Archive for the ‘Nutrition / Diet’ Category

Nutrition Research Unveiled This Week Shows Pistachios Are Smart For The Heart

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

More good news for pistachio fans! According to new data unveiled this week at the Experimental Biology Conference in San Diego, snacking on pistachios has proved once again to have a positive impact on improving cardiovascular health by significantly reducing inflammation in the body, a prominent cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk ...

Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded To Monell Scientist Mark Friedman To Study Diet And Obesity

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Monell Center scientist Mark I. Friedman, PhD has been selected to receive a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue his work on diet and obesity.The prestigious fellowships are awarded to established scholars in the fields of science, humanities, and creative arts "on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and ...

Is there an association between egg consumption and early death?

Friday, April 11th, 2008

"Going to work on an egg a day?" asks the headline in the Daily Mail. The article concludes that this "increases the risk of premature death for middle aged men". The newspaper adds "consumption of seven or more eggs a week pushed up the chances of dying from any ...

Nutritionist Judy Stone Says Diet More Effective Than Drugs For Most Chronic Illness

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Nutritionist Judy Stone says most chronic conditions can be prevented, improved, or even reversed through the proper diet, without taking medication. Stone is author of Take Two Apples and Call Me in the Morning: Using the Power of Food to Change Your Life (http://www.taketwoapples.com). Stone is president of Nutrition Magician. ...

Prevention Of Osteoporosis Might Lie In The Letter “D”

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Sixty-year-old Darlene Yates has had two hip replacements, a knee replacement and this past year shattered her left femur while she was walking in her neighborhood. Her diagnosis seemed obvious -- osteoporosis. But it turns out she had bone weakness caused by a vitamin D deficiency."I thought with my age ...

UK Food Watchdog Calls For Ban On Food Colours

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The UK's food watchdog, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), is to advise government Ministers to ask manufacturers to bring in a voluntary ban of six artificial food colours from food and drink by 2009. They will also advise Ministers to push for them to be phased out in the ...

Consumers Warned Of Tainted Raw Milk Sold By Clarion, Crawford County Dairies - Food Safety

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Consumers who purchased raw milk from Piney Ridge dairy farm in New Bethlehem, Clarion County, and Clark and Elaine Duncan's farm in Meadville, Crawford County, anytime after March 10 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria Monocytogenes contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today.Raw milk is milk ...

Tougher Food, Product Safety Legislation To Protect Canadian Consumers - Food Safety

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the federal government will boost protection for Canadian consumers with a tough and comprehensive overhaul of food and product safety laws. Earlier in the day, the government tabled legislation in the House of Commons designed to improve the safety of food, consumer, and health products ...

Eating Soy Foods In Puberty May Protect Against Breast Cancer

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Evidence is growing from animal and human studies that genistein, a potent chemical found in soy, protects against development of breast cancer - but only if consumed during puberty, says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher in the British Journal of Cancer published online. The challenge now, she says, is ...

FDA Finds Hazardous Levels Of Selenium In Samples Of “Total Body Formula” And”Total Body Mega Formula”

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has found hazardous levels of selenium in samples of certain flavors of the dietary supplement products "Total Body Formula" and "Total Body Mega Formula." The FDA has received 43 reports of persons from nine states who experienced serious adverse reactions using ...