Vitamin D insufficiency, low rate of DNA methylation in black teens may increase disease risk
Low levels of vitamin D in black teens correlates with low activity of a major mechanism for controlling gene expression that may increase their risk of cancer and other disease, researchers report.
April 26, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: black-teens, diet, disease, gene-expression, low-activity, major-mechanism, oncalldietitian.com, other-disease, risk
New model can isolate the effects of nutrients on gene expression and physiology
Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a novel interspecies model system that allows these questions to be answered.
February 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: building, building-blocks, cells, gene-expression, massachusetts, model-system, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, our-cells, these-questions, university, vitamin-changes
Microwave Butter Flavoring Ingredient Is A Respiratory Hazard
Researchers have discovered that the ingredient 2,3-pentanedione (PD), used to promote the flavor and aroma of butter in microwave popcorn is a respiratory hazard, which can also change gene expression in the brain of rats…
August 14, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, flavor, gene-expression, ingredient, microwave-popcorn, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, promote-the-flavor, the-brain
