‘Good’ cholesterol may not always protect against heart disease
Try as we might to boost our HDL cholesterol, GlycA, a new biomarker of inflammation found in the bloodstream, may be reducing HDL’s ability to support heart health.
April 4, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bloodstream, cholesterol, hdl, new-biomarker, nutrition, on call diets, support-heart, the-bloodstream
Brain development suffers from lack of fish oil fatty acids, UCI study finds
While recent reports question whether fish oil supplements support heart health, UC Irvine scientists have found that the fatty acids they contain are vitally important to the developing brain.
April 17, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: fish, fish-oil, irvine, nutritional counseling, question-whether, recent-reports, support-heart, the-fatty
For Weight Loss, Pistachios Pummel Pretzels
When it comes to healthy snacking and weight management, a new study bolsters the long-held view that not all calories are created equal. According to nutrition researchers at UCLA, choosing to snack on pistachios rather than pretzels as part of a healthy diet not only supports your body mass index (BMI) goals, but can support heart health too…
May 4, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: all-calories, body, body-mass, long-held-view, nutrition, oncalldiets, pretzels-as-part, support-heart
