Dementia risk reduced by eating ‘five-a-day’
Eating five portions of fruits and vegetables daily – in line with current recommendations – may reduce older adults’ risk of dementia, study finds.
February 24, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer's / dementia, current-recommendations, diet, five-portions, may-reduce, nutritional counseling, older-adults
Increasing calcium intake ‘does not improve bone health of seniors’
Increasing calcium intake to current recommendations does not improve bone density or reduce the risk of fractures among adults over the age of 50, two new studies find.
September 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-over, calcium-intake, current-recommendations, density-or-reduce, diet, does-not, improve-bone, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, over-the-age, risk, the-age, two-new
National Birth Defects Prevention Month underscores need for higher choline intake
Recent research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) found that during pregnancy, and particularly during the third trimester, large amounts of choline may be needed to support fetal development. Conclusions of the research revealed that current recommendations may be too low.
February 3, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: ajcn, choline-may, clinical, clinical-nutrition, current-recommendations, during-the-third, large-amounts, on call diets, oncalldiets, pregnancy / obstetrics, research-published, support-fetal
