Probiotics do not help infants with colic
Giving probiotics to infants with colic does not appear to have any benefit, according to a large trial published on bmj.com.These findings differ from previous smaller trials and do not support a general recommendation for the use of probiotics to treat colic in infants.
April 2, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: colic-does, diet, findings-differ, general-recommendation, large-trial, not-support, nutrition, published-on-bmj, smaller-trials, treat-colic
Evidence does not support guidelines on fatty acid consumption to reduce coronary risk
Current evidence does not support nutritional guidelines that advocate high consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids and low consumption of total saturated fats, according to an article being published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
March 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annals, article-being, evidence-does, fatty-acids, internal, not-support, nutritional counseling, total-saturated
Selenium For Heart Disease Prevention In Well-Nourished Adults Not Supported By Current Evidence
A systematic review published in The Cochrane Library finds that in well-nourished adults current evidence does not support selenium for preventing heart disease. The review suggests that taking selenium supplements does not reduce a person’s risk of developing heart disease, although most evidence is currently limited to healthy American adults…
February 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-current, currently-limited, diet, does-not, evidence-does, heart-disease, not-support, on call diets, preventing-heart, review-suggests, selenium-supplements, systematic-review
