Diet patterns may keep brain from shrinking
30 DEC 2011 ST. PAUL, Minn. – People with diets high in several vitamins or in omega 3 fatty acids are less likely to have...
3 p.m. slump? Why a sugar rush may not be the answer
Public release date: 16-Nov-2011 Protein, not sugar, stimulates cells keeping us thin and awake, new study suggests A new study has found that protein and...
U of I study: Before you start bone-building meds, try dietary calcium and supplements
- “Bisphosphonates, for instance, disrupt normal bone remodeling by shutting down the osteoclasts— the cells that break down old bone to make new bone. When...
Prenatal micronutrient supplementation boosts children’s cognition in Nepal
Publicreleasedate: 21-Dec-2010 - prenatal iron-folic acid supplementation increased offspring intellectual and motor functioning during school age [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Metabolism of folic acid. The...
Think saturated fat contributes to heart disease? Think again
Public release date: 1-Oct-2010 HRR: COI ( be aware conflict of interest ) - while replacing saturated fat with carbohydrates was found to be ineffective...
A Low-carb Diet Based on Animal Protein May Increase Death Risk
Public Release: 6-Sep-2010 - A vegetable-based low-carbohydrate diet was associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality rates. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Vegetables (Photo credit:...
Mortality Rates Reduced among Children Whose Mothers Received Iron-folic Acid Supplements ( 31 percent reduction )
2009 study posted for filing Offspring whose mothers had been supplemented with iron-folic acid during pregnancy had dramatically reduced mortality through age 7, according to...
51st Health Research Report 03 MAR 2009 – Reconstructed
Editors Top Five: 1. No longer a gray area: Our hair bleaches itself as we grow older 2. Vitamin supplements may protect against noise-induced...
Researchers develop dietary formula that maintains youthful function into old age
Public release date: 11-Feb-2010 - the formula maintained youthful levels of locomotor activity into old age whereas old mice that were not given the supplement...
Heart and bone damage from low vitamin D tied to declines in sex hormones
Public release date: 15-Nov-2009 - “All three steroid hormones – vitamin D, estrogen and testosterone – are produced from cholesterol, whose blood levels are known...
Women at risk from vitamin A deficiency
Public release date: 18-Nov-2009 - almost 50 per cent of women have a genetic variation which reduces their ability to produce sufficient amounts of...
Vitamin D Deficiency Related to Increased Inflammation in Healthy Women, MU Study Finds
Public Release: 8-Apr-2009 - , 75 percent of Americans do not get enough Vitamin D (more…)
Support for adjunctive vitamin C treatment in cancer / Toxic Form of Vitamin was used to discredit Vitamin C for Cancer
Public release date: 5-Mar-2009 - Challem points out two main problems with the study: the oxidized form of vitamin C (dehydroascorbic acid) and not actual...
Arab-American women need supplement to boost dangerously low vitamin D levels
Public release date: 16-Feb-2009 - 87 women involved in a small study showed vitamin D levels averaging 8.5 ng/mL (nanograms per milliliter) (more…)
Optimal Dose of Vitamin E Maximizes Benefits, Minimizes Risk
Public release date: 30-Oct-2008 - Those taking the vitamin experienced a 26 percent reduction in cardiovascular events and a 49 percent reduction in cardiovascular...
Can vitamins and minerals prevent hearing loss?
Public release date: 10-Nov-2008 - combination of the four micronutrients blocked about 80 percent of the noise-induced hearing impairment. (more…)