Junk food and diabetes: Recommendations and tips for eating out
Learn about how junk food may contribute to diabetes, including information on trans fats.
April 25, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diabetes, diet, eating-out, including-information, junk-food, may-contribute, nformation-on-trans, nutritional counseling
High blood pressure: Sodium may not be the culprit
Over recent years, salt has been labelled as a hypertension-causing monster. A new study asks whether this accusation might be somewhat overblown.
April 25, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: asks-whether, been-labelled, hypertension, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, recent-years
Chili peppers, marijuana may reduce gut inflammation
Researchers have found that chili peppers and edible marijuana target the same receptor in the gastrointestinal tract to reduce gut inflammation.
April 25, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: edible-marijuana, gastrointestinal, on call diets, oncalldiets, reduce-gut, same-receptor, target-the-same, the-gastrointestinal
Timing and duration matters for school lunch and recess
A new study finds that the duration and timing of lunch and recess is related to food choices and physical activity of school children.
April 25, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: duration, food-choices, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, the-duration
Scientists rewrite the definition of vitamin A deficiency and its effects on the immune system
In a set of experiments in mice, scientists at NYU Langone have rewritten the definition of vitamin A deficiency and upended long-held explanations for how too little of the vitamin works its…
April 25, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: definition, immune system / vaccines, langone, nyu, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, rewritten-the-definition, scientists-at-nyu, the-vitamin, too-little, upended-long-held, vitamin
Study of bacteria’s DNA fingerprint suggests it could be spreading around Europe via food distribution
Foods should be investigated as a potential source of spread of Clostridium difficile, according to research presented at the 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases…
April 25, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 27th, clinical, clinical-microbiology, clostridium, european, infectious, oncalldiets, potential-source, research-presented, the-27th
