Feed a cold, starve a fever? Not so fast, according to Salk research
The last time you had a stomach bug, you probably didn’t feel much like eating. This loss of appetite is part of your body’s normal response to an illness but is not well understood.
January 30, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, diet, feel-much, last-time, loss, normal-response, not-well, stomach-bug, your-body
Direct link between REM sleep loss and the desire for sugary and fatty foods discovered
It is not well understood what role sleep loss plays in affecting areas of the brain that control the desire to consume unhealthy foods.
December 8, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: affecting-areas, brain, desire, loss-plays, not-well, nutrition, on call diets, role-sleep
The Benefits And Risks Of Eating Fish While Pregnant: Low-Level Mercury Exposure Linked To ADHD Risk In Offspring
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects approximately ten percent of children worldwide, yet its causes are not well understood…
October 10, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adhd, children-worldwide, not-well, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, pregnancy / obstetrics, ten-percent, yet-its
Multiple Roles Played By Vitamin A In The Immune System
Although it has been known for some time that vitamin A deficiency is linked with an impaired ability to resist infections, exactly how vitamin A and its metabolites contribute to the immune response is not well understood. Somewhat paradoxically, research has indicated that vitamin A can also act as an immunosuppressive agent…
March 20, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, exactly-how, immune, immune system / vaccines, impaired-ability, not-well, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, resist-infections, some-time, the-immune
