A nutrition supplement is associated with lower death rate in patients, new study shows
Research examined effects of a specialized oral nutrition supplement on hospital readmissions and mortality rates in malnourished adults aged 65 or older.
January 19, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-aged, examined-effects, hospital-readmissions, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oral-nutrition, supplement-on-hospital
Vitamin D supplements do not prevent osteoporosis
Taking vitamin D supplements does not improve bone mineral density, a study involving more than 4,000 healthy adults published in The Lancet has found.
October 11, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-aged, adults-published, authors, bones / orthopedics, continuing-widespread, diet, lancet, mineral-density, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, prevent-osteoporosis, the-authors, using-vitamin
Women Eating Significantly Less Salt Than Men
New figures from the Department of Health show the nation’s average salt intake is continuing to decrease slowly – with women consuming significantly less salt than men. Survey results reveal the mean estimated salt intake for adults aged 19 to 64 years was 8.1g per day. The findings showed the intake for men was 9.3g per day, while for women it was 6.8g…
June 26, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-aged, diet, estimated-salt, findings-showed, intake, less-salt, nation, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, results-reveal, reveal-the-mean, show-the-nation, the-intake
