Less children found to be at risk of low vitamin D levels
Under new guidelines from the Institute of Medicine, the estimated number of children who are at risk of having insufficient or deficient levels of vitamin D is drastically reduced from previous estimates, according to a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study.
March 27, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chicago-stritch, deficient-levels, having-insufficient, institute, new-guidelines, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, school, the-estimated
DASH eating plan lowers long-term heart attack risk, especially among African-Americans
The DASH diet reduced the estimated risk of having a heart attack in the next ten years by 18 percent when compared to a typical American eating plan, according to a new study. Both whites and African-Americans benefited from the diet, but African-Americans had the greatest benefit. Researchers provided all the food to the participants in this eight-week study.
September 1, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, diet-reduced, eating-plan, estimated, food, from-the-diet, greatest, heart-attack, on call diets, participants, the-estimated
