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Nutrition notes: Go ahead, eat your way to better skin
In my last column I wrote about the protein collagen, and how taking a collagen supplement for lean muscles also gives us beautiful skin.
Link Between Western Diet And ADHD
A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents. The research findings have just been published online in the international Journal of Attention Disorders. Leader of Nutrition studies at the Institute, Associate Professor Wendy Oddy, said the study examined the dietary patterns of 1800 adolescents ...
Dieticians play vital role in HMC's healthcare services, says expert
From treating paediatric cases to adult patients, the Dietetics and Nutrition Department has over the years gained a valuable insight into the causes and effects of certain diets on patient health and have created special diets different patients.
Dietitians Support Putting The Pinch On Salt, Canada
The release today of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada is welcomed by Dietitians of Canada (DC) as a roadmap for promoting the health of Canadians by focusing on a major public health issue in Canada - high sodium intake. DC supports the interim target recommended in the Strategy to reduce the population average sodium intake from 3400 mg to 2300 mg by 2016. The ultimate goal is to lower ...
'The Food Movement, Rising': An Exchange
by Kevin Morgan, Ellen Finkelpearl, Joel Berg, reply by Michael Pollan To the Editors : Michael Pollan inadvertently reveals the dangers of the local food movement when he extols its multiple benefits [The Food Movement, Rising, NYR , June 10]. In an otherwise excellent article, he claims that the local food movement wants to decentralize the global economy, if not secede from it altogether ...
White Button Mushrooms Enhance Critical Cells In Immune System
Mushrooms are among the many foods thought to play an important role in keeping the immune system healthy. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have conducted an animal-model and cell-culture study showing that white button mushrooms enhanced the activity of critical cells in the body's immune system. In the United States, white button mushrooms represent 90 percent of the ...
Calcium Supplements May Increase Risk Of Heart Attacks
An international team of researchers that reviewed data from several trials found that taking calcium supplements was linked to a higher risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular events; the authors called for new research to re-assess the role of calcium supplements in the treatment of osteoporosis...
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