How eating herbs could boost your brain
Researchers found the flavonoid apigenin – found in thyme, parsley and other plants and herbs – boosts formation of human cells and strengthens their connections.
December 11, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: boosts-formation, connections, flavonoid, flavonoid-apigenin, human-cells, neurology / neuroscience, oncalldietitian.com, other-plants, plants
A compound in red grapes, including red wine, counteracts exercise benefits in older men
In older men, a natural antioxidant compound found in red grapes and other plants — called resveratrol — blocks many of the cardiovascular benefits of exercise, according to research published today [22 July 2013] in The Journal of Physiology…
July 22, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: called-resveratrol, cardiovascular, journal, natural-antioxidant, nutrition / diet, older-men, oncalldiets, plants, red-grapes, research-published, the-cardiovascular
Genetic Material From Food Unlikely To Get Into Our Blood And Regulate Our Genes
In 2011 and 2012, research from China’s Nanjing University made international headlines with reports that after mice ate, bits of genetic material from the plants they’d ingested could make it into their bloodstreams intact and turn the animals’ own genes off…
June 28, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: animals, bloodstreams, from-the-plants, genetics, made-international, nanjing, nanjing-university, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, own-genes, plants, turn-the-animals
Unwashable Places In Produce May Harbor E. coli, Salmonella
Sanitizing the outside of produce may not be enough to remove harmful food pathogens, according to a Purdue University study that demonstrated that Salmonella and E. coli can live inside plant tissues. E.
August 17, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: coli-0157, food-pathogens, live-inside, mung-bean, oncalldiets, pathogens, pathogens-prior, plants, produce-may, purdue, purdue-university, remove-harmful, salmonella, seeds-were
