Broccoli plant compound detoxifies air pollutants in the body
Mom was right: eating broccoli is good for you. It can help to increase excretion of a known human carcinogen and a lung irritant acquired through air pollution, new study shows.
June 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acquired-through, air-pollution, diet, eating-broccoli, increase-excretion, known-human, lung-irritant, new-study, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets
Adverse vascular effects of air pollution may be ameliorated by olive oil supplements
Taking olive oil supplements may counteract some of the adverse cardiovascular effects of exposure to air pollution, according to a new study presented at the 2014 American Thoracic Society…
May 21, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adverse, air-pollution, diet, new-study, nutritional counseling, olive-oil, oncalldiets, the-2014, the-adverse
In utero exposure to diesel exhaust a possible risk factor for obesity
Pregnant mice exposed to high levels of air pollution gave birth to offspring with a significantly higher rate of obesity and insulin resistance in adulthood than those that were not exposed to air pollution. This effect seemed especially prevalent in male mice, which were heavier regardless of diet.
July 19, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: air-pollution, diesel-exhaust, effect, effect-seemed, especially-prevalent, high-levels, higher-rate, insulin-resistance, link-between, mice-exposed, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, rate
