In a recently published study Cancer Screening and PreventionResearchers reviewed current knowledge about the beneficial and harmful effects of dietary patterns and dietary supplements on cancer risk. To work: Diet and Supplements for Cancer PreventionImage Credit: Josep Suria/Shutterstock.com Background In addition to lifestyle choices, an important modifiable risk factor for cancer is diet. An increasing… Read More »
In a recent study published in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes, Researchers are investigating whether the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) affects the risk of gestational diabetes (GDM). To work: Adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern and risk of gestational diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Image Credit: Olga Gavrilova / Shutterstock.com GDM and MedDiet… Read More »
The critical role of nutrition in health necessitates the development of dietary assessment tools that can accurately assess causal relationships with various health outcomes. A recently published study Nature Metabolism Examines the potential utility of food intake biomarkers (BFIs) in objective and accurate dietary assessments. To work: Towards precision nutrition: Unlocking biomarkers as dietary assessment… Read More »
These nutritionists have a T-bone to choose from four types of foods and one type of drinks that they say can cause cancer. Studies have shown that a person’s diet can affect their chances of developing various types of cancer; Experts encourage consumption of whole grains, vegetables, fruits and beans to reduce risk. “People should… Read More »
Soon BMC Public Health The study explores the consequences of low food diversity on children’s health and economy. To work: Food diversity: relationship to child health and the resulting economic burden. Image Credit: Mohammad Bash / Shutterstock.com Investigating the relationship between dietary diversity and childhood malnutrition. Millions of children under the age of five worldwide… Read More »
Dr. “The American diet is dangerous,” Joel Fuhrman told a crowd of 900 people at Utah Valley University’s Sorenson Center on Thursday, April 11. Fuhrman is a seven-time New York Times bestseller, lover of the Utah ski slopes, and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. At the event, hosted by local restaurant… Read More »
Early childhood is an important period in terms of learning about nutrition and acquiring healthy eating behaviors. Young children rely on their parents for food choices, and the availability of food in the home affects their dietary choices. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines changes in home food availability and nutritional… Read More »
In a recently published study nutrientsResearchers at the Austin School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston investigated how nutrition labels influence eating behaviors among middle and high school students in Texas. Study: Using Nutrition Facts Labeling to Make Food Choices Is Associated with Healthier Eating Among 8th-11th… Read More »
In a recently published study Scientific Reports, researchers identified and evaluated associations between baseline dietary patterns and metabolic risk factors in adults in Northwest Ethiopia. To work: Dietary patterns for noncommunicable diseases and associations with metabolic risk factors. Image Credit: Serhiy Stakhnyk/Shutterstock.com Background Metabolic risk factors such as abdominal obesity, high body mass index (BMI)… Read More »
In a recently published study Npj Vaccines Daily, researchers offered interesting perspectives on sustainable nutritional modeling and formulation in the transition from animal to plant-based nutrition (PBD). To work: Modeling sustainable healthy eating for the transition to plant-based diets in the United States.. Image Credit: RONEDIA/Shutterstock.com Background There are several different definitions of PBDs based… Read More »