduce the risk of liver cirrhosis
Regular consumption of coffee was linked with a reduced risk of liver cirrhosis in a review of relevant studies published before July 2015.
February 2, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, liver-cirrhosis, on call diets, published-before, reduced-risk, relevant-studies
