Stroke: Can lifestyle changes trump genetic risk?
Stroke risk depends on many factors, some of which are genetic and some lifestyle-related. So, can lifestyle changes outweigh the genetic risk?
October 26, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: changes-outweigh, genetic, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, outweigh-the-genetic, risk-depends, stroke, the-genetic
Genes behind food preferences ‘may aid weight loss and disease prevention’
Italian researchers have conducted a number of studies that help determine the genetic mechanisms behind food preferences, which they say could lead to personalized diet plans.
June 7, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: determine-the-genetic, food-preferences, genetic, help-determine, mechanisms-behind, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, the-genetic
A versatile gut bacterium helps us get our daily dietary fiber
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the genetic machinery that turns a common gut bacterium into the Swiss Army knife of the digestive tract – helping us metabolize a main component of dietary fibre from the cell walls of fruits and vegetables.
January 21, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: british, cell, cell-walls, common-gut, dietary-fibre, digestive, genetic, knife, main-component, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, swiss, swiss-army, the-digestive, the-genetic
Vitamin K2 Potentially Offers Hope For A New Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease
Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken, associated with VIB and KU Leuven, succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson’s using vitamin K2. His discovery gives hope to Parkinson’s patients…
May 14, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, effect, genetic, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, parkinson, patrik, the-genetic, undoing-the-effect, using-vitamin, vib
