Folic acid may mitigate autism risk from pesticides
Researchers at UC Davis and other institutions have shown that mothers who take recommended amounts of folic acid around conception might reduce their children’s pesticide-related autism risk.
September 13, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: around-conception, children, davis, folic-acid, institutions, might-reduce, on call diets, oncalldiets, pregnancy / obstetrics, their-children
Among other health benefits walnuts slow prostate cancer growth
Researchers at UC Davis and other institutions have found that diets rich in whole walnuts or walnut oil slowed prostate cancer growth in mice.
November 18, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: davis, diet, institutions, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, slowed-prostate, walnut-oil, walnuts-or-walnut
Microbial diversity in the gut may be hampered by variety in diet
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have discovered that the more diverse the diet of a fish, the less diverse are the microbes living in its gut.
May 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: austin, diet, institutions, more-diverse, nutrition / diet, texas, texas-at-austin, the-less
Caffeine Alters Estrogen Levels
Researchers at the National Institute of Health, along with other institutions, have released a study online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, stating that Asian women have higher estrogen levels when drinking 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day. This is about 2 cups of coffee…
January 28, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: asian, estrogen, health, higher-estrogen, institutions, milligrams-or-more, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com
